COORDINATOR - RECRUITMENT / COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Position Number: S-3962
Position Summary
Under the supervision of the dean, the coordinator of recruiting is responsible for planning, coordinating, and staffing the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences (CLASS) recruiting events and for building strong working relationships across the University to grow CLASS enrollment. The coordinator serves as the college's primary liaison to CMU Admissions and works closely with Academic Advising, Success Coaches, CMU Online, CMU Athletics, and other campus units to align, coordinate, and…
schedule recruitment initiatives that connect prospective and current students to CLASS programs. The coordinator partners closely with CLASS chairs and programs to stay current with their programs and students. The coordinator works closely with the CLASS Hub to recruit students by leveraging Hub services.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree.
- Three years of related work experience, preferably in an education or office environment.
- Ability to articulate the focus and value of programs in the college, and the Liberal Arts in general.
- Ability to communicate effectively and persuasively, verbally and in writing, with prospective students, families, and campus partners.
- Demonstrated ability to plan and execute multiple concurrent events, meeting recurring time-sensitive deadlines.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment and commit the college to actions within delegated authority.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal campus partners and units.
- Knowledge of current trends in higher education admissions, student recruitment, enrollment management, and student success and retention.
- Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree.
- Experience planning and coordinating student recruitment, yield, or campus visit events.
- Experience collaborating with admissions, advising, athletics, online, or student success units.
- Experience with career readiness, internships, or student career services.
- Experience working with transfer credit and transfer students at 2- or 4-year institutions.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Serves as the college's primary point of contact and knowledgeable resource for CLASS recruitment.
- Communicates with prospective, admitted, and current students and campus partners to generate interest in and support for CLASS programs.
- Plans, coordinates, and staffs CLASS undergraduate recruiting and yield events, including CMU & U Days, Discovery Days, Maroon and Gold events, and the Centralis competition.
- Commits the college to recruitment event dates and formats and manages associated event logistics.
- Chairs the college Recruitment Committee, comprised of representatives from CLASS departments and represents CLASS at university-wide recruitment and admissions events.
- Serves as the college's primary liaison to CMU Admissions.
- Works closely with Academic Advising, Success Coaches, CMU Online, CMU Athletics, and other university units to align calendars, share information, and reduce duplication of effort in support of CLASS enrollment goals.
- Partners with the CLASS Hub to recruit students by leveraging Hub services and promoting its guiding vision: study what you love, and the Hub will help you launch your career.
- Manages transfer student articulation agreements, pathways, and 2+2, 3+1, and 2+3 agreements in coordination with CMU Admissions and CMU Online.
- Coordinates campus visits and individualized visit experiences for prospective CLASS students and their families.
- Develops and coordinates recruitment communications, materials, and event schedules in coordination with the CLASS Dean's Office staff to support consistent messaging across CLASS programs and partner units.
- Maintains prospective-student communication and follow-up using university systems and ensures accuracy and confidentiality in handling student records and recruitment data.
- Tracks and reports recruitment, yield, and enrollment data to inform college recruitment strategy and the strategic enrollment management plan.
- Maintains and cultivates relationships with all CLASS departments to stay current with programs, students, and ongoing college priorities.
- Recruits, schedules, and supports faculty, staff, and student participants for recruiting events.
- Tracks and manages the recruitment events budget expenditures with accuracy.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervision Exercised
None.
Employee Group: Professional & Administrative - Salary
Pay Range: $48,000 - $60,000 per year
Division: Academic Affairs
Department: College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
Position Status: Regular
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
Open Until Filled: Yes
About CMU
Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.
We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master's, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.
CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.
Central is home to 17 men's and women's Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.
CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It's part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state's largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.
Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city's central location in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.
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