Vice President of Admissions

The Vice President (VP) for Admissions is a senior executive at a responsible for the strategic oversight, recruitment policies, and overall enrollment data required to attract students who will retain. This executive aligns institutional financial goals and academic standards with data-driven recruitment pipelines. This position will report directly to the President.

JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM): Designing multi-year recruitment maps to hit class size targets, meet diversity initiatives, and fulfill net tuition revenue goals.
• Direct Oversight for Admissions Team hiring, training, managing, reviewing and assessing performance
• Data & Predictive Modeling: Analyzing demographic trends, historical yield data, and economic factors to forecast future enrollment behaviors.
• Financial Aid Optimization: Collaborating closely with student financial services to leverage institutional aid, merit scholarships, and grants to boost student yield.
• Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Working alongside marketing and communications and outside agency to develop bold, targeted recruitment campaigns across digital and traditional media.  Securing faculty participation in recruiting.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring all recruitment, international admissions, and financial practices adhere to federal, state, and accreditation standards (such as Title IV regulations).

Bachelor's degree is required; Must have Director’s level experience or above in recruiting to a liberal arts college. Familiarity with Slate Software. Must relocate to Newberry County, Newberry, South Carolina.

APPLICATION

Application review will begin immediately and will continue until a candidate is selected. Candidates should submit: Cover letter expressing interest in the position, resume, and list of three professional reference via email to human.resources@newberry.edu with the Subject Line: VP of Admissions.

Newberry College does not discriminate against any person or group on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, pregnancy, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or genetic information. Newberry College is building a culturally diverse faculty and staff committed to working in a multicultural environment and encourages applications from people from diverse identities and backgrounds.

E-Verify:

Currently the college uses E-Verify for employment verification. E-Verify is an internet-based system that compares information entered by an employer from a n employee’s Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) to records available to the US Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to confirm employment eligibility.

College Employment Policy

This job description reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified and shall not necessarily be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the job.  Job descriptions do not constitute an employment agreement or contract of employment, expressed or implied.  Unless designated in writing and signed by the College President, all College employees are considered to be “EMPLOYED AT WILL.” Newberry College reserves the right to change, alter and amend job descriptions, functions and duties at the pleasure of the College President or Board of Trustees.