Director, Recruitment and Admissions

About the role

We are seeking an experienced, collaborative, and results-oriented Director of Recruitment and Admissions to lead our College’s student recruitment and admissions efforts. The successful candidate will be a proactive, adaptable leader with a proven track record in higher education recruitment and admissions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, coach, and develop Admissions staff while establishing clear expectations, accountability, and shared responsibility for enrollment outcomes.
• Create a strong team culture centered on initiative, collaboration, follow-through, continuous improvement, and student service.
• Develop, implement, and assess a comprehensive annual recruitment plan aligned with College enrollment goals and priorities.
• Use application, enrollment, yield, conversion, demographic, geographic, event, and other relevant data to establish priorities, evaluate results, identify opportunities, and adjust strategies.
• Maintain oversight of international admissions and SEVP responsibilities, as assigned.
• Represent the College at recruitment, community, school, and professional events.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in higher education, education, business administration, marketing, communications, psychology, counseling, student affairs, enrollment management, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in higher education admissions, recruitment, enrollment management, or a closely related area.
• Demonstrated leadership experience supervising and developing professional staff.
• Proven record of success developing and implementing higher education recruitment strategies that resulted in measurable improvement in applications, enrollment, yield, conversion, or related enrollment outcomes.
• Experience using CRM, student information systems, or other enrollment-related technologies.
• Strong organizational, planning, project management, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships across departments and with external partners.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends and travel locally in support of recruitment activities.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience within a college or university admissions or enrollment management operation.
• Experience in a community college or open-access institution serving diverse student populations and multiple enrollment pathways.
• Experience developing recruitment strategies for multiple student populations, including traditional-age students, adult learners, transfer students, and other targeted populations.
• Experience managing recruitment funnels, conversion strategies, and yield initiatives.
• Experience with CRM segmentation, automated communications, enrollment analytics, and recruitment dashboards.
• Experience with international student admissions and SEVP regulations.
• Experience with Element451, Ellucian Colleague, Workday Student, or comparable enrollment systems.

Skills

• Strategic thinker with a focus on enrollment outcomes.
• Data-driven decision maker with experience using enrollment data and metrics.
• Effective communicator with the ability to build strong relationships across departments and with external partners.
• Adaptable and agile with the ability to respond to changing enrollment conditions and market opportunities.
• Organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage a complex recruitment process.

Benefits

Bucks County Community College offers an exceptional benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, 403B pension plan, life insurance, short & long-term disability, generous paid time off, tuition waivers, tuition assistance, wellness center, cafeteria, and free parking on a beautiful Bucks County campus.