Dean of Strategic Enrollment Management
Position Type: Administrator Full Time
College: Red Rocks Community College
Division: Student Affairs
Department: RRCC Dean of Enrollment Management
Campus: RRCC Lakewood Campus
Location: Lakewood
Salary Range: $110,658 - $121,724
Who We Are:
Red Rocks Community College exemplifies extraordinary. We are dedicated to our Vision and Mission, which promote student achievement, staff empowerment, and community engagement. We live our values: Learning, Collaboration, Community, Belonging, and Empowerment.
RRCC seeks applicants who understand and have first-hand experience working with diverse populations, which may include but are not limited to, historically marginalized populations such as people of color, LGBTQ+ community members, veterans, first generation graduates, and people with disabilities.
Job Summary:
Red Rocks Community College seeks a Dean of Strategic Enrollment Management to provide forward-looking vision, leadership, and direction for the College's strategic enrollment management efforts. Reporting to the Vice President of Student Affairs, the Dean will establish a clear vision, identify opportunities for sustainable enrollment growth, and lead the development and execution of coordinated strategies that serve the College's distinct student populations and enrollment pathways. These efforts will advance recruitment and onboarding, retention, completion, transfer, and career or workforce placement.
Working across the College, the Dean uses enrollment data, forecasting, and assessment to establish priorities, guide decisions, and improve outcomes. The Dean leads and coordinates enrollment management activities, monitors progress toward enrollment and retention goals, and works with campus partners to strengthen recruitment, onboarding, registration, and student support practices. The Dean also provides strategic and operational leadership for assigned functions, setting clear priorities and ensuring that teams, resources, and services are aligned with institutional goals.
As a senior college leader, the Dean builds strong partnerships across the College and with K-12 districts, community organizations, government entities, and workforce and industry partners. The Dean leads and develops directors and their teams, promotes accountability and operational excellence, oversees departmental resources, and provides executive leadership with clear analysis and recommendations related to enrollment trends, student success, and emerging opportunities.
A successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Strategic vision and strong execution: The ability to develop a compelling enrollment management vision, translate it into clear priorities and measurable strategies, and successfully lead implementation within assigned teams and across the College.
- Collaborative and influential leadership: The ability to build trusted relationships, communicate effectively with varied audiences, and bring departments and divisions together around shared enrollment and student success goals.
- Data-informed decision-making and continuous improvement: The ability to interpret enrollment and student success information, identify opportunities, communicate meaningful insights, and use evidence to improve strategies, services, and institutional outcomes.
Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge of strategic enrollment management principles, practices, and trends in higher education.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal communication, both verbal and written, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with many types of individuals.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment,
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to build collaborative relationships across departments, divisions of the College, and external partners.
- Problem solving skills include the ability to find innovative solutions.
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree in student development, higher education, counseling, or related field from an accredited institution.
- Five years of significant administrative experience in strategic enrollment management, admissions, student affairs, business administration, sales, or marketing.
- Supervisory experience with higher education staff at a director's level or above.
- Experience gathering and analyzing enrollment data.
- Experience using enrollment and student success data to support student recruitment, enrollment, and retention.
- Knowledge of effective student onboarding strategies and practices.
- Understanding of enrollment management fundamentals and application and knowledge of FERPA and federal and state policies impacting college admissions, recruiting, registration, and student records management.
- Demonstrated leadership skills, including supervisory and budgetary responsibilities in student services.
- Demonstrated experience working effectively with students, faculty, and staff of diverse backgrounds and evidence of a commitment to creating an inclusive learning and work environment.
- Experience in assessment and program development.
Preferred Qualifications
- Doctorate in a higher education or related field.
- Community college administrative experience.
- Experience with Banner or related student information technologies & systems.
Physical & Cognitive Demands
The following are some of the physical and cognitive demands commonly associated with this position.
- Occasionally moves, positions, and transports files and office materials weighing up to 10 lbs.
- This is largely a sedentary role. This position operates in an office environment and constantly uses a computer, and routinely uses standard office equipment including phones, copiers, etc.
- The person in this position constantly communicates with internal and external constituents and students. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
- Cognitive demands include comparing, copying, computing, compiling, analyzing, coordinating, synthesizing, negotiating, communicating, instructing, and interpersonal skills.
- May require hours outside of regular office hours. May require work at both campuses. May require travel between campuses.
Starting Salary
Starting salary range for this position is $110,658 to $121,724 annually, commensurate with education and experience. This is a full-time, FLSA-exempt position. This position has been exempted from the State Classified System.
To Apply
All applicants must submit:
- Resume
- Detailed letter of interest (cover letter) addressing the job announcement.
Candidates will be evaluated based on their qualifications as related to the duties and responsibilities of the position. Candidates may redact any personally identifiable information on their materials including but are not limited to age, date of birth, and dates of attendance and date of graduation for educational institutions. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
If you have questions regarding this position, please contact us at HR@rrcc.edu.
Benefits
At RRCC, we value and uphold a commitment to a workplace that focuses on employees. In addition to rewarding and meaningful work, we offer a comprehensive selection of benefits to support our employees, including:
- Strong, flexible retirement benefits including Colorado PERA's Defined Benefit Plan or Defined Contribution Plan. RRCC contributes 21.61% of your salary on your behalf. Supplemental retirement plans including 401(k), 403(b) and 457 plans are also available.
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and flexible savings benefits.
- Employee assistance services such as counseling, professional coaching, financial planning, and more, are available to you and members of your household at no cost through the Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP).
- Generous paid time off benefits including up to 15 hours of annual leave and 10 hours sick leave per month, 10 paid holidays per year, and up to 18 hours for academic and volunteer activities.
- Tuition assistance for employees and their eligible dependents at any community college within the Colorado Community College System or CCCOnline.
- State employees are eligible to participate in BenefitHub which offers discounts for retailers and services and other benefits resources.
- Employees may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Additional information about this program can be found on the Colorado Division of Human Resources website.
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