Assistant Director of Student Recruitment

About the role

The Assistant Director of Student Recruitment is a full-time administrative faculty position designed to recruit and enroll associate, undergraduate, and graduate students. This role works as a key member of Academic Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, which includes over 3,600 students in over 20 majors and associate and graduate degrees.

Responsibilities

• Apply a strategic vision to lead recruiting and promotion initiatives to facilitate enrollment growth for incoming associate, undergraduate, and graduate students across the College.
• Coordinate and support events or student-facing programming.
• Build and maintain relationships with students and families through effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Manage and utilize social media advertising strategies and manage student interns.
• Supervise and manage complex projects.
• Work independently without excessive supervision or follow-up.
• Occasionally work evenings and weekends and travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with equivalent experience.
• Experience in recruitment or admissions.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and support events or student-facing programming.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a focus on relationship-building with students and families.
• Knowledge of social media advertising strategies and management.
• Ability to supervise student interns.
• Experience in complex project management.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends and the ability to travel occasionally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in an applicable field.
• Experience with digital advertising and analytics.
• Experience with marketing and outreach via social media.
• Experience using a CRM (customer relationship management) system.
• Intermediate data analysis and Excel skills to support strategy development.
• Demonstrated skills in event planning and coordination.

Pay

$49,725 - $69,615 annually.

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.