Director of Admissions
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Job Number:
524853
Classification:
Student Services Manager 2B
Grade:
Grade 82
Work type:
On Campus, Staff Full-time
Administrative Unit:
University of Alaska Southeast
School/Business unit:
UAS Enrollment Management & SA
Location:
Juneau
Categories:
Executive/Director/Management, Administrative/Personnel, Student Affairs/Services Position
Summary:
The Director of Admissions leads a dynamic team and works collaboratively to oversee a holistic admissions process and increase pathways to education for Alaskans.
Join our team today! Duties:
30 RELATIONS Establish and maintain relationships with a wide variety of key stakeholders to advance the goals for strategic enrollment, including but not limited to internal stakeholders within departments across our three campuses, peers and other stakeholders within the UA system, and key partnerships with community and tribal partners, at high schools, community colleges, other colleges and universities, professional organizations, vendors, students, parents, faculty, alumni, and donors.
Serve on university committees and working groups as appointed by the Vice-Chancellor.
Essential 35 MANAGEMENT Lead, hire, train, supervise, develop, and evaluate members of the Admissions team.
Communicate overall vision and strategies, departmental updates, and policy/procedural changes to department staff to ensure timely and effective execution.
Direct the day-to-day operations of the five professional staff and student recruiters who manage various aspects of the enrollment process (in addition to other services).
These services include:
high school and other in-person classroom visits, campus tours,recruitment events, admissions processing and data management, transition advising, student exchange and study abroad, and community outreach.
Coordinate Juneau-based services and collaboratively support staff and faculty at the Sitka and Ketchikan campuses.
Lead department planning to improve internal workflow and processes, customer services, responsiveness, and identifying and to eliminate barriers for student enrollment and first year transition success.
Lead, train, evaluate, and develop all team members.
Forecast, create and manage an annual admissions budget that supports the admissions and recruitment strategies.
Oversee the management of all software products related to the admissions process, including but not limited to issues of renewal, functionality, reporting and acquisition of new tools that advance the admissions goals and objectives.
Maintain compliance with all university admissions standards as well as state regulations and international admissions procedures.
Ensure security and confidentiality of prospective and current student information records.
Understand and abide by FERPA.
Essential 35 STRATEGY In conjunction with the Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, develop and implement a successful data-informed admissions and recruitment strategy annually for UAS.
This will include short and long range planning.
This will include policy expertise, development, implementation, analysis and, as appropriate, applying appropriate judgment for granting exceptions.
These successful strategies should align with and advance the universitys strategic enrollment initiatives and ensure alignment across UAS three campuses.
Report key findings and metrics on a regular basis.
Conduct an annual assessment of program services.
In conjunction with Institutional Effectiveness, develop and/or utilize reporting tools to assess volume, yield, and productivity, and to forecast enrollment.
Analyze recruitment, admissions and enrollment data to ensure alignment with strategic enrollment priorities.
Review, leverage and interpret data to meet established standards in service levels, staff productivity and quality assurance.
Set targets and utilize data to develop and implement strategies that will result in quantifiable and measurable goals.
Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to research, analyze, and make recommendations about labor market trends, student demands, and leveraging of institutional funds.
Facilitate strategies for prospect and inquiry generation.
Collaboratively develop and oversee all correspondence related to student recruitment, admissions, and enrollment, including:
communications relative to print, email, telemarketing, multimedia, web, social and digital media.
Plan, manage, and coordinate admissions processes, campus tours, program events, and travel for staff.
Ensure timely application processing and enrollment timeframes.
Essential The University of Alaska Southeast is seeking a full-time Director of Admissions to increase access to our academic programs and contribute to our strategic enrollment goals.
The Director of Admissions provides leadership for all areas of undergraduate admissions across three campuses:
Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka.
This is a critical collaborative position overseeing a holistic admissions process.
This is a great opportunity for a strong leader with a past track record of success in the public or higher education administration and a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
-Possess the ability to work as a team player, appropriately exhibiting a positive attitude, a sense of humor, and the ability to tolerate and flourish in a complex environment as a member of a diverse, student-focused team; -Demonstrate warmth and competency to inspire trust and build collaborative relationships internal and external to the organization -Demonstrate positive, goal-oriented leadership skills in order to direct, manage, and coordinate a wide variety of people, projects, and services under the umbrella of admissions; -Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, and disability backgrounds of a wide variety of constituent groups.
-Demonstrate knowledge of current trends and issues impacting college decision-making and enrollment issues.
-Demonstrate knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidelines related to admissions and enrollment, including but not limited to international admissions, open enrollment, recruitment, financial aid, etc.
