Job Summary

Oversee all aspects of the recruitment, evaluation and selection of students seeking admission. Responsible for the overall direction of admissions operations including recruitment, marketing, and analysis.

Job-Specific Responsibilities

• Implement marketing & outreach plans, based on Harvard's commitment to recruit a highly diverse applicant pool across multiple dimensions; oversee efforts to improve pathways to college for international students.
• Establish and monitor policies and procedures for the international admissions process, recruitment strategy, and alumni interviewing abroad.
• Supervise two staff.
• Forecast and monitor budget; work with admissions officers to design cost-effective recruiting trips abroad.
• Evaluate international credentials (e.g., applicants, potential student-athletes, advanced standing petitioners, etc.) and evaluate applications for first-year admissions; investigate possible cases of fraud; chair admissions subcommittees; serve on transfer admission committee.
• Train and guide admissions officers in the evaluation of international applications/credentials and other admissions-related tasks (including responding to inquiries, working with alumni, etc.).
• Advise/collaborate with other Harvard offices; represent Harvard College international admissions to a wide range of stakeholders, partners, and other professionals.
• May travel abroad to present information about Harvard College, explain admissions criteria and procedures, interview and recruit students, cultivate alumni relations, train interviewers, and develop relationships with schools, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), CBOs (community-based organizations), and US State Department educational advisers.