Executive Director, Admissions

The primary role of this position is to ensure that the institution meets or exceeds its annual and semester undergraduate enrollment goals, oversee key enrollment initiatives, provide a forward-thinking vision to assist the Institute with current and future enrollment efforts, and support the Georgia Tech Vision 2020-2030 objective through cooperative efforts with the Office of Development. This position will serve as a key member of the Enrollment Management Leadership team as well as other key committees, task forces, and groups across the Institute. Responsible for establishing group/departmental/division goals, determining the resources needed to meet those goals, assessing group/departmental/division performance feedback, and making pay decisions. This position will interact on a regular basis with: Enrollment Management leadership and staff and partnering offices across the Institute. This position typically will advise and counsel: The undergraduate admission leadership team, Vice President and Associate Vice Presidents for Development, state, regional, and national colleagues, Georgia Tech faculty and administrators, parents, and students. This position will supervise: Assigned staff.

Job Duty 1 -
Oversee the management of systems, structures, and processes that optimize recruitment, admission, and yield with careful attention to the Institute's strategic priorities around academic, demographic, and geographic diversity.

Job Duty 2 -
Provide leadership and supervision of all recruitment and admission programs using data to identify potential students and to develop a comprehensive plan to recruit, select, and enroll a highly qualified, multi- talented, and diverse student body; an integrated communication/marketing strategy in support of this plan; and on-going monitoring activities to evaluate the success of the plan.

Job Duty 3 -
Conduct high-level donor ($1M+ giving history or capacity) visits, often in tandem with front-line development officers, articulating compelling philanthropic cases for undergraduate scholarship support. Travel to select locations across the U.S. and international cities, where the anticipating principal gift fundraising yield is greatest.

Job Duty 4 -
Design 8- and 9-figure dollar-for-dollar challenge grants that will stimulate excitement and urgency within our campus and donor communities and accelerate scholarship fundraising results and amplify their impact.

Job Duty 5 -
Serve as the Enrollment Management liaison with Institute Communications, Alumni Association, and Parents Program. Work closely with leadership and staff in Institute Research and Planning, Enterprise Data Management, and Cybersecurity to ensure effective data management and reporting for admission and recruitment efforts.

Job Duty 6 -
Foster a culture of professional development and staff supervision that further develops and supports a strong admissions staff that is recruitment- and retention-centric, optimistic, empowered, responsive, innovative, results-oriented, and student-centered.

Job Duty 7 -
Work with the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and collaborate with the colleagues in academic affairs (Provost, Deans, Department Chairs, undergraduate education, retention and graduation initiatives ) to facilitate effective recruitment and retention strategies that support the Institute's strategic enrollment plan, with emphasis on building relationships and fostering collaboration to establish an Institute-wide recruitment program. Be an active member of the Institute's Principal Gifts Team.

Job Duty 8 -
Counsel and advise students, parents, faculty, administrators, and the public on any/all matters related to the functions under the purview of the Office of Undergraduate Admission.

Job Duty 9 -
Create and maintain a culture that turns data into actionable information to inform recruitment and admission strategy. Among staff, partners, and key stakeholders, leverage predictive and prescriptive analytics, data analytics and visualization, and other analytical tools to create awareness, understanding, action, and ongoing evaluation of ROI.

Job Duty 10 -
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Educational Requirements
Master's degree in a related field.

Required Experience
10 or more years job related experience preferably within a college/university environment.

Five or more years experience working with Georgia students (k12 or postsecondary)

Experience with Slate, Banner and Landscape

Experience recruiting HS or College students to STEM disciplines

Demonstrated record of increasing applications to a private or public university

Ability to compile, analyze and present data

Five or more years experience managing admission recruitment teams

Senior level management experience in admission or enrollment management

ABILITIES
Requires the ability to manage business operations as well as marketing operations in an office that has two distinct functions: recruiting and processing of applications.

KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of all applicable institutional policies as well as state and federal regulations.
Knowledge of college/university recruitment and retention best practices.
Knowledge of best practices in higher education marketing and communications.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and other applicable technologies used in a modern office setting.
Preferred:
Familiarity with a student information system such as Banner and technologies such as those used in customer relationship management products.
Familiarity with the roles of other key enrollment management positions on campus such as director of financial aid and scholarships, bursar, and registrar.

SKILLS
This position requires a high degree of skill in: public speaking, oral and written communication, interpersonal skills, oversight of special events (such as those for recruiting applicants), analytical skills (ability to interpret data to inform planning), planning, and building effective internal and external business relationships.
Preferred skills include: budgeting, assessment and strategic planning, highly developed communication skills, office and personnel management, highly developed analytical and decision-making skills, and highly developed interpersonal skills.

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Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

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