Associate Admissions Director jobs in Arizona

• Plans and directs the day-to-day roles of student recruitment, student enrollment, planning, and implementing of recruitment and enrollment programs, initiatives, and events.
• Coordinates communications and marketing to prospective students and serves as a liaison and primary contact between applicants and the institution.
• Implements strategic recruitment and enrollment goals.
• Directs staff in the execution of short and long-term strategies to achieve recruitment and enrollment goals for the Eller MBA program.
• Communicates regularly with Eller leadership regarding recruitment and enrollment data.
• Coordinates and interacts with a wide variety of constituents both within the University and externally including, but not limited to: Office of Admissions, Admissions Processing Unit (APU), Transfer Credit & Articulation, AZ Online, AZ Transfer.
• Partners with faculty in the departments within the Eller to identify strategies to market programs and recruit students. 
• Partners with Eller Academic Advisors and other Student Services staff to identify strategies to market programs and recruit students.
• Understands Eller undergraduate program requirements and classes needed to transfer into a degree program.
• Partners with Arizona community colleges to be present and front-facing for current community college students. 
• Participates in and evaluates transfer student recruitment activities.
• Stays current on recruitment and enrollment trends and searches on a consistent basis for new and unique opportunities for student interaction and engagement.
• Performs pre-evaluation of transcripts for admission purposes, interviews, advises, and communicates with prospective transfer students regarding academic and curricular issues.
• Responds to inquiries from prospective transfer students and other constituents regarding the admission process and procedures, the transferability of credit, and related academic information.
• Assists Assistant Dean with the creation and updating of articulated transfer guides and curricular maps for incoming transfer students.
• Counsels, advises, and refers (as appropriate) prospective students on educational planning, financial aid, enrollment services, and admissions process.
• Monitors student application progress and communicate to students to increase yield.
• Maintains records documenting prospective student discussion, recommendations, and next steps related to admission and enrollment. 
• Oversees a recruitment student ambassador program for Eller, ensuring participation in recruitment events when needed.
• Uses tools, collect, and analyze data to understand student population(s) that can inform recruitment and enrollment strategies.
• Leverages student data to identify patterns and other factors to inform recruitment and enrollment strategies.
• Develops data-informed recruitment travel strategies, including identifying events and other stakeholders.
• Effectively communicates, analyzes, and interprets data, both verbally and in writing.
• Designs and conducts information sessions and participates in college and campus orientations for prospective and admitted students.
• Serve on university admissions and enrollment committees.
• Attend campus and college recruiting and outreach events.
• Attend some regional and national college fairs.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's)

• Knowledge of on-campus recruitment events including one-to-one personal consultations, campus tours, schools and college visits, workshops.
• Ability to develop and implement policies, procedures, processes and training/operation manuals.
• Ability to provide program analysis, problem solving, management and overall recruitment planning and consulting.
• Ability to partner with other recruitment functional areas and leadership for needs assessment, process improvements.