Director of Admissions

University of Baltimore • Baltimore, MD

69d • $100,000 - $115,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Admissions works collaboratively to meet University goals for undergraduate, graduate, and transfer student recruitment and enrollment. The role works with external agencies, including but not limited to community colleges, area businesses, and non-profits, to facilitate partnerships that will create pipelines to enhance future enrollment goals at UBalt. This position manages admissions / recruitment personnel within undergraduate and graduate admission to meet daily work assignments and to meet overall enrollment undergraduate and graduate goals. The role is eligible for a hybrid work schedule, and consistent on-campus work is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Higher Education Administration or other related field / discipline
• Five years of progressively responsible related experience in admissions, recruitment, and / or related higher education areas, with three years of experience in a supervisory role.
• Successful track record in higher education admissions, recruitment, and enrollment management required.
• A proven track record in planning, designing, and operationalizing graduate and transfer recruitment initiatives that generated growth in graduate enrollment.
• Familiarity with the role of financial aid in admission and recruitment of students required.
• Ability to work effectively with ethnically, culturally, and socially diverse students, staff, faculty, and other constituencies required.
• Motivated self-starter with demonstrated leadership capacity and highly effective project management abilities.
• Comprehensive understanding of data and statistics, admissions requirements and procedures, school funding, and financial aid application processes.
• Ability to analyze and interpret information to lead recruitment personnel in actions resulting in successful enrollment outcomes.
• Experience with and proficiency in the use of a CRM system to effectively manage data and drive outcomes.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and networking abilities, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration or other related field / discipline
• Seven to ten years of demonstrated leadership experience in admissions, recruitment and/or enrollment management.
• Experience or knowledge of graduate admission, transfer students, and adult learners.
• Familiarity with the role of higher education marketing and admissions communications highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures admitted students meet the admission criteria of UBalt by reviewing the admission decisions of admission counselors for accuracy and compliance with guidelines.
• Reviews exceptions to regular admission criteria and advises or escalates to Enrollment Management leadership when deemed appropriate.
• Engages in the recruiting process by planning, coordinating, and overseeing promotional events, campus tours, student interviews, and other admissions activities.
• Develops and operationalizes graduate admission strategic planning, designed to meet recruitment, application, and enrollment goals.
• Works collaboratively to implement strategies designed to increase new student enrollment.
• Works closely with the Director of Financial Aid to strategically manage and develop awarding strategies for the use of UBalt funds and UBalt Foundation scholarships and grants to enroll students.
• Coordinates with the Registrar to ensure timely evaluation of transfer credit.
• Coordinates with the Assistant Registrar to ensure residency requirements are correctly evaluated and assigned.
• Works with Enrollment Management’s UBalt partners to provide students and parents timely information regarding admissions requirements and processes, financial aid applications, enrollment issues, or other procedures at UBalt.
• Monitors the graduate and undergraduate admission funnels to identify when to strategically deploy admission and college resources.
• Manages activities of admission recruitment personnel at each stage of the enrollment funnel.
• Assists in establishing UBalt admission policies and requirements.
• Manages recruitment personnel: Hires or recommends for hiring, supervises, coaches, and evaluates recruitment personnel.
• In meetings, represents the Office of Admissions on topics related to admission processes at UBalt to internal and external audiences.
• Responsible for admission enrollment reporting to UBalt Staff Senate.
• Provides input on the evaluation of applications by reviewing and interpreting student information, including test scores, extracurricular activities, and grades.
• Communicates changes, statistics, and other admission-related information to Enrollment Management leadership and upon request to other UBalt leaders, including academic leadership and other administrative and department heads.

Benefits

• health, life, prescription, and dental plans
• tuition remission benefits
• paid leave (22 days of annual, 15 days of sick, 3 days of personal, and 14-15 holidays)
• retirement plans with employer contributions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees