Director of Admissions, Jefferson College of Nursing-Lehigh Valley - Full Time

Job Details

The Director of Admissions for the Jefferson College of Nursing (JCN) in the Lehigh Valley provides strategic leadership and management in the recruitment, selection, and yield of students for assigned populations. The Director leverages technology, data, staff talent, and relationships with academic partners to create innovative approaches to application pool management to ensure that enrollment headcount, revenue, quality, and composition goals are met.

The Director leads the team and activity focused on individual applicant interaction including recruitment events, prospect/applicant outreach, application review, candidate interviews, selection, decision communication, yield efforts, and customer service. The Director works extensively with Deans and program directors on the achievement of enrollment goals.

This position is located in the Lehigh Valley and the incumbent is expected to reside in reasonable proximity to campus.

Job Description

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Student Recruitment: oversee the team of professionals deployed in direct student recruitment activities including off-campus, on-campus, and virtual events/visits.
• Prospect/Applicant Outreach: direct activity related to converting individuals from prospects to applicants and from incomplete to complete applicants.

• Student Selection: determine selection criteria and design and implement application review and selection procedures including interviews & decision communications.

• Admitted/Deposited Student Outreach: direct all activity related to converting admitted and deposited students to enrolled students.

• Application Pool Management : ensure that the flow of applicants through the enrollment funnel supports the stated goals; manage offer targets, waitlists, melt-indicators, etc.

• Special Population Management : develop strategies to address assigned sub-populations (i.e. re-entries, cross-campus transfers, etc.).

• Key Collaborations: collaborate extensively with academic and administrative colleagues in the recruitment, selection, and yield of new students.

• Staff & Budget Management: manage employees and operating dollars assigned to the team.

• Jefferson Enrollment Management Senior Leadership Team Responsibilities: as a member of the JEM SLT, this position is responsible for conducting the following activities on behalf of the Admissions JCN/Lehigh Valley portfolio: planning & project management, policy & procedure development, quality assurance & effectiveness, serving as the domain subject matter expert, and contributing to the division’s culture of high achievement and positivity.

• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required):

All positions in Jefferson Enrollment Management require competency in the following areas:

• Communication skills

• Interpersonal skills

• Attention to detail

• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a high-volume and ever-changing environment

• Microsoft Office Suite, effective use of computers and related software

• Positive customer service orientation

This position requires competency in these additional areas:

• Strategic thinking
• Enrollment Management industry knowledge

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred.

AND

Experience:

• 10 years industry experience, 5 years management/leadership experience
• Experience with Nursing program admissions strongly preferred
• Experience with Slate by Technolutions preferred

Positions Supervised or Directed (Titles and Approximate Numbers)

There are 1-3 employees under the management of this position spanning the following levels:

• Sr. Associate/Associate Director
• Assistant Director
• Counselor
• Coordinator

Additionally, this position:

• Will lead committees related to portfolio of work.
• Will assign tasks and deadlines as well as review work of colleagues through committees.
• Will serve as a senior Enrollment Management professional at the Lehigh Valley campus representing Jefferson Enrollment Management

Additional Information

Local Travel: Frequent

Overnight Travel: Rare

Evening Work: Frequent

Weekend Work: Occasional

(Extensive = 7-10x per month / Frequent = 4-6x per month / Occasional = 1-3x per month / Rare = 0-1x per month)

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

3900 Sierra Circle, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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