Associate Director of Recruitment and Admission

University of Dayton • Dayton, OH

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The University of Dayton is seeking an innovative recruitment professional to serve as the Associate Director of Recruitment and Admission. This role focuses on building meaningful partnerships with school counselors, independent educational consultants, and other college access professionals. The position will act as a trusted, knowledgeable partner, bringing specialized expertise in counselor engagement, reflective insights, and relationship-centered recruitment. The successful candidate will translate counselor insights into responsive outreach strategies, meaningful student and family experiences, and effective cross-campus collaboration. This position reports to the Director of Regional Recruitment and Admission and is based in Dayton, Ohio. The university emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion as integral to excellence, reflecting its Catholic and Marianist mission.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• At least 4 years of experience in college admission, financial aid, or student services.
• Commitment to contribute to an inclusive climate that includes working with students, families and external stakeholders from various backgrounds.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective public speaking.
• Relationship management skills with diverse audiences.
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
• Valid driver's license with low risk driving record.
• Currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in higher education administration/student affairs or related field.
• 5 or more years of experience in college admission, financial aid, or student services.
• Knowledge and sensitivity to Catholic and Marianist principles of education and values.
• Demonstrated experience working with families and students of diverse backgrounds.
• Experience working with a student information system, such as Banner, or a CRM, such as Salesforce, for recruitment and admissions tasks.
• Ability to develop and educate recruitment and admission staff around best practices to engage in support high school counselors.
• Experience with dynamic event coordination.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing and implementing all events with high school counselors and independent education consultants.
• Overseeing the Recruitment and Admission School Counselor Advisory Board.
• Coordinating counselor events in both the fall and spring semesters, with events hosted in various cities as well as on campus.
• Demonstrating exceptional attention to detail in planning, documentation, scheduling, budget awareness, CRM activity, and post-event assessment.
• Managing an assigned recruitment territory through high school visits, individual appointments with students, families, and school counselors, and territory-specific programming to build a funnel of applicants, admits, and matriculants.
• Contributing to an inclusive climate by working with students, families, and external stakeholders from various backgrounds.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level