First-Year Programs Assistant Director

Lehman College; New York (NY); On-site; USD 59,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waivers for CUNY graduate work

Health plans and benefits

Pension and retirement benefits

Job summary

Lehman College in New York invites applications for Assistant Director of the Freshman Year Initiative (FYI). You will collaborate on designing and delivering learning community coursework, support faculty, coordinate onboarding and testing requirements, and promote FYI through marketing strategies across campus.

The role involves working with Enrollment Management, advising offices, and college committees, with some evening/weekend hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum four years of experience in a college setting working with diverse first year and first‑generation college students.
• Demonstrated record of success with first year initiatives and learning communities. Knowledge of current research and best practices on supporting first year students as well as experience with collecting and analyzing data around student learning outcomes and program success preferred.
• Experience building partnerships across divisions, including with advising, academic support, counseling, financial aid, bursars, and special programs. Supervisory experience also preferred.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively on time sensitive projects.
• Experience using student CUNYFIRST, EAB Navigate, Microsoft Office, Brightspace/D2L or other student learning management systems, as well as assessment software.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with management team in the development of admission and enrollment goals, strategies, and initiatives; participates in planning enrollment events.
• Analyzes and interprets quantitative and qualitative student enrollment data to prepare reports for management.
• Recommends and implements improvements to existing technical systems and office operations.
• Serves as resource reference to interpret and comply with University and College enrollment policies.
• Prepares and reviews student communication materials.
• May coordinate aspects of student entry from point of allocation to include orientation, advisement, and collection of admitted student documents.
• May supervise office operations and/or department budget
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Skills

Student support

Partnerships

Supervisory experience

Independent and collaborative

Learning communities

CUNY systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree and four years of experience in a college setting

Tools

CUNYFIRST

EAB Navigate

Microsoft Office

Brightspace/D2L

Assessment software

Job description

Lehman College in New York invites applications for Assistant Director of the Freshman Year Initiative (FYI). You will collaborate on designing and delivering learning community coursework, support faculty, coordinate onboarding and testing requirements, and promote FYI through marketing strategies across campus.

The role involves working with Enrollment Management, advising offices, and college committees, with some evening/weekend hours.