Associate Director of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment (Admissions Counselor)
Indiana University

Department

ESKENAZI SCHOOL OF ART ARCH + (BL-SOAD-IUBLA)

Department Information

IU's newest school, the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, is seeking an Associate Director of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment. The Associate Director will play a crucial role in achieving the school's recruitment and enrollment goals for our graduate programs. This position will market the school, identify, and recruit incoming graduate students, and work with them throughout the admissions process.

Job Summary

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the Director of Admissions and Recruitment to develop and implement a comprehensive graduate recruitment plan. This includes managing recruitment outreach, attending college fairs and events.
• Assists in the development and implementation of marketing, recruitment, and yield strategies; creates personalized communications with prospective students and admitted students.
• Works closely with Director of Admissions and Recruitment and Graduate Program Director to identify channels and markets for competitive graduate candidates.
• Conducts market research to audit current practices, identify new markets, and assist in the development of new strategies.
• Develops, implements, plans, and leads information sessions, campus tours, programs, and events associated with graduate admissions and recruitment goals.
• Assists in the recruitment, hiring, training, and management of the Eskenazi School Ambassadors.
• Works with faculty to organize and evaluates applications to make admission recommendations/decisions.
• Collaborates and communicates with a variety of stakeholders including program directors, faculty, school leadership, and campus partners.
• Serves in a collaborative role with internal and external stakeholders to identify targets of opportunity to attract and enroll diverse populations.
• May attend meetings or serve on committees with the Admissions stakeholders, including staff meetings, recruitment, and outreach team meetings, etc.

General Responsibilities

• Maintains, implements and oversees a holistic recruitment yield tactical plan for recruitment.
• Develops, implements, and administers plans, programs, and events for general and targeted student recruitment in support of organizational goals.
• Integrates a diverse and strategic communications strategy in collaboration with other departments, geared toward specific student declared academic major, career interests, and geographic factors.
• Identifies and develops partnerships for outreach to prospective students and influencers.
• Interprets academic policies and exercises authority and independent judgment.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates programs and processes and determines the effectiveness of markets and strategies. Exercises independent judgment and uses census data and modeling tools to identify effective marketing plans and strategies to address specific populations.
• Serves in a collaborative role with internal and external stakeholders to identify targets of opportunity to attract and enroll under-represented populations. Participates in the assessment and evaluation of various models.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in business, public policy, or related field

WORK EXPERIENCE

Preferred

• Some experience in admissions, higher education, marketing, or related field

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Possesses excellent presentation skills
• Demonstrates excellent judgment, tact, and diplomacy
• Highly developed customer relations skills
• Commitment to working with people of diverse backgrounds
• Ability to interpret federal, state, and institutional rules and regulations and required procedures associated with compliance required

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Work Location

Bloomington, Indiana

While position is based in Bloomington, travel to Columbus, Indiana (the location of our master's in architecture program) to meet with students, families, staff, and faculty may be necessary at times.

Advertised Salary

45,000.00 - 48,000.00 annually

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.

Job Classification

Career Level: Core

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Student Services

Job Family: Admissions & Recruitment

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