Director of Admissions at Golborn

Details:

Golborn are searching for a decisive, driven Admissions Director to lead the admissions department of our client Eastern Palm University, Ogboko, Imo State -  as they examine, define, and conduct their admissions process and promote their school to prospective students and their guardians. The Admissions Director will help establish and update our procedures and criteria, work with potential students to determine their eligibility, and oversee the admissions process as we evaluate applications and issues decisions. You will also plan and oversee promotional activities and schedule or conduct tours, student interviews, and information sessions.

To be a successful Admissions Director, you should be committed to promoting your school and attracting top talent. You should be engaging, highly organized, and analytical with exceptional communication skills.

Admissions Director Responsibilities:

• Accomplishes admissions human resource strategies by determining accountabilities; communicating and enforcing values, policies, and procedures; implementing recruitment, selection, orientation, training, coaching, counseling, disciplinary, and communication programs; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation strategies.
• Develops admissions organizational strategies by contributing information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction; establishing functional objectives in line with organizational objectives.
• Establishes admissions operational strategies by evaluating trends; establishing critical measurements; determining production, productivity, quality, and customer-service strategies; designing systems; accumulating resources; resolving problems; implementing change.
• Develops admissions financial strategies by estimating, forecasting, and anticipating requirements, trends, and variances; aligning monetary resources; developing action plans; measuring and analyzing results; initiating corrective actions; minimizing the impact of variances.
• Promotes the university and attracts new students by maintaining working relationships with other university departments; working closely with the alumni office and the publications department.
• Maintaing continuing flow of quality applicants and transfers to the university by analyzing trends in enrollment and marketing activities, leading activities to continue programs that are effective; modifying programs; presenting new sales strategies for the university's recruitment and admission activities.
• Promotes the university nationwide by making presentations and speeches at alumni meetings, high school conferences, and community job fairs throughout the united states.
• Welcomes prospective student to the campus by staging semi-annual open houses.
• Maximizes recruiting and admissions processing by using state-of-the-art recruiting and admissions computer technology.
• Gains the respect of diverse individual groups by demonstrating the ability of the university to respond to the concerns and interests of its minority communities.
• Determines scholarship recipients by serving on the university's scholarship selection committee.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Enhances admissions department and university reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Skills/Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree in High Education Administration or any Education related field, Doctorate may be preferred.
• Extensive experience in education or admissions.
• Understanding of statistics, admissions requirements and procedures, school funding, and financial aid application processes.
• Experience with specific schools may be a major plus.
• Ability to analyze and interpret information.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, networking, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with computers.
• Some sales and marketing skills may prove beneficial.

Work Experience: 5+ Years