"ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / STUDENT RECRUITMENT & OUTREACH / COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES"

Job Description

Position Number: S-3831

Position Summary:

The assistant director of student recruitment & outreach serves as the College of Education & Human Services (CEHS) liaison between university offices and the academic departments within CEHS to coordinate and lead prospective student initiatives. This position also provides leadership for the EHS Residential College (EHSRC), a living/learning community for students interested in academic programs housed in CEHS. The assistant director will oversee the creation and implementation of recruitment events for prospective students including freshmen, transfer, and graduate students. Additionally, this position will actively participate on college and university committees as it relates to recruitment, college onboarding, and living/learning communities. The assistant director works with all CEHS departments, as well as the CEHS Advising team, staying abreast of curricular changes. This position reports to a member of the Dean’s Leadership Team.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated leadership experience related to working directly with young adults, or students.
• Demonstrated experience with creating and implementing events and programs.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license.
• Demonstrated communication and presentation skills using a variety of formats.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, including the ability to plan, establish priorities, and handle multiple tasks and projects.
• Availability to work occasional evenings and weekends as needed.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise independent judgement.
• Demonstrated positive interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to relate and work well with faculty, administrators, staff, students, families, volunteers, and the general public.
• Willingness to travel locally and regionally as needed.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a program offered by the College of Education & Human Services, or a closely related field.
• One year of direct recruitment experience and/or experience planning and implementing major events.
• Demonstrated experience working with residential programs at higher education institutions.
• Demonstrated post-degree work experience in a higher education environment.
• Understanding of the student enrollment and recruitment process, including conceptualizing, planning, and implementing admissions, recruitment, evaluation, technical, and yield activities.
• Familiarity with SLATE or other forms of customer relationship management (CRM) software.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Coordinates with departments/centers to develop, staff, and implement college-wide and department specific recruitment events.
• Provides leadership for the EHS Residential College (EHSRC), including setting long-term strategic goals for this living/learning community related to recruitment and retention of undergraduate students and developing and implementing initiatives to achieve the program’s goals.
• Provides coordination within CEHS for university-sponsored recruitment events.
• Develops and maintains relationships with external partners such as high school counselors and community college contacts.
• Coordinates with internal and external partners in presenting to various prospective student audiences including transfer students and incoming freshman.
• Coordinates recruitment communications between CEHS and university offices.
• Works closely with Advising and Admissions staff to ensure accurate presentation of academic programs, admission requirements, and financial aid/scholarship information.
• Collaborates with the dean’s office staff to ensure that CEHS web site information for prospective students, the CEHS Residential College, and CEHS Student Ambassadors is current.
• Represents CEHS on the Undergraduate Admissions Office’s College Liaison Committee.
• Supports academic departments with graduate student recruitment initiatives.
• Engages with CEHS leadership and chairs of academic departments to plan and implement enrollment and recruitment goals/initiatives.
• Provides recruitment and yield data to CEHS leadership.
• Collaborates with the CEHS director of advising student services and academic advisors as needed to support academic planning and summer orientation.
• Manages the CEHS Student Ambassador program including selection, training, and oversight of Ambassadors.
• Performs other duties as needed to support CEHS prospective student-focused initiatives.

Supervision Exercised:

None.

Employee Group: Professional & Administrative -Salary
Staff Pay Level:
Pay Range: $47,000 - $57,000 per year
Division: Academic Affairs
Department: College of Education & Human Services
Position Status: Regular
Position End Date:
Employment Status: Full-Time
FTE: 1.00
Position Type: 12 month
Weekly Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. / weekends and evenings as needed
Location: Mount Pleasant, MI
Posting Ends:
Open Until Filled: Yes