Assistant Director Specialized Recruitment - 529174

The University of Alabama•Tuscaloosa, AL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Assistant Director of Specialized Recruitment provides leadership, direction, and supervision over the team that handles student recruitment efforts. Creates training and professional development programs. Contributes to and participates in the creation of recruitment plans for specialized recruitment groups. Works with admission officers and other key campus partners within the University of Alabama to develop and implement a strategic and comprehensive plan to enroll students within specialized recruitment groups and primary oversight of Vision Days and Small Town and Rural Students (STARS). Serves as the lead for all in-office and regional, in-state and out-of-state specialized recruitment plans, initiatives, and staff. Provides mentorship to all recruiters and counselors by maintaining constant communications to achieve recruitment enrollment goals. Ensures that through training and daily updates that the recruitment team are well versed with the specialized recruitment initiatives, academic programs and co-curricular opportunities in order to provide excellent customer service to prospective incoming freshman and their parents. Assists in the management of recruitment specific groups, email campaigns, social media, event software applications and other forms of media for prospective students and their parents. Assists with developing, managing, and executing innovative and results-oriented specialized recruitment strategies to ensure the student enrollment goal is met.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and six (6) years of recruitment, university admissions, public relations, marketing, sales, or communications experience; OR master's degree and four (4) years of recruitment, university admissions, public relations, marketing, sales, or communications experience.
Must have valid U.S. driver's license.
Must be at least 19 years of age at time of hire and have an acceptable Motor Vehicle Report that is in compliance with University policies.
Applicants under the age of 21 will have some driving restrictions.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
High organization skills for strategic planning purposes.
Interest in working with prospective students and their families.
Ability to be a leader and utilize a customer oriented philosophy.
Ability to multi task effectively.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a related field and three (3) years of recruitment experience in a complex higher education institution.

Responsibilities

Provides leadership, direction, and supervision over the team that handles student recruitment efforts.
Creates training and professional development programs.
Contributes to and participates in the creation of recruitment plans for specialized recruitment groups.
Develops and implements a strategic and comprehensive plan to enroll students within specialized recruitment groups.
Provides primary oversight of Vision Days and Small Town and Rural Students (STARS).
Serves as the lead for all in-office and regional, in-state and out-of-state specialized recruitment plans, initiatives, and staff.
Provides mentorship to all recruiters and counselors by maintaining constant communications to achieve recruitment enrollment goals.
Ensures that through training and daily updates that the recruitment team are well versed with the specialized recruitment initiatives, academic programs and co-curricular opportunities in order to provide excellent customer service to prospective incoming freshman and their parents.
Assists in the management of recruitment specific groups, email campaigns, social media, event software applications and other forms of media for prospective students and their parents.
Assists with developing, managing, and executing innovative and results-oriented specialized recruitment strategies to ensure the student enrollment goal is met.