Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admissions

About the role

The Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions provides hands-on management of key first-year recruitment projects, supports application evaluation processes, and represents RPI within assigned recruitment territories focused on high school outreach and first-year student recruitment. This position requires the ability to travel domestically and internationally. Regular weekend and evening availability is required during fall recruitment and spring yield seasons.

Responsibilities

• Recruits prospective first-year students in assigned regions, representing RPI at high schools, college fairs, and community events.
• Conducts holistic reviews of first-year application files, serves on admission committees, and evaluates performance using analytics.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with high school counselors in assigned territories.
• Supports yield programming, including admitted student communications, yield event staffing, and deposit conversion activities.
• Advises prospective honors candidates and Medalist Program nominees in assigned territories.
• Led major recruitment initiatives and special projects with increasing responsibility for program development.
• Trains counselor-level staff on recruitment techniques and application evaluation standards, develops recruitment protocols, and contributes to communication strategy.
• Supports campus recruitment events, including required evening and weekend programming.
• May serve as a school liaison for underrepresented populations in STEM and students with disabilities, as assigned.
• Identifies and registers for high school open house events and college night programs within the assigned territory, coordinating logistics including registration deadlines, event schedules, booth setup, and materials.
• Performs other duties as assigned in support of departmental and institutional objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field required. Minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience working in an admissions office at a postsecondary educational institution.
• Relevant combinations of education, training and experience may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in higher education, especially graduate or undergraduate admissions.
• Valid driver's license.
• Slate or similar CRM proficiency including query writing, communication management, and reading workflow execution.
• Familiarity with CRM dashboards, territory analytics, and enrollment funnel metrics (conversion rates, melt rates, yield rates).
• Demonstrated ability to articulate STEM curricular pathways including engineering, computer science, physical sciences, life sciences, and mathematics, and to advise prospective students and families on prerequisite preparation and major selection at a research-intensive institution.
• Familiarity with AP, IB, A-Level, and dual enrollment evaluation standards in STEM disciplines.
• Banner Student Information System (SIS) experience preferred, including familiarity with student records management, admissions processing, registration functions, academic records, reporting, and data entry within a higher education environment.
• Ability to navigate and utilize Banner effectively to support admissions and enrollment operations is highly desirable.

Benefits

Starting Salary/Rate: Expected hiring range: $62,354. Pay transparency disclosure: The selected candidate’s salary will be determined based on factors that include the available budget, internal equity, and the final candidate’s qualifications, experience, education and other job-related credentials. This hiring range is provided as Rensselaer’s good faith estimate of the expected hiring range at the time of posting.