IU INDY LUDDY INFORMATICS (IN-INFO-IUINA)

The Assistant Director of Admissions and Recruitment is responsible for managing the graduate admissions cycle for the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. This individual will implement and evaluate programs and processes to attract students to our online and on-campus programs.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Coordinates, implements, and participates in admissions-related initiatives that serve to advance the graduate enrollment goals of Luddy, working collaboratively with Luddy leadership, faculty and staff involved in graduate education.
• Coordinates with international entities including IU Gateways, Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), and international recruiters.
• Develops and implements a communication plan for applicants and utilizes our CRM.
• Determines candidate viability in the program, facilitates faculty review, and prepares admission and denial letters to applicants.
• Liaises with Luddy financial office and human resources regarding student decisions, hourly employment, and scholarships.
• Represents Luddy to prospective students and the public through an array of in person or virtual outreach programs and activities, including but not limited to the following: visiting college classrooms, attending college fair programs, conferences, and other assigned outreach initiatives.
• Participates in recruitment efforts including information sessions and representing Luddy at on and off-campus events.
• Supervises and trains graduate ambassadors and part-time application processors; Evaluates their performance, recommends modifications, and provides direction for both short-term and long-term planning.
• Collects, analyzes, and utilizes data to inform application processes, recruitment and outreach strategies and decisions; including monitoring current processes with our peer graduate programs and evaluating successes and failures of previous campaigns qualitatively and quantitatively with the Director of Graduate Affairs.
• Prepares, interprets, and presents reports and summaries of recruitment and yield activities.
• Communicates admission policies and procedures to prospective students.
• Provides assistance and advice in relation to the admissions process.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.
  
  

General Responsibilities

• Maintains, implements and oversees a holistic recruitment yield tactical plan for recruitment.
• Develops, implements, and administers plans, programs, and events for general and targeted student recruitment in support of organizational goals.
• Integrates a diverse and strategic communications strategy in collaboration with other departments, geared toward specific student declared academic major, career interests, and geographic factors.
• Identifies and develops partnerships for outreach to prospective students and influencers.
• Interprets academic policies and exercises authority and independent judgment.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates programs and processes and determines the effectiveness of markets and strategies. Exercises independent judgment and uses census data and modeling tools to identify effective marketing plans and strategies to address specific populations.
• Serves in a collaborative role with internal and external stakeholders to identify targets of opportunity to attract and enroll under-represented populations. Participates in the assessment and evaluation of various models.
• May attend meetings or serve on committees with the admissions stakeholders, including all staff meetings, recruitment, and outreach team meetings, customer service lead meetings, and undergraduate recruitment council meetings; may provide guidance to other admissions counselors.
  
  

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree
  
  

Required

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2 years in admissions, higher education, marketing, or related field
  
  

Skills

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Possesses excellent presentation skills
• Demonstrates excellent judgment, tact, and diplomacy
• Highly developed customer relations skills
• Commitment to working with people of diverse backgrounds
• Ability to interpret federal, state, and institutional rules and regulations and required procedures associated with compliance
  
  

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Non-standard hours and travel will be required.

This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule (mix between 1 day remote and 4 days in-person work), subject to change in the future based on university policy and business needs.

$43,888.00 - $59,622.00 per year based on experience

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
  
  

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Student Services

Job Family: Admissions & Recruitment

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