Director of Student Success & Admissions

UAB; University (FL); On-site; USD 74,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) seeks a STUDENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR to supervise admissions, records, and student affairs operations for undergraduate and graduate programs.

Responsibilities include directing admissions processes, handling progression, and ensuring FERPA compliance while coordinating with internal and external partners. Reports to the Assistant Dean for Student Success and leads a small team of Student Success professionals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and five (5) years of related experience required.
• Master’s degree from an accredited institution; minimum of three (3) years of successful experience in higher education student services; and demonstrated intermediate to advanced proficiency with Salesforce CRM, including experience creating reports, managing student records, and utilizing automation and workflows preferred.
• Knowledge and/or experience in student admission, progression, and graduation, mentoring and adherence to all FERPA standards, systems development integration, team leadership and other similar services are necessary for this position.
• Preferred Qualifications: Minimum of one (1) year of supervisory experience in a higher education student services setting.

Responsibilities

• This role is responsible for the administration and daily operation of admissions and academic progression for undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
• Provides leadership for communications, enrollment processing, registration, financial aid referrals, records management, and application of admissions and progression policies in accordance with SON and UAB policies and procedures.
• Reports to the Assistant Dean for Student Success.
• Supervise four Student Success professionals responsible for admissions processing and academic progression.
• Participate in hiring, training, development, and evaluation of Student Success staff in coordination with the Assistant Dean.

Skills

Leadership

FERPA compliance

Student admissions

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Salesforce CRM

AdobeSign

MS Access

MS Excel

Job description

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) seeks a STUDENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR to supervise admissions, records, and student affairs operations for undergraduate and graduate programs.

Responsibilities include directing admissions processes, handling progression, and ensuring FERPA compliance while coordinating with internal and external partners. Reports to the Assistant Dean for Student Success and leads a small team of Student Success professionals.