Senior Assistant Director of Admission 2 (Focus on Training and Transfer Admissions)

Job Summary:

Leads office training committee and steers training & onboarding activities. Manages the transfer application review process and develops transfer recruitment initiatives. As senior member of a regional admissions team, manages a domestic geographic territory and develops a recruitment strategy.    

Please Note: Some evening and weekend work required. 4-6 weeks annual travel by car, rail, and/or airplane. May need to lift and carry boxes of recruitment materials up to 30 pounds.

Specific Responsibilities:

• As senior member of a regional team, manages a geographic admissions territory within the United States; develops recruitment strategy and designs fall recruitment plan to meet University enrollment goals and University strategic plan. 
• Coordinates and executes 4–5 weeks of regional recruitment activities annually, visiting high schools, conducting information sessions, leading digital panels, etc.
• Delegates and manages recruitment activities of other admission officers on the regional team.
• Builds and maintains productive relationships with college counselors and community-based organizations in support of recruitment initiatives.
• Tracks, evaluates, and reports relevant recruitment statistics.
• Leads on-campus information sessions as on-duty director in visitors center on rotational basis.
• Answers student/family queries by phone, email, and in person.
• Oversees the evaluation of over 3,000 applications per year.
• Trains and manages other readers on the team.
• Supports the director of transfer admission in recruitment and review of transfer applications including: distributing files across admissions committee, monitoring reading pace, overseeing final decisions, coordinating decision release
• Serves as point person for transfer applicant queries.
• Together with recruitment team, develops outreach and yield strategies to grow and strengthen transfer pool and bring admits to campus.
• Leads staff training committee.
• Develops staff training & onboarding resources and activities.
• Manages staff calendar for daily phones & visitors center duty.

Miscellaneous

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in college admissions/recruiting.
• Experience in administration, project management, customer service, public relations, supervision, and/or event coordination.

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills; ability to speak effectively before audiences of up to 500 or more.
• Requires valid driver's license and frequent business travel by plane.
• Ability to work effectively with time and volume pressures. Must be able to meet deadlines.
• Ability to communicate with diverse Northwestern community including admission staff, students/families, and alumni.
• Ability to meet department and University goals.
• Ability to work outside normal business hours including evening and weekends.
• Requires independent judgment, discretion and diplomacy.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Successful completion of a full course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a master's degree or higher.
• Background in highly selective college admissions.
• Familiarity with Northwestern.

Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

• Knowledge of Slate CRM.
• Creative, innovative, and highly organized.
• Collaborative spirit and sense of humor.

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