Admissions Associate Director

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology • Terre Haute, IN

23d • $60,000 - $75,000

About The Position

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has an opening in the Enrollment Management Department for an Admissions Associate Director. The ideal candidate will be committed to enriching the lives of students and building a strong community of scholars on campus. We have been ranked No. 1 among U.S. engineering colleges by the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Guide for the last 27 consecutive years. As an Admissions Associate Director, you will serve as a regional representative and perform outreach and engagement with a designated geographic area (including Chicago, Illinois and surrounding vicinity, Milwaukee, WI and surrounding vicinity; and Gary, IN and surrounding vicinity). You will work with and build strong relationships with prospective students, families, schools, school counselors, alumni, and community-based organizations by planning recruitment activities. You will represent the institution to external markets and ensure representation of institutional strengths is included in presentations and other communications. Additionally, you will join Chicago Area Regional Representative (CARR) and be an active member. At Rose-Hulman, your successes are celebrated in a welcoming, supportive, and flexible environment with a number of benefits and resources including a variety of health benefit options; voluntary benefits such as Group Accident and/or Group Critical Illness Insurance, Pet Insurance, and Caregiver Resources; participation in Tuition Exchange; a generous and flexible paid leave program and dedicated time for professional development. As a Rose-Hulman employee, you will also enjoy access to full-service fitness facilities and programming; a performing arts center featuring national touring acts and campus productions; and access to state-of-the-art labs, facilities, and equipment. All employees experience opportunities to have an impact on student lives and be part of a greater purpose through multidisciplinary project collaboration that can have a global impact, as well as receive continual encouragement and support for philanthropic and volunteer opportunities. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) focused institution, whose students’ education and success are the nucleus of everything we strive for. We support and recognize excellence in teaching, learning, innovation, and intellectual growth of our students, faculty, and staff. Our campus culture is student-focused, welcoming, and inclusive. Here, we believe that every employee has a role to play in the mission of the institute: to provide our students with the world's best undergraduate science, engineering, and mathematics education in an environment of individual attention and support.

Requirements

• Qualified candidates will hold a bachelor’s degree and four to five years of experience in a private institution with college admissions.
• Strong analytical and project/process management skills are necessary.
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills are essential.
• Must be able to speak and interact effectively with alumni, students, faculty, staff, and prospective students and their families from many cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
• The ability to read and interpret documents like school transcripts and procedure manuals is required.
• The ability to write routine reports and correspondence is necessary.
• Knowledge of database, spreadsheet, and word processing (Microsoft Office) is required.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred candidates will have a master’s degree and five years of experience in a private institution with diversity/multicultural affairs or college admissions.
• Preferred candidates will also have knowledge of engineering.
• Experience with various types of social media is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a regional representative and perform outreach and engagement with a designated geographic area (including Chicago, Illinois and surrounding vicinity, Milwaukee, WI and surrounding vicinity; and Gary, IN and surrounding vicinity)
• Work with and build strong relationships with prospective students, families, schools, school counselors, alumni, and community-based organizations by planning recruitment activities
• Represent the institution to external markets and ensure representation of institutional strengths is included in presentations and other communications
• Join Chicago Area Regional Representative (CARR) and be an active member.

Benefits

• variety of health benefit options
• voluntary benefits such as Group Accident and/or Group Critical Illness Insurance, Pet Insurance, and Caregiver Resources
• participation in Tuition Exchange
• a generous and flexible paid leave program and dedicated time for professional development
• access to full-service fitness facilities and programming
• a performing arts center featuring national touring acts and campus productions
• access to state-of-the-art labs, facilities, and equipment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees