Executive Director-Admissions & Recruit

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the well-being of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Department Information
Scheller College of Business undergraduate program ranked top 20 in the nation for a third year in a row (U.S. News & World Report). The Evening MBA program was recognized as No. 1 in the state (U.S. News & World Report), and the Jones MBA Career Center remained top five in the world for the sixth year in a row (The Financial Times). In addition, Scheller's undergraduate and MBA specialties in business analytics, information systems, operations, and supply chain were ranked top 10 in the nation (U.S. News & World Report).

As a member of a School or College's senior management team, the Executive Director of Admissions & Recruitment will establish and execute admissions standards and selection criteria and advise faculty and staff on admissions-related issues. Develop and implement plans to drive the development of recruiting activities that support the institution's strategic admissions goals and align with the strategic direction for the student enrollment program. Establish departmental policies, practices, and procedures that have a significant impact. Direct the development and implementation of plans designed to drive student recruitment and retention, provide strategic leadership, and serve as a key unit leadership team member. Coordinate enrollment activities and liaise with the admissions, financial aid, and registrar departments to ensure needs are met and exceed annual and semester enrollment goals. 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.

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 variety.

Job Duty 2 -
Provide leadership and supervision of all recruitment and admission programs using data to identify potential students across all programs and to develop a comprehensive plan to recruit, select, and enroll a highly qualified, multi-talented, and multi-cultural 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 -
Provide strategic leadership and serve as a key member of the Cabinet, the College leadership team, to ensure that the College will meet and exceed annual and semester student enrollment goals and oversee key enrollment initiatives, and provide a forward-thinking vision to assist the College with current and future graduate enrollment efforts and support the College's strategic plan.

Job Duty 4 -
Liaise with internal and external partners to collaborate in the management of the programs developed to support the strategic design of all levels of student admissions to ensure effective data management and reporting related to admission and recruitment efforts as well as financial aid support.

Job Duty 5 -
Articulate a vision for all aspects of the unit's outreach, recruitment, admissions, and yield activities and execute strategies to support the unit's graduate enrollment objectives, including fostering relationships across campus to lead in a highly collaborative centralized or decentralized academic environment. Engage with academic colleges and departments to discuss enrollment trends, recruitment strategies, and collaborative yield experiences.

Job Duty 6 -
Lead the development and execution of recruitment campaigns aimed toward domestic and international students. Represent the institution at key events, including conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.

Job Duty 7 -
Contribute to strategic planning, direction, and goal setting for the College, School or function in collaboration with senior management.

Job Duty 8 -
Cultivate 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 9 -
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Experience
Ten or more years of job-related experience.

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Master's Degree in Marketing, Communication, Business or Management related field.

Preferred Skills

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 in budgeting, assessment, strategic planning, highly developed communication skills, office and personnel management, highly developed analytical and decision-making skills, and highly developed interpersonal skills.

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

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.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

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.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

Salary range: $127,257.00 - $173,068.00 annually

Location: (Atlanta, GA)

Job grade: A14

This is a supervisory position.
This position does not have financial responsibilities.
No, this position will not be required to drive.
This role is considered a position of trust.
This position will require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will travel
This position does not require security clearance.

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check which includes a credit check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening