Director - Graduate Admissions

Director - Graduate Admissions - 996562 **INTERNAL TO DEPARTMENT** Job Number: 505384 Work Type: Full Time with Full Benefits Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida Department: Graduate Admissions-Administration Categories: Admissions / Financial Aid / Enrollment Management About Us: We are excited that you are considering joining Nova Southeastern University! Nova Southeastern University (NSU) was founded in 1964, and is a not-for-profit, independent university with a reputation for academic excellence and innovation.
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Job Title: Director - Graduate Admissions - 996562 Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida Work Type: Full Time with Full Benefits Job Category: Exempt Hiring Range: Pay Basis: Annually Subject to Grant Funding?: No Essential Job Functions: 1.
Plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates work activities of subordinates and staff, including hiring, coaching, evaluating, and terminating.
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Develops prospects from current students, faculty, referral leads, conferences, educational fairs, career days, campus tours, or special events.
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Contacts prospective students to present information and/or explain available programs and services.
Communicates with prospects about admission requirements, program offerings, curriculum, and/or basic financial aid information by various means of communication.
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Determines students' educational needs and prepares proposals to provide services that address these needs.
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Handles and processes inquiries timely and accurately.
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Provides assistance in completing application and enrollment documents.
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Provides outreach to applicants throughout their journey in the funnel up through point of enrollment and working with key staff in transitioning the applicant to a newly enrolled student.
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Conducts a preliminary review of applicant files including evaluation of transcripts, grades, curriculum and quality of schools, letters of recommendation, essay, extracurricular activities, and any other information pertinent to the application; transfers file to designated admission committee or reviewer and updates information in the University student database.
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Rejects applicants that do not meet minimum program requirements.
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Schedules and participates in student interviews.
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Provides guidance to faculty interview teams regarding the evaluation process and legal guidelines to ensure that interviews are conducted in compliance with non-discrimination regulations.
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Manages yield strategies for prospects and applicants.
Collaborates with admissions colleagues, academic advisers, and financial aid officers, to ensure a smooth transition from inquiry to enrolled student status.
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Develops and maintains a network of relationships that will serve to increase enrollment, such as alumni, students, business community, government agencies, healthcare facilities, professional organizations, student groups, and colleges and universities.
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Maintains knowledge of program requirements, course requirements and sequencing, and establishes and maintains relationships with program faculty.
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Promotes the university by participating in community, state, and national events or meetings, and by developing partnerships with industry and secondary education institutions.
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Makes presentations on programs and admissions to groups to attract new students.
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Coordinates or participates in promotional activities, including conferences, educational fairs, career days, campus tours, or special events to present programs to prospective students.
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Serves in a public relations capacity at professional, civic, and business functions.
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Identifies, develops, or evaluates communication strategies, based on knowledge of university objectives, market characteristics, and cost factors.
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Uses forecasting or strategic planning methods to ensure enrollment in programs, analyzing business developments and monitoring market trends.
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Formulates, directs, or coordinates public relations and marketing communications activities or policies to promote university programs, working with other experts or stakeholders as needed.
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Initiates market research studies or analyzes their findings.
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Researches, develops, and implements recruiting strategies for specific market segments.
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Identifies quality metrics to determine effectiveness and productivity of work to meet enrollment goals; identifies opportunities for growth and ability to outline a plan of action.
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Identifies main client groups and audiences, determines the best way to communicate and engage audiences to elicit desired outcomes, and develops and implements a communication plan.
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Gathers data on competitors and analyzes their prices, enrollments, and method of marketing and distribution.
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Collects and analyzes data on student demographics, preferences, needs, and buying habits to identify potential markets and factors affecting service demand.
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Devises and evaluates methods and procedures for collecting data, such as surveys, opinion polls, or questionnaires, or arranges to obtain existing data.
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Monitors industry statistics and follows trends in trade literature.
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Measures and assesses customer satisfaction.
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Measures the effectiveness of marketing, advertising, and communications programs and strategies.
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Maintains student data integrity and confidentiality.
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Serves as trainer and mentor for junior employees.
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Chairs one committee and serves on one or more other committees as assigned.
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Serves as a liaison to various units including facilities, student affairs, alumni relations, and other operational and student services as necessary.
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Manages travel expenses timely and accurately in accordance with established policies and procedures.
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Completes special projects as assigned.
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Performs other duties as assigned or required.
Marginal Job Functions: Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge: 1.
Administration and Management - General knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, budgeting, human resources modeling, leadership technique, and/or coordination of people and resources.
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Communications and Media - Thorough knowledge of media production, visual, verbal, and interactive communication, and dissemination techniques and methods.
This includes alternative ways to inform and persuade via written, oral, and visual media.
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Digital Media - General knowledge of digital media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods.
This includes alternative ways to inform and persuade via digital, web, and social media.
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Customer and Personal Service - Thorough knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
This includes needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of user satisfaction.
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English Language - Thorough knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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Marketing - Thorough knowledge of principles and methods for describing and promoting programs and services in order to achieve desired outcomes.
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Advanced MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word and Excel).
Skills: 1.
Persuasion - Advanced skills in persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
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Service Orientation – Advanced skills in actively looking for ways to help people.
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Active Listening - Advanced skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
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Critical Thinking - Advanced skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
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Speaking - Advanced skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
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Reading Comprehension - Advanced understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
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Social Perceptiveness – Proficient skills in being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
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Judgment and Decision Making – Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
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Self-Direction - Advanced skills in motivating oneself to work independently, as well as working well within teams.
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Supervisory skills – Advanced supervisory, training and leadership skills, manage and motivate a large team.
Abilities: 1.
Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
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Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
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Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Physical Requirements and Working Environment: 1.
Speech recognition - must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
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Speech clarity - must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
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Near vision - must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
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Travel - must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.
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May be required to work nights or weekends.
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May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
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May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, and computer keyboards.
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Must be able to exert maximum muscle force to lift and hold a minimum of 50 pounds.
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Must have a valid driver's license with reliable local transportation.
Job Requirements: Required Certifications/Licensures: Valid Driver's license.
Required Education: Bachelor's degree Major (if required): Required Experience: 1.
Bachelor’s degree and eight (8) or more years of experience in a higher education environment, -OR- Master’s and six (6) or more years of experience in a higher education environment.
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Demonstrated success in meeting performance goals.
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Prior supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications: Bilingual (English and Spanish) Is this a safety sensitive position? No Background Screening Required? No Pre-Employment Conditions: Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities, and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.
Advertised: Mar 07, 2024 Eastern Standard Time Applications close: Mar 10, 2024 Eastern Daylight Time