Director of Recruitment & Enrollment

 

SUMMARY

 

The Director of Recruitment & Enrollment develops, administers, supervises, and directs student recruitment and enrollment programs and services for the college.  This position supervises the following areas:  Recruitment, Admissions, Registrar, Advising, Advisor/Counselor, Financial Aid and Student Services Administrative Assistant. The Director demonstrates a commitment to student success, diversity, service excellence, innovation, and collaboration leading the department by promoting the College’s strategic plan and key performance measures.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

 

·         Develops, implements and monitors outcomes of enrollment management strategies including an annual enrollment management plan.

 

·         Researches best practices and directs all recruitment efforts both on-site and off-site including all communications with new and prospective students, documentation and analyses of recruitment methods.

 

·         Collaborate with Academic Affairs to promote existing and potential programs of study.

 

·         Collaborate with the other student affairs teams and Academic Affairs to recommend, monitor, update, and implement placement testing and multiple measures.

 

·         Maintain up-to-date skill set for the College’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system ensuring use to the fullest potential and take a leadership role in research, recommendation and implementation of additional modules and software integration.

 

·         Leads the College’s efforts to maintain accurate and up-to-date physical and electronic student files.

 

·         Collaborate with the Institutional Effectiveness to determine and collect statistical information on students according to key performance measures and measures of success.

 

·         Ensures compliance with state and federal regulations such as FERPA, Drug-Free Schools, Financial Aid, and Mental Health Act.

 

·         Provide updates to strategic plan, key performance measures and measures of success quarterly and monthly submissions for the board.

 

·         Provide oversight for enrollment processes for international students.

 

·         Research, implement and monitor advisement practices that lead to student goal completion.

 

·         Create and update an advisement training manual including online registration.

 

·         Provide training to new and continuing Recruiters and Advisors where all students are receiving the same information.

 

 

 

·         Assists with the understanding, promotion and utilization of articulation agreements with other institutions.

 

·         Prepares and monitors budgets and oversees budget expenditures for recruitment and enrollment.

 

·         Assists with the creation and updates of the Student Handbook.

 

·         Assist the Advisor/School Counselor with campus Alcohol & Drug Education and Mental Health planning and programming.

 

·         Collaborate with the other student affairs teams and Academic Affairs to recommend, monitor, update, and implement placement testing and multiple measures.

 

·         Collaborates with other student affairs teams and Academic Affairs on student recruitment and enrollment activities.

 

·         Perform other related duties which may be required by the supervisor.

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Recruitment, Admissions, Registrar, Student Records, Advising, Advisor/Counselor, Registration, Financial Aid and Student Services Administrative Assistant. Admissions, One-Stop-Shop, Records, Registrar, and Counseling

 

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

·         Bachelor’s Degree Required. Master’s Degree preferred.

·         Must have five years in Higher Education, preferably community college experience.

·         Academic counseling experience is strongly preferred; experience in Guided Pathway implementation preferred.

·         Ability to understand and master the College’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

·         Ability to work well in a multi-cultural environment.

·         Ability to communicate in written or oral form.

·         Basic computer skills are essential.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Lifting:  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.  Lifting items up to 10 pounds in weight.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is primarily in an office/school environment.  Noise levels usually are moderate.