-Possess experience to assess, modify, develop, and implement policy and program design.
-Possess experience managing contracts, relational databases, budgets, and other institutional resources -Possess strong organizational skills, demonstrated use of data-informed decision-making, and experience with strategic planning.
-Effectively supervise and evaluate assigned staff while building a highly collaborative team.
-Possess and demonstrate excellent skills in oral and written communication.
Preferred Experience & Education:
-Experience leading professional staff -Experience with relational data systems -Advanced public speaking skills -Project management experience -Marketing/sales experience -Experience interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating data and complex challenges to identify solutions and targets.
Required Experience & Education:
-Bachelor's degree required.
-Master's degree preferred.
-Minimum five years of progressively responsible relevant professional experience in higher education OR five years of progressively responsible management experience in a business or alternative higher education role may substitute for this requirement.
-Minimum two years of professional staff supervisory experience.
Salary Information:
This is a full-time, 12-month, exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and a full employee benefits package ( https:
//alaska.
edu/jobs/benefits.
php).
N ew hires are typically placed somewhere between steps one and ten on the Grade 82UA staff salary schedule (https:
//www.
alaska.
edu/hr/talent/files/fy23-salary-schedules/FY23_A4_Staff-Salary-Grid_com-Hrly-bi-ann_w-desc-rpt.
pdf) (based on education and experience).
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Please attach a resume, cover letter, and the names and contact information of three (3) professional references with your application.
This recruitment is open until filled with the initial application review taking place on July 31, 2023.
To ensure consideration, please apply by 11:
55 pm Alaska Standard Time, July 30, 2023.
Located in the ancestral homeland of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples, the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is fully committed to advancing the education and research aspirations of Indigenous peoples and is committed to ongoing work toward decolonization.
These efforts are reflected in our UAS programs and formal community partnerships across our three campuses and throughout all of Southeast Alaska.
To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.
The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process.
If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.
UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual:
www.
alaska.
edu/nondiscrimination The successful applicant is required to complete a background check.
Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.
Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.
If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Mae Delcastillo, Enrollment Management & Student Affairs, HR Coordinator, at email protected or (907) 796-6335.
Advertised:
19 Jun 2023 Alaskan Daylight Time Applications close:
Recommended Skills Administration Communication Confidentiality Consulting Contract Management Coordinating Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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Job Number:
524853
Classification:
Student Services Manager 2B
Grade:
Grade 82
Work type:
On Campus, Staff Full-time
Administrative Unit:
University of Alaska Southeast
School/Business unit:
UAS Enrollment Management & SA
Location:
Juneau
Categories:
Executive/Director/Management, Administrative/Personnel, Student Affairs/Services Position
Summary:
The Director of Admissions leads a dynamic team and works collaboratively to oversee a holistic admissions process and increase pathways to education for Alaskans.
Join our team today! Duties:
30 RELATIONS Establish and maintain relationships with a wide variety of key stakeholders to advance the goals for strategic enrollment, including but not limited to internal stakeholders within departments across our three campuses, peers and other stakeholders within the UA system, and key partnerships with community and tribal partners, at high schools, community colleges, other colleges and universities, professional organizations, vendors, students, parents, faculty, alumni, and donors.
Serve on university committees and working groups as appointed by the Vice-Chancellor.
Essential 35 MANAGEMENT Lead, hire, train, supervise, develop, and evaluate members of the Admissions team.
Communicate overall vision and strategies, departmental updates, and policy/procedural changes to department staff to ensure timely and effective execution.
Direct the day-to-day operations of the five professional staff and student recruiters who manage various aspects of the enrollment process (in addition to other services).
These services include:
high school and other in-person classroom visits, campus tours,recruitment events, admissions processing and data management, transition advising, student exchange and study abroad, and community outreach.
Coordinate Juneau-based services and collaboratively support staff and faculty at the Sitka and Ketchikan campuses.
Lead department planning to improve internal workflow and processes, customer services, responsiveness, and identifying and to eliminate barriers for student enrollment and first year transition success.
Lead, train, evaluate, and develop all team members.
Forecast, create and manage an annual admissions budget that supports the admissions and recruitment strategies.
Oversee the management of all software products related to the admissions process, including but not limited to issues of renewal, functionality, reporting and acquisition of new tools that advance the admissions goals and objectives.
Maintain compliance with all university admissions standards as well as state regulations and international admissions procedures.
Ensure security and confidentiality of prospective and current student information records.
Understand and abide by FERPA.
Essential 35 STRATEGY In conjunction with the Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, develop and implement a successful data-informed admissions and recruitment strategy annually for UAS.
