Admissions Events & Office Manager

University of Mary Washington • Fredericksburg, VA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Admissions Events and Office Manager is vital to the success of new student recruitment and enrollment in two significant ways. As office manager, this individual plays a key financial role as budget manager for Admissions allowing recruitment staff to purchase services, execute travel, and secure necessary materials to attract and enroll new students. Attention to detail is necessary to manage and record all purchasing transactions as well as participate in budget planning with senior leadership. As events manager, this individual will coordinate logistics for all on and off campus admissions recruitment and enrollment events. Details include scheduling, space and catering reservations, coordination of people, serving as point for event execution, and pulling data to assess event effectiveness toward meeting engagement and enrollment goals. Additionally, this individual plays a role in the daily visitor experience by supervising the Admissions Welcome Center staff, ensuring an extremely high level of customer service and responsiveness for in-person daily visitors and inbound communication.

Requirements

• Strong organizational, analytical/decision making and planning skills.
• Strong administrative support skills, including excellent communication skills; both written and verbal.
• Strong commitment to and demonstration of customer service in a fast-paced office setting with multiple responsibilities while simultaneously interacting with the public.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion while maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive and privileged information.
• Experience in an administrative position with budget responsibilities.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience with MS Office, including Excel spreadsheets.
• Experience in a customer-facing service environment.

Nice To Haves

• Spanish language skills.
• Associate's degree from an accredited college/university in a related field.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in a related field.
• Experience working with high school and college age students and/or working in a higher education environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage and record all purchasing transactions.
• Participate in budget planning with senior leadership.
• Coordinate logistics for all on and off campus admissions recruitment and enrollment events, including scheduling, space and catering reservations, and coordination of people.
• Serve as the point person for event execution.
• Pull data to assess event effectiveness toward meeting engagement and enrollment goals.
• Supervise the Admissions Welcome Center staff.
• Ensure a high level of customer service and responsiveness for in-person daily visitors and inbound communication.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed