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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · 4 days ago

Director of Recruitment and Admissions

Urbana, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$100K/yr - $115K/yr

3+ years exp

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's School of Information Sciences is seeking a Director of Recruitment and Admissions to oversee recruitment and admissions operations. The role involves developing comprehensive strategies to attract diverse prospective students and managing the recruitment and admissions staff.

Higher Education

No H1B

Responsibilities

Develop and lead robust recruitment and yield campaigns for relevant degree programs, assessing and analyzing outcomes and making changes to campaign strategies as needed. This includes a broad range of tactics including email and social media, online and in-person recruitment events, and campus visits

Develop and lead recruitment and yield strategies to enhance the student population across degree programs, assessing and analyzing outcomes, and making changes to recruitment strategies as needed

Work closely with relevant units, including the Informatics Program, Communications and Marketing and Finance offices, to strategically develop a budget for recruiting and yield activities.Evaluate all recruitment and yield efforts to determine return on investment and modify future efforts as needed

Work closely with the Communications and Marketing office for content creation and feedback toward effective advertisements, web-based and electronic communications, and other media to target prospective students and other stakeholders as applicable, e.g., parents and counselors of prospective undergraduate students

Hire, lead, and manage the recruitment and admissions staff team

Recommend qualitative and quantitative enrollment targets for relevant degree programs to the Dean, in consultation with the Director of the Informatics Program, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and the Executive Associate Dean

Responsibly manage the units recruitment and admissions budget, ensuring alignment with recruitment and admissions strategy and return on investment of activities

Provide regular application progress reports and planning documents to senior leadership, faculty program directors, and faculty. Develop and prepare recruitment reports, both for standard school-level reporting to external entities and for decision support within the iSchool and Informatics Programs

Conduct regular market analysis and analyze enrollment trends to inform enrollment management strategic planning with respect to campaigns and budgeting

Provide guidance on, and create proposals for, best admission application evaluation policies and practices to the faculty and staff across relevant program committees

Provide guidance to relevant program committees regarding effective and appropriate admission policies and practices

Serve as liaison to campus committees related to admissions, recruitment, and enrollment management, as appropriate. Represent the units on the Committee on the Admissions of Student-Athletes (CASA)

Oversee admissions review for relevant degree programs. Advise the Doctoral Studies Committee on application review processes, deadlines, and best practices in recruitment and yield efforts, as appropriate

Conduct college-level review of first-year and transfer applicants assigned to the all relevant programs by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.Monitor and analyze the effectiveness of current admissions practices and implement improvements as needed

Oversee the application and communications process for admitted student funding, in consultation with relevant units as needed

Work closely with the Director of Undergraduate Affairs to manage off-campus transfer requirements for undergraduate programs. Coordinate and manage the appeal process for denied applicants, as appropriate

Other relevant duties as assigned to enhance the mission of the unit

Qualification

Recruitment strategy developmentAdmissions managementData analysis toolsExperience in higher educationBudget managementStaff supervisionCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Marketing, Higher Education, or related field. Degrees in other fields will be considered if accompanied by sufficient professional experience

Three to five years' experience in Admissions, Recruiting, or Enrollment Management

Experience with data-driven decision making in customer-focused environments

Experience in creating messaging for recruitment campaigns in a variety of modalities

Excellent written and oral communication skills, exceptional organizational skills, and experience supervising staff

Expert user knowledge of spreadsheets, databases, and other data analysis tools

Preferred

Master's degree

Five or more years' experience in Admissions, Recruiting, or Enrollment Management and/or a related area

A record of participation in professional organizations relevant to higher education admissions and recruiting

Company

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is dedicated to building upon its tradition of excellence in education, research, public engagement and economic development.

Founded in 1915

Champaign, IL, US

10001+ employees