Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.
We are seeking a Sr. Assistant Director of Admissions, Yield who will balance the core admission officer responsibilities of recruitment and management of a regional territory while also providing leadership over a key programmatic or process area(s) across the office.
- Provides leadership over a key business area within the undergraduate admissions office: responsible for the strategic direction, logistics, timelines, planning, and evaluation of processes and policies that fall within their designated area of focus.
- Provides oversight of major programs and/processes and connects them to strategies in other areas of the office to work towards institutional goals.
- Builds relationships with all relevant third parties (within Undergraduate admissions as well as across the university) to collaborate effectively towards goals.
- Works with the management team to develop a strategic vision for their respective areas of focus.
- Develops an evaluative structure for effective programming in their designated area of focus: work with office leadership to create tools and/or an analysis plan to analyze and improve work in their strategic areas.
- Builds short- and long-term plans to set goals, implement new strategies, and evaluate them over time.
- Identifies future areas for innovation/growth within their area.
- Creates any staff training content around their area of focus.
- Manages a regional territory—reads applications, plans recruitment strategies and initiatives, and manages constituent relationships.
- Represents JHU Admissions in public events and information sessions.
In particular, this position will support the following areas below
Responsibilities as a Senior Assistant Director
Strategic Leadership
- Directly supports the Senior Director of Admissions in developing our strategy for scholarships and special programs.
- Oversees a volunteer alumni group (Hopkins Alumni Representatives Council) and works with the Director of Recruitment on event engagement and the Director of Marketing and Communications on features.
- Partners with the Sr. Assistant Director for On-Campus Recruitment to elevate admitted student programming for various populations.
Faculty Engagement
- Proactively identifies faculty to prioritize for engagement.
- Fosters relationships with academic departments across the university.
- Facilitates connections between faculty and admitted students.
Data Analysis
- Analyzes non-matriculation data to inform officewide yield strategies.
- Supports research in prospective student college choice factors.
Staff Supervision
- Supervise Admissions Officers and help support their growth and development.
- Work with the management team to support the growth of staff members across the office.
Staff Training
- Oversee staff training relating to admitted student engagement.
- Research best practices, trends, and technology to ensure the team is utilizing the most effective tools and approaches.
- Ability to communicate effectively with prospective students, parents, secondary school counselors, faculty, and other university partners, as well as the ability to represent Johns Hopkins University to the public.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, independently, and as part of a team.
- Demonstrates the utmost level of professionalism with both internal and external constituents.
- Possesses strong cultural competency and understanding of student educational experiences coming from diverse backgrounds.
- Knowledge of standard office software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Ability to build, propose, and maintain a budget.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree.
- Five years of progressively responsible related experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience as a college or university admissions officer preferred, which would include recruitment and application review.
Classified Title: Sr. Admissions Officer
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sr. Assistant Director of
Admissions, Yield (Undergraduate Admissions)
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD
Starting Salary Range: $57,195 - $100,040 Annually ($80K - $90K
targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Mon - Fri / 08:30am - 05:00pm (some nights and weekends
for events, recruitment, evaluation and selection, etc.)
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus
Department name: 10001442-Undergraduate Admissions
Personnel area: University Student Services
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.
The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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