Admissions Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 2 years of progressive experience in higher education admissions, recruitment, enrollment management, or a related field.
• Experience coordinating complex admissions processes, programs, or projects.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills, including the ability to manage and develop Admissions staff.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with academic leadership, faculty, staff, applicants, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to analyze admissions and enrollment trends and apply insights to improve outcomes.
• Knowledge of admissions operations, applicant lifecycle management, and professional or graduate admissions processes.
• Proficiency with CRM systems and centralized application services.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, including the ability to manage multiple programs, competing priorities, and admissions cycles.
• Ability to work collaboratively across programs, campuses, and functional areas.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Salesforce experience preferred.
• Supervisory or team leadership experience preferred.
• Experience with professional or graduate admissions, centralized application services, CRM systems, or enrollment technologies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight for admissions activities for assigned programs, including PA, DNAP, DVM, and other programs as assigned.
• Manage program-specific admissions processes from application through review, interviews, admissions decisions, deposits, pre-matriculation, and matriculation.
• Develop and maintain admissions timelines, workflows, procedures, and communications for assigned programs.
• Coordinate applicant review, interviews, selection, and Admissions Committee processes as applicable.
• Ensure admissions activities align with University policies, program requirements, accreditation expectations, and established admissions standards.
• Monitor applicant progression and progress toward enrollment targets, identify risks and opportunities, and implement or recommend appropriate actions.
• Oversee applicant and accepted-student follow-up to support enrollment goals and a high-quality applicant experience.
• Serve as the primary Admissions liaison to academic leadership for assigned programs.
• Directly supervise assigned Admissions staff, providing day-to-day guidance, coaching, and performance management.
• Support staff onboarding, training, and professional development; establish expectations for application processing, service, communications, documentation, and follow-up.
• Serve as the first leadership escalation point for complex applicant or program-specific situations.
• Assist with workload balancing, scheduling, and coverage planning, and foster a collaborative and accountable team culture.
• Monitor application flow, applicant progression, incomplete applications, admitted-student follow-up, and pre-matriculation activities.
• Ensure accurate and timely applicant data and record maintenance in Salesforce, centralized application services, and related systems.
• Monitor applicant communications and provide direct advisement or support for complex applicant situations as needed.
• Identify workflow inefficiencies and recurring challenges and implement or recommend process improvements.
• Maintain working relationships with academic leaders, faculty, Admissions Committee members, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the Associate Director of Recruitment and Recruitment staff on recruitment activities, applicant trends, events, communications, and prospective-student engagement.
• Work with Admissions leadership to implement department-wide standards, systems, processes, and operational initiatives.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Financial Aid, Registrar, Bursar, Student Affairs, Information Technology, and other University departments to support the applicant journey.
• Participate in planning and implementing admissions operations for new professional programs and significant changes to existing programs.
• Collaborate with Admissions and Recruitment leadership across MGE on consistent admissions practices, shared operational standards, and enrollment priorities; support applicable MGE-wide initiatives and improvements.
• Provide Admissions coverage outside the assigned portfolio as needed.
• Participate in recruitment events, interviews, orientations, applicant programs, committees, or University initiatives as assigned.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.