Assistant Dean of Admissions, College-Conservatory of Music

Job Overview

The Assistant Dean of Admissions serves as the senior institutional leader responsible for the vision, strategy, and execution of all undergraduate and graduate recruitment and admissions for the College‑Conservatory of Music (CCM).

Strategic Leadership & Department Operations

• Provide vision, leadership, and full accountability for recruitment and admissions outcomes across all undergraduate and graduate CCM programs, aligning enrollment strategy with college and university priorities.
• Serve as a senior advisor to the Dean and college leadership on admissions policy, enrollment strategy, financial aid leveraging, and long-range academic planning.
• Establish goals, benchmarks, and assessment practices to support continuous improvement, transparency, and institutional effectiveness.
• Lead, manage, and develop a high-performing admissions team, establishing clear goals, performance metrics, and professional development pathways.
• Design and implement scalable, sustainable systems and workflows that support long-term operational resilience.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and service-oriented professional culture.
• Lead a data-informed admissions operation utilizing analytics, dashboards, reporting tools, and market research to guide strategy and monitor performance.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights for the Dean, faculty leadership, and university partners.
• Monitor national and international enrollment trends to maintain CCM’s competitive position and inform strategic decision-making.

Recruitment & Enrollment Design and Implementation

• Design and implement a comprehensive, data-driven recruitment and admissions strategy encompassing application generation, yield optimization, enrollment shaping, and talent diversification across disciplines.
• Leverage available college recruitment funds and financial aid to assist in recruiting and supporting students.
• Analyze enrollment trends, applicant pipeline data, yield patterns, market demand, and competitive positioning to identify strategic opportunities and risks.
• Support long-range enrollment forecasting and scenario planning to inform academic and financial decision-making, including recommendations on program additions, revisions, growth, or sunsetting.
• Collaborate closely with division chairs, program heads, and faculty to develop and execute discipline-specific recruitment strategies aligned with school-wide enrollment goals.
• Oversee and manage audition and pre-screening processes; audition days and college-level tours and welcome days; and college participation in university-wide recruitment, enrollment, and orientation events.
• Represent CCM at institutional, regional, national, and international levels to enhance visibility and expand the prospective student pipeline.
• Support strategic recruitment travel and participation in professional conferences and industry forums.

Admissions Process Oversight

• Direct and oversee all CCM admissions processes, ensuring consistency, efficiency, transparency, and adherence to institutional policy.
• Integrate discipline-specific requirements such as auditions, portfolios, interviews, and faculty evaluation within a cohesive admissions framework.
• Ensure a high-quality, student-centered experience for prospective students at every stage of the admissions lifecycle.
• Collaborate with university partners in Admissions, Financial Aid, Advising, Marketing, Institutional Research, and Information Technology to ensure cohesive processes and a seamless prospective-student experience.
• Serve as CCM’s senior admissions representative in university-wide enrollment initiatives and governance activities.

Scholarship & Resource Management

• Provide strategic oversight of college recruitment funds and admissions-related budgets, ensuring resources are deployed effectively to advance enrollment goals.
• Oversee and administer 12M annual scholarship budget that is drawn from multiple restricted and unrestricted sources.
• Leverage this budget across all areas of CCM to maximize recruitment, yield, student support, and program health.
• Partner with university enrollment and scholarship offices to design and implement scholarship leveraging strategies that support yield, access, and academic quality.
• Assess return on investment for recruitment initiatives, travel, events, and financial incentives, and adjust strategies based on outcomes and market conditions.