Associate Director of Admissions - The School of Nursing

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Description:

The School of Nursing is seeking a dynamic and strategic Associate Director of Admissions to lead and elevate recruitment, yield, and enrollment efforts across its academic programs. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and assessing innovative recruitment strategies that attract a diverse and highly qualified applicant pool while driving enrollment goals through personalized, high-touch engagement with prospective and admitted students. Serving as a key ambassador for the School of Nursing, the Associate Director will cultivate meaningful relationships with students, families, alumni, and partner organizations; oversee recruitment and yield-focused events such as open houses, information sessions, and admitted student programs; and develop targeted outreach initiatives that support admitted student conversion and enrollment. The position plays a critical role in shaping the candidate experience from inquiry through matriculation through strategic communications, and individualized follow-up, while managing recruitment operations, maintaining data integrity, analyzing enrollment trends, and leading a team of student staff to support admissions initiatives and ensure enrollment targets are achieved.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversees the development, implementation and evaluation of recruitment strategies and activities for academic programs within a particular school.
• Attends recruitment functions.
• Ensures that the applicant pool has a cross section of diverse candidates.
• Maintains contact with prospective students, candidates and recruiting contacts. Assists in planning and developing recruitment communications, materials and events to educate and inform targeted audiences.
• Maintains complete and accurate recruitment records.
• Oversees key recruitment and enrollment events such as open house and admitted student day.
• Conducts information sessions and answers questions from students and parents.
• Conducts campus and building tours both on main campus and at the ENLC.
• Manages a staff of student workers from recruitment of the position, interviewing, training and management of daily operations and functions.
• Creation and management of cohort specific admitted student Facebook pages to connect students to each other and campus resources vital to student success.
• Creation and management of admission specific Instagram account to recruit top applicants and yield admitted students.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor's degree in business administration, education or related field.
• Three years of experience in the development or administration of education, professional or business programs, of which two years must be in a supervisory or lead capacity.
• Effective public speaking skills.

NOTE: Position tasks are generally required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location.  Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

Additional Details:

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. Students, faculty, and staff are assured of participation in university programs and in the use of facilities without such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: 404-727-9867 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD).

 

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