Assistant Director of Graduate Recruitment - Graduate School - UTK

University of Tennessee • Knoxville, TN

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About The Position

The Assistant Director of Graduate Recruitment provides strategic leadership for university-wide graduate recruitment and prospective student engagement. This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously refining comprehensive recruitment strategies that span all stages of the enrollment funnel, from prospect generation through matriculation. The Director works across colleges, departments, admissions, and university communications to align recruitment efforts, messaging, and outreach strategies with institutional enrollment goals. This position serves as the Graduate School’s lead strategist for recruitment, leveraging data, market insights, and Slate and Salesforce CRM tools to optimize outreach, improve yield, and expand the graduate student pipeline. The Assistant Director of Graduate Recruitment plays a central role in coordinating recruitment efforts across decentralized academic units, ensuring a consistent, high-quality prospective student experience and strengthening the university’s competitive position in graduate education. The position establishes institutional recruitment priorities, guides implementation across decentralized units, and ensures alignment between recruitment strategy and enrollment outcomes.

Requirements

• Strategic leadership for university-wide graduate recruitment and prospective student engagement.
• Development, implementation, and refinement of comprehensive recruitment strategies.
• Collaboration across colleges, departments, admissions, and university communications.
• Leveraging data, market insights, and CRM tools (Slate and Salesforce) for recruitment optimization.
• Coordination of recruitment efforts across decentralized academic units.
• Establishment of institutional recruitment priorities and guidance for implementation.

Responsibilities

• Developing, implementing, and continuously refining comprehensive recruitment strategies that span all stages of the enrollment funnel, from prospect generation through matriculation.
• Working across colleges, departments, admissions, and university communications to align recruitment efforts, messaging, and outreach strategies with institutional enrollment goals.
• Serving as the Graduate School’s lead strategist for recruitment, leveraging data, market insights, and Slate and Salesforce CRM tools to optimize outreach, improve yield, and expand the graduate student pipeline.
• Coordinating recruitment efforts across decentralized academic units, ensuring a consistent, high-quality prospective student experience and strengthening the university’s competitive position in graduate education.
• Establishing institutional recruitment priorities, guiding implementation across decentralized units, and ensuring alignment between recruitment strategy and enrollment outcomes.

Benefits

• Career development and coaching
• Continued education
• Extensive list of development and training possibilities

What This Job Offers

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