Associate Director, Graduate Recruitment

Job Summary

The Associate Director of Graduate Recruitment is an essential part of the leadership team responsible for the overall successful operation, training, and monitoring of graduate admissions recruitment and yield processes. Key responsibilities include coordinating with departmental leadership to implement student enrollment strategies and managing resources to meet enrollment targets. The Associate Director will provide leadership in the execution of the strategic vision of Graduate Admissions through travel, recruitment, and campus partnerships. The Associate Director of Graduate Admissions provides leadership and mentorship to their teammates, assists in the execution of the strategic plan, the monitors expenses and other managerial functions as needed. The Associate Director exhibits professionalism, compliance and ethics, accuracy, and passion for higher education.

While supervising a team of Assistant Directors in either the healthcare or professional (Business, Education, Law) vertical, the Associate Director will also serve as a primary contact for prospective students and their families, advisors, and other individuals and organizations involved in the college selection process at the graduate level. Key responsibilities include managing all aspects of the graduate school recruitment process, including helping to identify prospects, managing the application funnel, generating applications from leads, and internal and external relationship management throughout the entire application cycle, and across multiple departments at the University. 

The Associate Director is responsible for recruiting prospective students both locally and nationally through attendance at and travel to college fairs, conferences, professional organization events, community events, employer partner-organizations and virtual fairs within a designated program vertical. The Associate Director will travel non-consecutively between 5-6 weeks each fall and 2-3 weeks each spring during peak recruitment season.

This is a hybrid position, working primarily in-person/on-campus.

Essential Functions

• Develops, directs and leads the coordination of student enrollment activities for an individual college, and across an academic vertical of colleges (healthcare or professional)
• Ensures that objectives, plans, budgets, policies, practices and actions are consistent with University policies
• Participates in the development and execution of both short- and long-term student recruitment strategy to ensure enrollment objectives are met, and implementing approved programs
• Counsels accepted students through the enrollment process to facilitate a smooth transition to Drexel.
• Interacts with prospective students and their families through virtual and in-person individual meetings, information sessions, and campus events to build relationships, answer questions, and explain the benefits of a Drexel University graduate education.  
• Participates in the professional staff hiring process and manage performance management programs for assigned direct reports.
• Planning, assigning and directing work of subordinates, appraising performance, rewarding/disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Delegates responsibilities to teammates as appropriate.
• Serves as the primary point of contact to healthcare-related Colleges, and acts as liaison between the College(s) and EMSS.
• Demonstrates Drexel University values in the completion of all job assignments.
• Adheres to laws and regulations governing student recruitment activities.
• Develops and reviews weekly reports to ensure progress against goals and staff performance metrics.
• Completes other projects and duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent combination of education and work experience. (Please review the Equivalency Chart for additional information.)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in higher education admissions, including 1 year of supervisory experience.
• Ability to train, lead, develop and manage team members.
• Capacity to be a self-starter and self-motivated.
• Ability to achieve success individually and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to be persistent and maintain a positive attitude and approach to work and others.
• Strong interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail skills and problem-solving skills. 
• Strong and process improvement abilities.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Keen mind with a strong work ethics.
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