Assistant Director, Admissions

Description

What if your next job wasn’t just a role, but a place where you truly felt valued, inspired, and empowered?
Imagine working for a company that’s dedicated to educating, inspiring, and empowering others, while fostering a family-like atmosphere that genuinely respects and appreciates every team member.
Now, imagine that this company also offers:

• A flexible hybrid work schedule
• Strong, guiding values that drive      everything we do
• Outstanding benefits to support      your well-being
• The opportunity to make a      meaningful impact every day

Does that sound like a place where you’d thrive? If so, keep reading, because this is exactly what Westcliff University is all about.
Here’s a glimpse of what makes our culture amazing: At Westcliff, we strive to be the best in all we do, celebrating and supporting each team member as we grow and succeed together. As a global leader in innovative education, we’re known for our transformative, tech-driven programs and our unwavering commitment to excellence, social responsibility, and diversity.
Our tagline – Educate. Inspire. Empower. – perfectly sums up our mission: to create opportunities for students and employees to achieve success through hard work and empowerment.
Diversity and inclusion are at our core. At Westcliff, we embrace diversity in every form. Regardless of your race, gender, sexual orientation, family status, religion, ethnicity, national origin, physical ability, veteran status, or age – you belong here.
By joining the Westcliff team, you’ll have the chance to leave your personal mark on a growing institution, helping us shape the future of education while being part of a supportive and innovative community.
Ready to feel inspired and appreciated while making a real difference?
Apply now, and let’s grow and succeed together!

The Associate Director of Admissions is a mid – level management position that will work with the Director of Admissions in enrollment management functions as they pertain to all admissions programs, including recruitment and retention of students, coordination of admissions, and data compilation.  Admissions recruitment, counseling, outreach and application review are all significant functions of this position. He/she assists in overseeing the department staff, and procedures for online, on-ground enrollment for international students. The Admissions Coordinator also works with the Deans and faculty of the programs to provide program information to prospective students and for the implementation of Westcliff University Strategies, plans, and programs as they relate to student admissions. This position reports directly to the Director of Admissions.

Must be flexible with work schedule, is required to work weekends on occasion. 

Requirements

Admissions Support Duties: 

• Reflect      and promote the mission and vision of the University.
• Evaluate      and develop an admissions program with the goal to maintain a capacity      enrollment of qualified students and a list of qualified applicants.
• Direct      the admissions process from point of inquiry through enrollment.
• Present      the school to prospective students, which include systematic and efficient      handling of applications and communication with candidates, tours of the      institution, and interviews with candidates, and arrangements for      admission testing, securing of necessary student credentials, and      communicating final decision to the appropriate individuals.
• Outreach      and recruitment to current and prospective students
• Perform      related duties as assigned.

Managing Admissions Duties: 

• Provide      vision, leadership, management, and ongoing training of admission team.
• Lead a team of admissions and senior      admissions to support students in their admissions process to achieve some      of the goals of the Admissions Department:
  • Motivate and provide the       team with weekly support
  • Monitor and track       admissions activities
  • Analyze and track       retention of students 
  • Diffuse difficult       admissions issues
  • Developing and       maintaining strong, productive team dynamics
  • Proactively respond when       higher level admissions situations and provide actionable solutions to       admissions le