Assistant Director - Graduate Admissions

Viterbo University•La Crosse, WI

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About The Position

Are you passionate about helping students achieve their goals and advancing graduate education in a mission-driven environment? Viterbo University is seeking an enthusiastic and strategic Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions to lead recruitment efforts for select graduate and certificate programs in Business/Leadership, Education, and Health/Nursing. In this highly collaborative role, you'll serve as a key ambassador for Viterbo's graduate programs, guiding prospective students through the admissions process, developing innovative recruitment strategies, and building strong relationships with community partners. This position is a full-time, 12-month, exempt position. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and are committed to servant leadership and academic excellence, we invite you to apply.

Requirements

A master's degree required (or, in progress)
Minimum of three years of business or health care or K-12 experience highly desired, and/or three years of work in college admissions or sales preferred
Ability and proven success in working independently; a self-starter
Excellent relationship building and maintenance skills
Effective communication and exceptional organization skills
Passion for helping people develop and reach professional goals
Experience with Word, Excel, presentation software, virtual conferencing, social media apps, and budgeting
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

Develop and execute an annual recruitment plan to meet enrollment targets (including but not limited to graduate fairs, open house/information sessions, Countdown to Commencement, business and community outreach and recruitment, non-profit outreach, etc.)
Establish term-based enrollment goals and provide weekly enrollment metric reports and census reports.
Recruit and counsel prospective students to assigned graduate programs to maintain or exceed the program enrollment targets
Refine and ensure effectiveness of the graduate admission process and collaborate with graduate admissions and enrollment operations
Work with re-entry students to support retention
Along with others, engage and professionally represent graduate programs inside and outside the University (regional companies, non-profit/government agencies, and service organizations)
Attend new student orientation each semester
Provide regular recruitment updates and ensure ongoing collaboration with the dean, faculty, and graduate program colleagues for the programs your support
Attend and provide enrollment updates and information learned through conversations with prospective students, business/districts and organizations (e.g. CESAs) at all meetings with the program leads.
Provide admission support and initial guidance to International students
Develop and implement a marketing plan to promote the assigned graduate programs in collaboration with marketing and graduate admissions
Coordinate and assist in designing marketing materials in collaboration with marketing and graduate admissions
Maintain and ensures accuracy of any graduate recruitment/enrollment webpages and social media accounts for graduate business and leadership programs
Identify and oversee all events and marketing communications in collaboration with director of graduate admissions
Coordinate offerings for professional development (non-credit) as determined by the program and Graduate Admissions (e.g. teacher professional development (non-credit) options including assisting instructors through approval processes and managing budget and operations. Includes developing opportunities through direct contact with school districts and CESAs throughout Wisconsin.)
Serve as a liaison to appropriate organizations for the programs supported (e.g. State associations, chambers of commerce, Rotary, school districts, etc.)
Maintain admissions website pages for the programs supported and assist with pages specific to graduate admissions.