Assistant Director, Admissions

Position Title:
Assistant Director, Admissions

Time Type:
Full time

Position Summary and Qualifications:
The Assistant Director of Admission will assist in all aspects of the admission process to meet critical enrollment goals for the University. Under the supervisor’s lead, the Assistant Director will execute on-campus recruitment events including daily visits and tours, group tours, special tours for other departments, large-scale recruitment events like Open Houses, Admitted Student Days, shadow days with current students, and coordinates the Hawk Host student-worker program. This position includes a supervisor role and a recruitment territory.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development and implementation of recruitment events to take place on-campus.
• Recruit, train, develop and retain approximately 60 student-workers.
• Supervisor to admission counselors who oversee the Hawk Hosts (student tour guides and office workers)
• Uses CRM (Slate) for data-driven analysis to report on event and visit results and recommend improvements.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with prospective students and their families within a territory through in-person, phone, e-mail and written communication methods.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with high school counselors within a given territory.
• Lead role for various on-campus special events
• Conduct compelling group presentations
• Manage one-on-one information sessions and interviews
• Counsels and advises prospective students and parents about financial aid eligibility, application procedures, federal grants and scholarships, costs, payment plans, etc

Secondary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Welcome Center front desk supervisor.
• Workday for budget allocations.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Slate CRM proficiency
• Excellent, timely communication skills (i.e. grammar, vocabulary) to be applied to group presentations, telephone communications, and to written communications such as email, letters and memos.
• Ability to understand and maintain confidentiality.
• Time-management and problem-solving skills are essential, as well as energy and ability to operate independently.
• Mastery of basic to intermediate skill level in Google platforms and/or Word, Excel, PowerPoint and internet search software.
• Willingness and ability to travel.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to be insured by the university.
• Basic understanding or willingness to learn about Jesuit education and its values.

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree
• 3-5 years of experience working in a higher education setting and event planning

Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours:

• Some night and weekend hours.
• Some extended travel may be required if applicable.
• Lifting and carrying college materials to presentations up to 25lbs
• Stamina to work for prolonged periods of time at recruitment events

Saint Joseph’s University is a private, Catholic, Jesuit institution and we expect members of our community to be knowledgeable about – and to make a positive contribution to – our mission. Saint Joseph’s University is an equal opportunity employer that seeks to recruit, develop and retain a talented and diverse workforce. The University is committed to the diversity of its faculty and staff so that our students, our disciplines and our community as a whole can benefit from the multiple perspectives it offers. The University seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. EOE

Saint Joseph’s University prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in its programs and activities, including admission and employment, in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The Title IX Coordinator is responsible for overseeing compliance with Title IX and other civil rights laws and regulations. To contact the Title IX Coordinator, e-mail …@sju.edu, visit Campion Student Center suite 243, or call 610-###-####. To learn more about the University’s Title IX policies, the process for filing a report or formal complaint of sex discrimination, sexual harassment, or other form of sexual misconduct, and the University’s response to reports and/or formal complaints, please visit www.sju.edu/titleix. Inquiries may also be directed to the Federal agency responsible for enforcing Title IX, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Pay Transparency & Benefits Overview

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$52,600.00 – $61,300.00