This will include short and long range planning.
This will include policy expertise, development, implementation, analysis and, as appropriate, applying appropriate judgment for granting exceptions.
These successful strategies should align with and advance the universitys strategic enrollment initiatives and ensure alignment across UAS three campuses.
Report key findings and metrics on a regular basis.
Conduct an annual assessment of program services.
In conjunction with Institutional Effectiveness, develop and/or utilize reporting tools to assess volume, yield, and productivity, and to forecast enrollment.
Analyze recruitment, admissions and enrollment data to ensure alignment with strategic enrollment priorities.
Review, leverage and interpret data to meet established standards in service levels, staff productivity and quality assurance.
Set targets and utilize data to develop and implement strategies that will result in quantifiable and measurable goals.
Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to research, analyze, and make recommendations about labor market trends, student demands, and leveraging of institutional funds.
Facilitate strategies for prospect and inquiry generation.
Collaboratively develop and oversee all correspondence related to student recruitment, admissions, and enrollment, including:
communications relative to print, email, telemarketing, multimedia, web, social and digital media.
Plan, manage, and coordinate admissions processes, campus tours, program events, and travel for staff.
Ensure timely application processing and enrollment timeframes.
Essential The University of Alaska Southeast is seeking a full-time Director of Admissions to increase access to our academic programs and contribute to our strategic enrollment goals.
The Director of Admissions provides leadership for all areas of undergraduate admissions across three campuses:
Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka.
This is a critical collaborative position overseeing a holistic admissions process.
This is a great opportunity for a strong leader with a past track record of success in the public or higher education administration and a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
-Possess the ability to work as a team player, appropriately exhibiting a positive attitude, a sense of humor, and the ability to tolerate and flourish in a complex environment as a member of a diverse, student-focused team; -Demonstrate warmth and competency to inspire trust and build collaborative relationships internal and external to the organization -Demonstrate positive, goal-oriented leadership skills in order to direct, manage, and coordinate a wide variety of people, projects, and services under the umbrella of admissions; -Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, and disability backgrounds of a wide variety of constituent groups.
-Demonstrate knowledge of current trends and issues impacting college decision-making and enrollment issues.
-Demonstrate knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidelines related to admissions and enrollment, including but not limited to international admissions, open enrollment, recruitment, financial aid, etc.
-Possess experience to assess, modify, develop, and implement policy and program design.
-Possess experience managing contracts, relational databases, budgets, and other institutional resources -Possess strong organizational skills, demonstrated use of data-informed decision-making, and experience with strategic planning.
-Effectively supervise and evaluate assigned staff while building a highly collaborative team.
-Possess and demonstrate excellent skills in oral and written communication.
Preferred Experience & Education:
-Experience leading professional staff -Experience with relational data systems -Advanced public speaking skills -Project management experience -Marketing/sales experience -Experience interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating data and complex challenges to identify solutions and targets.
Required Experience & Education:
-Bachelor's degree required.
-Master's degree preferred.
-Minimum five years of progressively responsible relevant professional experience in higher education OR five years of progressively responsible management experience in a business or alternative higher education role may substitute for this requirement.
-Minimum two years of professional staff supervisory experience.
Salary Information:
This is a full-time, 12-month, exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and a full employee benefits package ( https:
//alaska.
edu/jobs/benefits.
php).
N ew hires are typically placed somewhere between steps one and ten on the Grade 82UA staff salary schedule (https:
//www.
alaska.
edu/hr/talent/files/fy23-salary-schedules/FY23_A4_Staff-Salary-Grid_com-Hrly-bi-ann_w-desc-rpt.
pdf) (based on education and experience).
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Please attach a resume, cover letter, and the names and contact information of three (3) professional references with your application.
This recruitment is open until filled with the initial application review taking place on July 31, 2023.
To ensure consideration, please apply by 11:
55 pm Alaska Standard Time, July 30, 2023.
Located in the ancestral homeland of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples, the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is fully committed to advancing the education and research aspirations of Indigenous peoples and is committed to ongoing work toward decolonization.
These efforts are reflected in our UAS programs and formal community partnerships across our three campuses and throughout all of Southeast Alaska.
To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.
The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process.
If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.
UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual:
www.
alaska.
edu/nondiscrimination The successful applicant is required to complete a background check.
Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.
Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.
If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Mae Delcastillo, Enrollment Management & Student Affairs, HR Coordinator, at email protected or (907) 796-6335.
Advertised:
19 Jun 2023 Alaskan Daylight Time Applications close:
Recommended Skills Administration Communication Confidentiality Consulting Contract Management Coordinating Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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