Assistant Director, Admissions

Position Title:

Assistant Director, Admissions

Time Type:

Full time

Position Summary and Qualifications:

Reporting to the Director of Recruitment, the Assistant Director of Admissions is a critical part of executing Saint Joseph’s off-campus recruitment strategy to meet enrollment management goals. Manages a motivated, high-performing team of admission counselors. This position will be responsible for a recruitment territory.

Duties and Responsibilities: (Essential Duties)

Primary Responsibilities:

• With support from the Director of Recruitment, plans and executes multiple recruitment travel campaigns per year for the greatest impact. 

• Day-to-day supervision of a team of high-performing admission counselors, responsible for recruiting, training, developing, and retaining.

• Uses CRM (Slate) for data-driven analysis to report on results and recommend improvements.

• Cultivates and maintains strong relationships with prospective students and their families within a territory through in-person, phone, e-mail, and written communication methods. 

• Cultivates and maintains strong relationships with high school counselors within a given territory.

• Support role for various on-campus special events

• Conducts compelling group presentations designed to demonstrate Saint Joseph’s undergraduate experience 

• Manages one-on-one information sessions and interviews 

• Counsels and advises prospective students and parents about financial aid eligibility, application procedures, federal grants and scholarships, costs, payment plans, etc

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Application reading and processing

• Creative assistance for in-office reports and presentations

• Zee-Mee liaison (social app for college-bound students to connect)

• Campus-partner coordination, including academic and student-life departments.

• Admission Decision letter and packet mailing coordination

• Other duties as assigned

Supervision

• Supervise 3-5 staff

Qualifications: (Education/Training and Experience Required)

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Slate CRM proficiency

• At least three years of professional undergraduate admission experience, mastering consistent additional responsibilities

• Excellent communication skills (grammar, vocabulary) to be applied to group presentations, telephone communications, and written communications

• Understand and maintain confidentiality

• Thrive in a fast-paced office environment with competing yet equal goals. Time management and decision-making skills are essential

• Energetic, upbeat, and independent

• Willingness and ability to travel

• Valid driver’s license and ability to be insured by the university

• Basic understanding or willingness to learn about Jesuit education and its values

• Successful background check clearance under Saint Joseph’s University’s “Minors on Campus Policy” (PA Criminal Records Check, FBI Fingerprinting Check, and PA Child Abuse Clearance Check).

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree

• 3-5 years of experience

Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours:

• Some night and weekend hours.

• Some extended travel.

• Lifting and carrying college materials to presentations up to 25lbs

• Stamina to work for prolonged periods of time at recruitment events 

Saint Joseph’s University is a private, Catholic, Jesuit institution and we expect members of our community to be knowledgeable about – and to make a positive contribution to – our mission. Saint Joseph’s University is an equal opportunity employer that seeks to recruit, develop and retain a talented and diverse workforce. The University is committed to the diversity of its faculty and staff so that our students, our disciplines and our community as a whole can benefit from the multiple perspectives it offers. The University seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. EOE

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