POSITION DETAILS Lehman College, a senior college of The City University of New York, is nationally recognized for its commitment to educational access, academic excellence, and upward mobility. Serving one of the most diverse student populations in the nation, Lehman is dedicated to empowering students through high impact educational experiences, strong academic support, and comprehensive pathways to degree completion and career success. Within this mission, the Division of Enrollment…
Management plays a pivotal role in advancing student opportunity and achievement by integrating recruitment, retention, engagement, and completion strategies across the student lifecycle. The Division’s work reflects Lehman’s core values: expanding access, ensuring opportunity, and transforming the lives of students, their families, and their communities. The Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Management provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for core enrollment functions at Lehman College. Reporting to the Vice President of Enrollment Management, the AVP directly oversees Admissions Processing, Recruitment, Admissions Technologies & Events, Scholarships & Awards, and College Now (Dual Enrollment). In addition the AVP will lead the division in the absence of the Vice President. The AVP ensures cohesive, student centered operations serving undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral populations; leads the college’s K–16 pathway initiatives—including bridge programs, professional apprenticeships, and other structured pathways; and spearheads the division’s grant-writing efforts to support enrollment innovation and student success. This role requires a collaborative, results-oriented leader with a strong commitment to access and cross-divisional partnership. Provide strategic and operational leadership for undergraduate, graduate, and dual enrollment admissions at Lehman College, advancing the College’s mission as a public, urban, Hispanic- and Minority-Serving Institution committed to access, equity, and student success. Provide programmatic oversight for the CUNY Future Ready, CUNY explorers, and the strategic allocation of Lehman Scholarship funds. Oversee the end-to-end admissions operation for all academic programs, including policy development, application review and processing, communications strategy, and compliance with CUNY, state, and accreditation requirements. Partner with Lehman’s Office of Communications and Marketing and Enrollment Communications to design and execute enrollment and recruitment strategies tailored to the Bronx, New York City, and regional markets, including school- and community-based partnerships. Direct admissions technologies to optimize CRM (Slate) and application platforms, communications workflows, analytics dashboards, and campus visit and recruitment experiences to support enrollment growth and persistence. Provide leadership for College Now and K–16 pathway initiatives, deepening partnerships with NYC public schools, ensuring academic integrity and compliance, and expanding early college access and credit-bearing opportunities. Also, establish partnerships with local and regional school districts, broadening recruitment areas. Collaborate closely with academic departments, honors (Macaulay Honors, Lehman Scholars) and access programs (e.g., SEEK, ACE, Adult Degree Program), and graduate programs to align admissions and recruitment strategies with institutional and university priorities and targeted student populations. Work in partnership with Strategic Persistence Initiatives, Credit for Prior Learning, and transfer leadership to strengthen community college pathways and adult learner pipelines, including the strategic use of prior learning assessment to support access and degree completion. Serve as a key enrollment advisor to the Vice President for Enrollment Management, contributing to college-wide enrollment planning, forecasting, and continuous improvement efforts through the development and monitoring of key performance indicators and enrollment metrics. Advance a student-centered admissions experience that reflects Lehman’s commitment to belonging and academic excellence, ensuring that campus visits, communications, and first impressions cultivate connection, trust, and yield. Ensure effective stewardship of admissions resources, including personnel, budget, technology, and workflows, while continually assessing processes and practices to improve efficiency, service delivery, and alignment with CUNY and Lehman strategic goals. Collaborate with Academic Affairs, Student Life, and Academic Programs and Student Success to develop undergraduate initiatives that promote retention and graduation, and successful pipeline programs that enable the university to reach its strategic goals. QUALIFICATIONS This position is in CUNY's Executive Compensation Plan. All executive positions require a minimum of a Bachelor's degree and eight years' related experience. Master’s or Doctoral Degree Preferred CUNY TITLE Assistant Vice President COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS Salary commensurate with education and experience. $189,000 CUNY's benefits contribute significantly to total compensation, supporting health and wellness, financial well-being, and professional development. We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study and generous paid time off. Our staff also benefits from the extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs on our campuses and the opportunity to participate in a lively, diverse academic community in one of the greatest cities in the world. HOW TO APPLY Visit www.cuny.edu , access the employment page, log in or create a new user account, and search for this vacancy using the Job ID or Title. Select "Apply Now" and provide the requested information. Candidates must attach a resume, cover letter, and three professional references (name, title, organization, and contact information). CLOSING DATE Revised: Resumes to be received until September 23rd, 2026. JOB SEARCH CATEGORY CUNY Job Posting: Executive EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.
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Lehman College serves the Bronx and surrounding region as an intellectual, economic, and cultural center. Lehman College provides undergraduate and graduate studies in the liberal arts and sciences and professional education within a dynamic research environment, while embracing diversity and actively engaging students in their academic, personal, and professional development.
Lehman College has entered a new era in its history as an institution of higher education. Already known for its outstanding faculty, dedicated staff, superb library, art gallery, theaters, speech and hearing clinic, and athletic facilities, the College will now build a new state of the art, environmentally “green” science facility that will invigorate faculty and student research as well as prepare Lehman students for science-based careers.
As the only CUNY senior college in the borough and southern Westchester County, Lehman College has adapted to meet changing conditions and is poised to respond to new needs and challenges.
On the undergraduate level, Lehman's General Education Curriculum is designed to provide a broad knowledge of the achievements and methods of the liberal arts and sciences and to develop student abilities to participate responsively in informed inquiry into subjects of both public and personal concern. On the graduate level, the College has developed professional programs in nursing, teacher and counselor preparation, accounting, computer science, health services, and speech-language pathology. The College also offers strong traditional liberal arts graduate programs in art, biology, English, history, Spanish and mathematics.
For more than two decades, Lehman has deepened its involvement with the surrounding community. The opening of the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in 1980 and the Lehman College Art Gallery in 1984 has made the College a cultural center for the region. Together with the City and the Humanities Program, the Department of Music, and the Theatre program, they present dozens of concerts, plays, dance performances, and exhibitions that are free or nominally priced.
Lehman College also provides a variety of community services. The Institute for Literacy Studies sponsors classes to teach adults fundamentals of reading and writing, while the Speech and Hearing Center offers comprehensive evaluations of hearing and speech-language disorders.
Lehman has joined with the Bronx Superintendent of Schools’ Office and the educational reform organization New Visions for Public Schools to develop seven new small high schools in the Bronx. The schools—housed within larger, traditional high schools—are formed around the themes of the visual arts, teaching, music, college readiness, health sciences, nursing and allied health, and community research and learning.
In addition, in Fall 2003, the High School of American Studies at Lehman College opened on the Lehman campus. One of New York City’s new specialized high schools and the only one to focus on American history, the school represents a collaboration among Lehman College, the New York City Department of Education, and the Gilder-Lehrman Foundation.
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