Part of the world-wide Order of Preachers and following in the footsteps of Saint Dominic, Aquinas Institute of Theology is a Catholic, Dominican, graduate school of theology in Saint Louis, Missouri. Aquinas Institute prepares women and men, lay and religious, grounded in the teachings of Saint Thomas Aquinas, for various ministries in the Church to preach the Gospel in word and deed.
Physically located in the middle of the country, Aquinas' theological mission finds its home in the middle of the Church so as to reach out to others in all directions. Aquinas Institute is also a Center of Institutional Studies, designated by the Order of Preachers to educate and form Dominican friars in the rich Dominican intellectual tradition so that they may carry out the Church's preaching and teaching mission.
Aquinas Institute serves two distinct, complementary constituencies: Dominican student brothers preparing for ministry as well as lay women and men preparing for careers in service to the Christian community or for advanced theological studies.
Position Description Overview
As part of the Aquinas Institute Enrollment Team, the Coordinator for Residential Recruitment oversees all recruitment and admissions for the MDiv, MA, and MAPS on-campus residential programs. The Coordinator also participates in animating residential life at Aquinas. Key to this position is establishing strategies for lay student recruitment and admissions counseling, managing financial aid strategy for such students, and working collaboratively with all marketing and communication efforts.
Essential Job Functions :
To administer Residential Recruitment & Admissions.
- Responsible for managing residential recruitment and admissions pipeline to ensure applicants move steadily through each stage of the pipeline.
- To work closely with main campus program directors to set strategy for residential programs.
- Develop an inquiry pool through the use of student search services, university outreach, college relations, campus visits and open houses, internet and social media, as well as emerging technology, publications, and correspondence.
- Recruit students for our on-campus graduate degree programs. This includes visiting venues where prospective students are located and national level conferences.
- Host prospective students and community members for on-campus events and visits.
- Develop relationships with constituencies who can refer potential students to our on-campus programs.
- Communicate with prospective students.
- Facilitate communication between prospective students and faculty members.
- Evaluate admission applicants to Aquinas Institute and make appropriate admission recommendations to the Academic Dean.
To collaborate with the Coordinator of Student Affairs, to animate student residential life.
- To collaborate with the Coordinator of Student Life to animate robust student participation through liturgy, continuing education, and social action.
- To create ministry forums to assist students in discernment of future ministry opportunities.
- To work in coordination with the Coordinator of Student Affairs to integrate membership and participation in the Praedicare community for all residential lay students.
- To work closely with the lay formation director to carry out an integrated philosophy of human and spiritual formation for all lay residential students.
To advance Financial Aid strategy for student recruitment.
- Work with Financial Aid committee to develop and implement policies regarding the awarding of institutional aid in a manner that supports and promotes new student enrollment, retention, and student-centered financial services. With the Academic Dean and President determine the optimal financial aid model for Aquinas Institute.
- Review merit and need-based financial aid application materials for on-campus residential students, including compliance with various forms of federal, state, and institutional assistance program eligibility requirements. Make recommendations to the Financial Aid committee for allocations. Collaborate with the Coordinator of Admissions and Financial Aid for aid notification and awards.
- Collaborate with the Coordinator of Admissions and Financial Aid to develop, edit, and update correspondence to prospective and current students.
- Collaborate with the Coordinator of Admissions and Financial Aid to ensure the accurate, compliant, effective, and efficient operation of the following areas with regard to financial aid: reception, communications, outreach efforts, and financial aid counseling services.
- Collaborate with the Enrollment Committee to review each year the Financial Aid policy.
To develop Marketing and Communication strategies for residential recruitment.
- Collaborate with the Coordinator of Marketing and Communications to plan, implement, and manage robust multi-channel marketing action plans for local, regional, and national digital and print marketing/advertising efforts tailored to on-campus residential recruitment.
- Collaborate with the Coordinator of Marketing and Communications to regularly review and update marketing materials for residential recruitment and to ensure consistent branding with regard to layout, design, and production of advertising, promotional materials, publications, email campaigns, digital marketing, social media, and other communication methods.
- Collaborate with the Coordinator of Marketing and Communications to develop the Aquinas website as an effective marketing and recruitment tool for on-campus residential students, particularly with regard to the academic, financial aid, and application pages.
- Develop and implement communication plans for prospective students that engage them in their discernment process.
Qualifications:
- The ideal candidate will be an outgoing and welcoming professional who understands the mission of Aquinas Institute of Theology and the role that Academic Affairs plays in fulfilling the school's strategic goals and objectives. She/he will interface with the faculty directors of residential programs, the Marketing department and serve as the primary staff for recruitment and admissions, and financial aid of the MDiv, MA, and MAPS programs. This candidate will need to be familiar with these core degree programs at Aquinas Institute. To fulfill the responsibilities of the office, the candidate should have excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills with attention to recruitment for theological programs.
- This is a permanent, full-time position that reports to the Vice President/Academic Dean. A Bachelor degree is required; familiarity in Catholic theological education is desirable. The Coordinator is expected to be present on-site although there is flexibility for some remote work. This is a Class 1 Exempt full-time position. Excellent benefits include full premiums paid for health, long-term disability, life, vision, and dental insurance, a 403(b) retirement plan, and generous paid time off (PTO).
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