Assistant Director for Graduate Admissions

About the Opportunity

Northeastern University School of Law attracts several thousand inquiries and approximately6000 applicants each year for the Juris Doctor program. Reporting to the Senior Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, this person plays a key role in helping execute the law school’s strategic plan for enrollment. The person in this role is involved in recruiting efforts and yield activities, counseling, and application review for the full time Juris Doctor, FlexJD and LLM programs. Building multiple online applications to the law school; liaising with multiple entities both on and off campus for program development; analyzing data and producing reports. Additionally, this person demonstrates superb customer service skills as s/he serves as backup in answering calls and e-mails from prospective and admitted students, drafting and sending correspondence to prospective students, and representing the School of Law in many public venues and formats. Occasional night and weekend work is be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years working in higher education or relevant experience

• Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion and a proven ability to work with a diverse group of students, staff, and faculty

•  Previous management experience and a commitment to developing staff is highly valued. 

• The ideal candidate will have progressive experience using admission databases, generating and analyzing reports, working with relational databases

• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and SharePoint; comfortable navigating new technology  

• Proficiency in data analysis and maintaining data integrity.

• Strong organizational skills

• Ability to analyze and improve work-flow process

• The successful candidate has strong attention to detail, problem solving skills, exceptional organizational skills with the ability to organize time and priorities, including multiple tasks and deadline pressures

• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a strong customer service focus; as well as the ability to build strong professional relationships.

• Must be self-directed, able to make independent decisions

• Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters

Preferred Qualifications:

• Completion of or enrollment in a graduate degree in higher education or a related field is preferred.

• Experience in implementing new technologies preferred.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Interface with internal and external constituents (10%)

• Maintaining relationships with the customer service representatives at the Law School Admission Council (the provider of law school admission software), the Office of the Registrar, the Office of Financial Aid and Information Technology Services as well as other relevant NU offices.

•  Work with outside vendors who assist with mailings, other suppliers of technical support for our system, and suppliers of operational support materials.

Applicant Assessment and Application Review (30%)

• Serve as a principal administrative reviewer of JD, FlexJD and LLM law school applications.

• Make initial decision recommendations based on holistic assessment of each applicant’s experience, personal background, academic record, and other indicators of potential for success in the study of law.

• Assist the SeniorDirector of Admissions and Financial Aid with hiring and training of part-time admissions interviewers.

• Serve as program lead for Special initiatives/project and transfer and PlusJD applicants, including program and application review and decision tracking.

Data Management (5%)

• Report and extract data from external sources through a web interface, sharing data with internal departments through internal data sharing procedures,

• Advise Associate Dean and Senior Director of Admissions and Financial Aid on issues pertaining to archiving annual application data

• Assist in building data sources for external surveys such as the ABA annual questionnaire.

• Update multiple law school applications each year.

Recruitment Planning and Admissions Counseling  (45%)

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