Assistant Director of Non-Traditonal Admissions

This position serves as a team leader for the recruitment team, working with non-traditional undergraduate and graduate prospective students. This position leads a team of full-time admissions professionals, as well as highly trained student admissions counselors and campus hosts, assisting with the admissions process including financial aid, registration, and other important enrollment processes. This position assists the Dean of Enrollment and Marketing with events and tasks, including oversight of the admissions/recruitment teams’ strategic activities leading to achievement of enrollment goals.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Three or more years of professional student recruitment experience required
• Two or more years of supervisory experience preferred
• Proven past success in recruitment of students
• Ability to train, assist, and motivate staff toward their recruitment goals
• Outstanding communication/interpersonal skills and the ability to lead. Must have knowledge in financial aid, ethical recruitment practices, and work within the standards set forth by NACAC, NACCAP, AACRAO and the CCCU
• Strong computer application and database management skills such as CRM for recruitment
• Self-starter, highly motivated, well-organized and a team player in a fast-paced work environment

General Expectations:

• Personal relationship with Jesus, a vibrant Christian faith, and a commitment to Christian community; capable of sharing faith and engaging in conversations about Christ
• Demonstrate Simpson University Values in the performance of all duties
• Maintain lifestyle in accordance with Simpson University Lifestyle Policy in Staff Handbook
• Maintain the confidentiality of information, data and records
• Properly exercise tact, diplomacy, discretion, and professional judgment
• Demonstrate strong customer service skills in the performance of job duties
• Demonstrate good organizational and communication skills in the performance of job duties
• Supervises employees in accordance with Simpson University policies and procedures
• Support the overflow needs of other departments within the respective university area
• Perform other duties in accordance with this position as deemed necessary by the immediate supervisor

Essential Functions:

• Meet and maintain high level enrollment goals as determined in conjunction with the Dean of Enrollment and Marketing and the Chief Operations Officer
• Lead, supervise, and train staff as they recruit and enroll prospective students
• Create solutions to build a stronger lead pool through outreach strategies and activate ideas to generate more campus guests
• Coordinate and participate in the planning, implementation, and oversight of high school and transfer college fair events, church/youth pastor presentations/appointments, and campus visitation days. Key involvement in building relationships with influencers, as well as to generating leads
• Utilize technology to engage with target audiences, as well as to streamline processes to make enrollment more seamless
• Actively participate in regular enrollment planning for each entering term
• Monitor enrollment data to analyze trends and the development of the admissions funnel
• Evaluate and improve current recruitment operations, processes, procedures, and strategies
• Promote relational and communication linkages to the academic departments to assure accurate information is conveyed to prospective students through staff, media, web, and print
• Oversee financial aid counseling for new students in concert with the Financial Aid department
• Maintain current understanding of various recruitment information including, but not limited to financial aid procedures, transcript evaluation, registration processes, and the use of the CRM tool
• Collaborate with the Dean of Enrollment and Marketing to evaluate and improve current recruitment operations, processes, procedures, and strategies
• Promote relational and communication linkages to the Degree Completion program, graduate programs, and academic departments to ensure accurate information is conveyed to prospective students through staff, media, web, and print
• Act as a liaison to Student Financial Services and the graduate and undergraduate programs
• Recruit, contact, engage and matriculate a pool of assigned prospective students from inquiry to start.
• Complete other admissions leadership duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements:

Analysis of Physical Demands to Perform Essential Functions:

Key (Based on typical week):

N=Never
R=Rarely (Less than 1 hour per week)
O=Occasional (1%-33% of time)

F=Frequent (34%-66% of time)
C=Constant (over 66% of time)

Salary: $68,640 per annum