Graduate Recruitment & Retention Coordinator, School of Education, Cedar Bluff

Company: Lincoln Memorial University

Job Location: Harrogate, Tennessee 37752

Category: Admissions and Enrollment

Type: Full-Time

Department: Carter & Moyers School of Ed.

Position Category: Staff Full Time

Job Description

The Graduate Recruitment & Retention Coordinator for the School of Education provides leadership, implementation, and support for identifying, recruiting, retaining and graduating quality students. The coordinator assists the School of Education with actively recruiting potential students for its graduate programs at Lincoln Memorial University, while promoting an environment supportive of academic success for all graduate students.

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree; experience in comparable roles, and expertise in university administration/marketing functions (i.e., student recruitment and retention, counseling and advising, market planning and development, etc.).

Campus: Cedar Bluff

Posting Number: S03873P

Job Open Date: 04/01/2025

Job Close Date: 09/30/2025

Open Until Filled: No

Job Duties

• Coordinating internal and external outreach, graduate student recruitment and retention;
• Providing effective and efficient registration coordination and support for all students;
• Encouraging positive faculty-student relations;
• Monitoring department/program student enrollment progress and retention;
• Monitoring and managing enrollment of M.Ed, EdS, and EdD students;
• Advising students on policies that relate to fellowships and financial support for all students;
• Assisting the School in creating and maintaining a supportive academic environment for its students;
• Disseminating information about graduate studies in education at Lincoln Memorial University to institutions and organizations in the state, region and nation, or wherever prospective students of high quality are found;
• Assisting the social media coordinator in a manner which promotes healthy program and departmental enrollments;
• Coordinating recruitment and retention plans and strategies with parallel offices at Lincoln Memorial University, giving special attention to University enrollment and marketing initiatives and opportunities;
• Serving as the recruitment/retention liaison for the School of Education with other University divisions and offices;
• Assisting Lincoln Memorial University faculty and staff in support of increasing program enrollments;
• Developing recruiting materials;
• Guiding the development, monitoring, implementation and monitoring of a unified student recruitment and retention plan for the School of Education;
• Fostering and monitoring special intrastate and institutional partnerships for the establishment of student recruitment initiatives;
• Advising the School’s leadership team on all options for improving and expanding the internal and external visibility of the School of Education;
• Promoting the mission of Lincoln Memorial University to all faculty, staff, students and to the community at large;
• Promoting effective working relationships among faculty, staff and students;
• Participating on university committees;
• Completing required institutional, program accreditation, and other reports necessary for the advancement of the university programs, both on campus and at specified extended sites;
• Traveling as necessary and required;
• Performing other duties as assigned

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