Graduate Student Admissions Officer, College of Information Sciences and Technology

This role blends in-person and remote work and includes travel to conferences and other universities to support student recruitment efforts.

About the role

The College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) seeks an Admissions Officer to primarily recruit for graduate programs (a single doctoral program and master’s programs) to help meet goals of attracting a high-quality and diverse graduate student body. This position will be part of the team that also recruits undergraduate students and, based on college needs, may assist with undergraduate recruitment.

Our master’s programs include two in-residence M.S. programs—Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations and Informatics. Online, we offer a Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations and a Master’s of Enterprise Architecture and Business Transformation (MEA). We also offer several Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate (IUG) programs which bring IST undergraduate students into our graduate programs.

The Admissions Officer will liaise with the Associate Dean for Student Success, particularly for activities related to diversifying the applicant pool, and will work closely with the Graduate Programs staff, who manage the Graduate Recruiting Committee (GRC) for the doctoral program and the Masters Advisory and Recruitment Committee (MARC).

Responsibilities

• Pre-recruitment graduate program marketing including website and marketing literature content creation; monitoring and managing website and marketing literature updates and distribution.
• Collecting data helpful to recruitment including graduate student placement, time-to-completion.
• Conducting focus groups with current graduate students to inform marketing and recruitment strategies.
• Developing and maintaining awareness of domestic and international markets for our graduate programs.
• Liaising with IST and PSU entities to help inform or coordinate marketing and recruitment including IST undergraduate recruiting, the Fox Graduate School, graduate student recruiters in PSU ‘sister’ colleges (Engineering, Smeal, EMS, Science, HHD), and Penn State Global.
• Liaising with IST and PSU entities helpful to recruiting a diverse applicant pool and graduate student population including IST Associate Dean for Student Success and the Fox Graduate School.
• Identifying and attending graduate school career fairs and conferences that promote diverse graduate student populations (e.g., Tapia conference, PhD Project).
• Leading and participating in on-campus recruitment activities.
• Providing outreach to applicants and admitted students.
• Answering inquiries from interest forms from World Campus and the IST website.
• Developing and running online information sessions for international graduate students.
• Maintaining an updated list of FAQs for applicants.
• Participating in Graduate Programs tasks and activities as needed, including working with the Graduate Recruiting Committee (GRC) and the Masters Advisory and Recruiting Committee (MARC).
• Periodically assisting with undergraduate recruitment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 1+ years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience accepted.

Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. This position requires operating a motor vehicle as part of job duties; a valid driver’s license and successful completion of a motor vehicle records check will be required in addition to standard background checks.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. Penn State does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of a staff employment Visa.

Pay

The salary range for this position, including all possible grades, is $49,188.00 - $71,340.00.

Benefits

Penn State provides a competitive benefits package for full-time employees designed to support both personal and professional well-being. Benefits include:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Robust retirement plans.
• Substantial paid time off including holidays, vacation, and sick time.
• A generous 75% tuition discount, available to employees as well as eligible spouses and children.

For more detailed information, visit the Benefits Page.