Vice Provost for Enrollment Management

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign•Urbana, IL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) seeks a strategic, innovative, and collaborative leader to serve as its inaugural Vice Provost for Enrollment Management (VPEM). This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of enrollment management at one of the nation’s leading public research universities. With strong support from the Chancellor, Provost, Board of Trustees, and campus leadership, the VPEM will help define how Illinois attracts, enrolls, supports, and graduates future generations of students while advancing the University’s ambitious goals for excellence, access, and student success. Reporting directly to the Provost and partnering closely with the Chancellor, deans, and senior leaders across campus, the VPEM will serve as the University’s chief enrollment strategist. This leader will develop and advance a comprehensive enrollment vision that aligns institutional enrollment goals with Illinois’ land-grant mission, academic priorities, student success agenda, and long-term strategic objectives. The VPEM will provide executive oversight for admissions, financial aid, the registrar, enrollment communications, scholarship administration, and enrollment systems, bringing together recruitment, access, affordability, retention, and graduation efforts within a cohesive institutional framework. The VPEM will join the University at a time of significant opportunity. Building on Illinois’ exceptional reputation, strong enrollment demand, and forward-looking vision, this leader will strengthen alignment across a highly collaborative and decentralized institution, leverage data and emerging technologies to inform strategy, and foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. As the University advances its ambitious new strategic plan, Illinois Leads, the VPEM will play a critical role in supporting institutional priorities related to access, excellence, student success, and global impact through a comprehensive and future-focused enrollment strategy. The successful candidate will play a central role in positioning Illinois as a national leader in enrollment management and ensuring the University remains agile and competitive in a rapidly evolving higher education landscape.

Requirements

Master’s degree in a relevant field.
Ten years of progressively responsible leadership experience in enrollment management, higher education administration, student affairs, academic administration, or a closely related field.
Experience developing and implementing comprehensive enrollment strategies that integrate recruitment, financial aid, retention, and student success objectives and align with institutional priorities, capacity, and long-term sustainability.
Experience using enrollment analytics, forecasting, market research, and financial modeling to inform institutional decision-making and enrollment planning.
Experience building collaborative relationships and working across a complex organization to advance institution-wide initiatives and decision-making.

Nice To Haves

Earned doctorate.
Experience serving in a senior enrollment leadership role at a large public research university or similarly complex institution.
Demonstrated success overseeing multiple enrollment management functions, including admissions, financial aid, registrar services, enrollment communications, enrollment systems, and scholarship programs.
Experience developing enrollment targets, tuition revenue projections, financial aid leveraging strategies, and enrollment-related scenario analyses that support institutional planning and financial sustainability.
Experience working effectively with senior academic leaders, faculty governance bodies, and administrative partners to advance institution-wide strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a comprehensive, institution-wide enrollment strategy that integrates recruitment, financial aid, retention, student success, and enrollment planning and aligns these efforts with the University’s academic priorities, land-grant mission, financial sustainability, and long-term strategic goals.
Provide executive leadership and oversight for Undergraduate Admissions, Student Financial Aid, the Office of the Registrar, Communications for Enrollment Management, Data Analysis and Systems Services, scholarship programs, and other enrollment-related functions.
Advise the Provost, Chancellor, deans, and other senior leaders on enrollment priorities, trends, opportunities, and strategies.
Establish enrollment goals and strategies that balance academic capacity, access and affordability, student success, financial considerations, and the University’s commitment to serving Illinois students while maintaining a strong national and international presence.
Work with the vice provost for global engagement, the vice provost for graduate education, and academic colleges to develop and implement an international student enrollment strategy that strengthens recruitment, broadens geographic representation, and supports students from admission through degree completion. Align these efforts with the University’s academic priorities and global engagement goals.
Leverage enrollment analytics, forecasting, market intelligence, financial modeling, predictive analytics, and emerging technologies to inform institutional planning and decision-making.
Strengthen coordination and collaboration among colleges, academic leaders, student affairs professionals, enrollment units, and other campus partners whose work contributes to recruitment, retention, and student success.
Assess and strengthen organizational structures, processes, systems, and resources across the enrollment enterprise to support effective, coordinated, and data-informed operations.
Build and lead a high-performing enrollment organization characterized by collaboration, accountability, innovation, transparency, and continuous improvement.
Serve as a highly visible and engaged University leader, cultivating strong relationships across a complex and decentralized institution and building shared understanding and ownership of Illinois’ enrollment goals.