"Assistant Dean II"

Position Summary:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking an Assistant Dean II for the Office of Academic Programs within the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. The position is responsible for all recruitment and outreach activities for undergraduate students for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. This position creates, implements, and provides leadership for all aspects of the prospective student journey through discovery and enrollment while developing a unified brand to increase applicant quality and student enrollment.

The Assistant Dean is the institutional expert for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences on all issues related to the development and implementation of effective recruitment planning, managing and assessing data to track recruitment progress and goals, and coordinating recruitment-based education and outreach efforts. This position works autonomously and collaboratively with a large variety of internal and external constituents, including SEBS faculty and staff, NJAES and RCE departments, the SEBS Office of Public Outreach and Communication, the Office of Enrollment Management, RU Global, the World Food Prize Foundation, national- and state-level FFA and 4H, and other organizations to promote outreach, education, and recruitment. This position serves as the point person for enrollment management activities with the Office of Enrollment Management/Undergraduate Admissions, as well as collaborations with SEBS EOF, the SEBS Office of Global Engagement, and the SEBS Office of Public Outreach and Communication for the effective recruitment, outreach and onboarding of SEBS communities (EOF, International, etc).

Further, the Assistant Dean collaborates with the SEBS Office of Global Engagement to coordinate international student recruitment, outreach, and onboarding activities and retention. The Assistant Dean serves as an advisor to continuing SEBS students as a member of the Office of Academic Programs, providing guidance and advising as student prepare and implement academic plans. The position develops and supervises a team of Student Ambassadors to support recruitment events. The Assistant Dean position is critical to continued efforts to develop and shape the SEBS community into a welcoming place with wide reach across the university, the state and the world.

Among the key duties of the position are the following:

• Designs and coordinates of all aspects of the prospective student journey from discovery through enrollment, developing a unified brand to increase applicant quality and student enrollment. Includes the full range of duties associated with recruiting and enrolling new students: planning, coordinating, and implementing recruitment/enrollment events and programs, and may include occasional out-of-state and international travel.
• Coordinates faculty and staff of SEBS and NJAES to develop recruiting content about the School and its programs for print media, the web, email, and social media that includes text, images, video, and other content, particularly with emphasis on both domestic and international student populations.
• Recruits, trains, and advises a diverse group of volunteer student ambassadors, brand ambassadors, and tour guides who assist in recruiting and enrolling prospective students.
• Serves as a member of the Dean's staff in the Office of Academic Programs to support all office-wide tasks for the SEBS general student population, including providing developmental individual and group advising, managing an advising caseload of first-year students, participating in all large-scale academic programming including APA Day, STAR Day, graduation certification, delay drop/probation advising and other administrative duties including serving on school and university committees as assigned.
• Manages and assesses data to track recruitment progress and institutional goals.
• Creates and analyzes recruitment and enrollment reports to gauge and modify ongoing recruitment and retention efforts and enable data-driven planning.
• Works with current external agencies and build new partnerships to facilitate independent recruitment initiatives.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Master's degree or equivalent and a minimum of 3 years overall professional experience in higher education, admissions, recruitment or marketing.

Equipment Utilized:

Microsoft Office Suite; Salesforce, specialized academic software/systems (Degree Navigator, IMS, Perceptive Content/ImageNow).

Special Conditions:

• This position may require national and international travel periodically.
• Clean Driving Record.