Assistant Director of Admissions

Assistant Director of Admissions

Position Overview:

Nichols College seeks a self-starting individual to join the Office of Admission.

Under the support of the Director of Admission, the Assistant Director will be directly responsible for the recruitment, application evaluation, decision making and admission enrollment process for domestic, first-year students coming from a defined territory of high schools. The Assistant Director will be responsible for counseling and mentorship of admitted students who are considering enrolling at Nichols College. In managing this territory, this individual will frequently engage and collaborate with students, families, and school counselors that are essential to meeting enrollment goals.  To do so, the successful candidate will frequently attend events such as college fairs and high school visits.  Additionally, the candidate will participate in campus-based recruiting events such as open houses, information sessions, etc.  

Overarching and Additional Responsibilities Include:

• Creation and implementation/execution of both traditional and new recruitment strategies in a progressive admissions culture leading to achievement of undergraduate enrollment goals.
• Responsible for the campus-visit experience, including providing exceptional leadership for our Student Ambassador program, and campus tours.
• Speak publicly and frequently about Nichols College during individual campus tours, group visits, information sessions, school counseling office visits, school classrooms, and during large admission events. Must be able to effectively communicate both in-person with both small or groups, and online via web conferencing platforms.
• A commitment to strong customer service, and overt attention to prospective students’ needs that should stand at the core of all activities and decisions made.
• This representative will be responsible for managing a defined travel territory.
• The Associate Director will be a team player who upholds and believes in the mission and vision of the college. We are looking for someone who will embrace and represent the Nichols Way by engaging with the current students, faculty and staff.  

Qualifications:

• Strong leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a goal-oriented environment that has a high level of individual and team accountability.
• Ability to work independently when traveling for the college
• Communicates clearly and effectively both verbally, and in writing (prospect email/text/phone communication experience is a plus).
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, parents, administrators, staff, counselors, faculty, alumni and others
• Demonstrated strong multi-tasking, organization, and time management skills
• Public Speaking
• Participate in all admission events including LEAP, Open House, Holiday Night Out, Decision Days, Information Sessions, Accepted Student Days.<