"Associate Vice President of Student Success and Enrollment Management"

Job Description

The Associate Vice President for Student Success and Enrollment Management is a visionary and collaborative leader who drives the college's strategic enrollment, student success, and academic support agenda. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs (ASA), the AVP provides leadership and oversight for a comprehensive portfolio that includes student services, financial aid, enrollment management, onboarding and advising, academic support, and the libraries. This role serves as the critical bridge between academic affairs and student services, ensuring a seamless, equity-minded student experience from recruitment through completion, including strategic course scheduling and holistic student support. This role will also provide critical leadership in matters related to accreditation and assessment, including developing and maintaining policies and documentation and fostering a data-informed educational environment committed to continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for all units related to student services and academic support, including Enrollment Services, Financial Aid, Student Development and Retention, Records, Adult Education, and Library Services.
• Serve as the VP's lead for Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM), developing and executing a data-informed SEM plan that supports enrollment growth, retention, and completion goals.
• Oversee and integrate onboarding and advising strategies to improve the recruitment and retention of all students, including adult learners.
• Serve as the strategic lead for the use and leveraging of software solutions related to onboarding, enrollment, retention, and scheduling, including but not limited to EAB Navigate, Salesforce, SIS, and Ad Astra.
• Collaborate with academic deans and enrollment teams to design and implement a strategic course scheduling model that aligns with student demand, program pathways, and institutional capacity at all college locations.
• Oversee the production and publication of the college catalog and student handbook, ensuring accuracy, accessibility, and alignment with institutional policies and academic standards.
• Assist the Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs with matters related to accreditation, assessment, and policy development/review.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable policies and standards of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA), and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and equity across all student- and faculty-facing services, ensuring alignment with the college's mission and the VCCS strategic priorities.
• Represent the college in regional and statewide initiatives related to student success, enrollment, academic support, and instructional quality.

Location

This position is based at the Fauquier Campus (located in Warrenton, Virginia) however, the selected candidate will be expected to travel to the Middletown Campus at least one day per week.

Compensation and Benefits

The hiring range for this position is $110,895.00-$162,531.00 per year, however, actual starting salary will commensurate with education and/or experience. The position is an administrative role and as such is eligible for the benefits package offered by the Commonwealth of Virginia for state agencies and the Virginia Community College System. For more information, please visit www.dhrm.virginia.gov and www.vccs.edu.

KSA's/Required Qualifications

1. Master's degree in higher education administration, student affairs, community college/educational leadership, or a closely related field from a regionally accredited institution.
2. Considerable experience demonstrating progressively responsible administrative leadership in student services, enrollment management, or academic/student affairs at a postsecondary institution.
3. Demonstrated experience supervising professional staff, including responsibility for performance evaluation and team leadership across multiple functional areas.
4. Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change through strategic vision, planning, and execution.
5. Documented experience developing and implementing strategic enrollment or student success initiatives.
6. Proficiency with data-informed decision-making and use of analytics to improve student outcomes.

Additional Considerations

1. Doctorate in a related field preferred.
2. Familiarity with higher education technology platforms such as Ad Astra (course scheduling) and Navigate (advising/retention) preferred.
3. Demonstrated experience providing leadership for academic support services, including the libraries, faculty professional development, or instructional quality preferred.
4. Teaching experience in a community college setting preferred.
5. Experience leading organizational change in a multi-campus or complex institutional environment preferred.
6. Experience managing large budgets, including grant or non-personnel funding preferred.