Commonwealth of Massachusetts · 15 hours ago
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management
United States-Massachusetts-Salem-352 Lafayette St
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$168K/yr - $168K/yr
7+ years expCommonwealth of Massachusetts is seeking an Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management at Salem State University, responsible for optimizing enrollment across all programs. The AVP will lead the enrollment management team, develop strategic enrollment plans, and ensure excellent service to prospective and current students.
Government Administration
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Serves as the chief enrollment officer for the university
Leads admissions, financial aid, and other areas within the office of enrollment management
Develops a comprehensive strategic enrollment management and recruitment plan that provides a roadmap for the achievement of the University's enrollment goals
Hires, develops, evaluates, and provides leadership to all subordinate staff, including directors. Provides guidance and creative solutions to staff when presented with issues/concerns
Optimizes the university’s financial aid leveraging model to meet enrollment goals
Serves as a resource for the Board of Trustees
Oversees the refund appeal and enrollment deferral process
Coordinates with the VP of Student Success and the VP for Finance & Facilities in the development of enrollment goals related to the university’s budget
Coordinates with other departments and academic units to execute recruitment, enrollment plans and student success initiatives
Supports proactive use of technology to carry out office functions, with the goal of optimizing the student experience, increasing efficiency, and enhancing procedural effectiveness
Communicates regularly with appropriate members of the University community regarding recruitment strategies and events, and academic program enrollment goals
Coordinates with Marketing and Communications by representing enrollment management’s perspective, fostering multidisciplinary team collaboration, and equipping participants with best-practices and training
Builds and fosters healthy relationships with all Salem State University administrative offices, divisions and schools to ensure effective communication and updates between offices and enrollment management. Collaborates with faculty and staff regarding improvements in serving prospective, new and continuing students
Ongoing development and monitoring of statistical comparison/trend reports of recruitment activities including, but not limited to, monthly enrollment updates, marketing source tracking, competitive analysis data and demographic statistics
Provides strategic oversight for the coordination of on- and off-campus visits and events, including travel strategy and policy
Responsible for the enrollment management budget
Partner closely with Information Technology Services to define, develop specifications for, and implement processes
Demonstrate sensitivity to students, faculty and staff of varying racial, ethnic, religious, gender, cultural, disability, sexual orientation and socioeconomic backgrounds
Demonstrates sensitivity to students with a diversity of learning styles
Serves as a role model and mentor for students as appropriate
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Master's degree
Minimum of seven years of experience in higher education enrollment management leadership including admissions and/or financial aid (undergraduate required)
Significant experience and proficiency with information technologies including database management
Solid higher education industry knowledge including recruitment, marketing, projecting enrollments, admissions and financial aid
Experience and proficiency with data analysis and the use of data in decision making
Supervisory experience
Preferred
Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Demonstrated strategic planning ability
Benefits
Competitive benefits
Professional development opportunities
Company
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a government administration.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$20.84MKey Investors
U.S. Department of Agriculture
2024-10-29Grant· $20.84M
Leadership Team
David J. Kelly
CEO/President
Mary-Louise White
CEO
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