Assistant/Senior Assistant Director of Admissions - Kenyon College

The Assistant / Senior Assistant Director of Admissions will join a highly collaborative and student-centered enrollment division during an exciting period of innovation and strategic growth. Working from Lowell House - a newly renovated admissions center at the heart of campus - staff members participate in a deeply team-oriented environment focused on relationship-building, thoughtful recruitment, and the careful shaping of each entering class.

Responsibilities

• Manage a geographic recruitment territory
• Counsel and advise prospective students and families through the college search and application process
• Conduct interviews, presentations, and outreach programs
• Cultivate relationships with school counselors and community-based organizations
• Evaluate applications for first-year admission

Requirements

• Significant travel (approximately 8–10 weeks annually)
• Evening and weekend responsibilities throughout the admissions cycle

Qualifications

• An interest in emerging trends and tools shaping enrollment work, including comfort learning and utilizing new technologies, data-informed practices, and evolving communication platforms while maintaining the highly personal approach that defines Kenyon’s admissions philosophy
• An understanding of and appreciation for the mission of a residential liberal arts college, including a commitment to working with students and families from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences
• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution

Skills

• Intellectually curious
• Personable
• Highly organized
• Eager to contribute to a strong culture of collaboration and professional growth

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Attractive benefits package including tuition waivers for children and spouses/families
• TIAA retirement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Many other benefits

Pay

Salaries at Kenyon are competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time, 12-month position.

Benefits

In addition to an attractive salary, Kenyon offers benefits for employees and their family members. Children of employees are eligible for 100% tuition waivers at Kenyon, and through the Great Lakes Colleges Association, children of employees are eligible for 90% tuition waivers at twenty-two other of the nation's finest liberal arts colleges.

We also offer health, dental and vision insurance, TIAA retirement, and many other benefits, including provisions for a spouse, families, and domestic partners. Details about benefits as well as conditions of employment are described more fully in our Staff Handbook.

About the Role

Kenyon College, a nationally prominent residential liberal arts college in central Ohio, invites applications for Assistant / Senior Assistant Director of Admissions positions (title dependent on experience).