Assistant Director, Rural and Small Town Student Recruitment

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Job Title:

Assistant Director, Rural and Small Town Student Recruitment

Department:

Strategic Enrollment | Undergraduate Admissions

Position Overview and Environment

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions at The Ohio State University is a dynamic and exciting place to work. This position offers an opportunity to strategically impact the future of Ohio State through the recruitment, admission, and support of outstanding students as the Outreach and Recruitment team is responsible for recruiting prospective students to The Ohio State University. The Assistant Director for rural student recruitment reports to the associate director for domestic outreach and recruitment. The individual will be located in the Student Academic Services Building and will work closely and alongside a team of full-time staff members of approximately 30 and a broader Undergraduate Admissions team of 55. Peak seasons are typically August through May given the cyclical nature of the work supported across Undergraduate Admissions. In office work hours can range from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, but will require early morning, evening, and weekend hours at various times during the year given the role's direct work with outreach and recruitment programs.

This is a term (four years) grant funded position. 

Detailed Position Description

As a member of the Undergraduate Admissions team the Assistant Director will spend the greatest amount of time through the year performing the following job responsibilities; Implements strategy, plans, executes, and contributes to evaluation and building rural and small town student outreach and recruitment efforts for targeted populations; works collaboratively with members of undergraduate admissions to utilize data to understand population and collaborate on implementation of the data to have direct impacts on outreach and recruitment efforts, with a particular focus on reducing the number of targeted rural counties in Ohio that have small enrollment contributions; participates in and provides oversight to the development, implementation, and evaluation of new outreach and recruitment efforts in collaboration with internal and external partners including email journeys, mailings, publications, video, text, and websites; manages the operational budget of designated area; works collaboratively with campus partners and the visits and events team to develop strategy and plan for in-person and virtual campus visits for rural, small town, and first generation prospective students, family members and school counselors.  Develops an advisory board to guide our efforts and expand our network, hosting in person or virtual meetings each semester.  Hires, trains, supervises, coaches and mentors 2-3 student workers who can support the efforts of outreach and recruitment for rural, small town, and first-generation students, motivates and encourages staff to help set priorities, provide excellent customer services, and supports staff in their own development. Collaborates with the recruitment team on building strategy for high school and community-based organization engagement focused on rural and small town; executes territory specific programs and events in collaboration with partner offices using data, reports and analysis tools/technology to inform approach and needs. Collaborates and builds relationships with partner offices and engages in and promotes partnership and program development with internal and external constitu