Job Details

Director of Graduate Admission, Nursing, Science & Health Professions

Main Campus - Boston, MAMain Campus - Boston, MA
R10100

Located in Boston's historic Fenway area, Simmons has a strong tradition of empowering women and challenging traditional gender roles. Simmons University was one of the first higher education institutions to prepare women to become leaders and has evolved to become a university offering a women's undergraduate program and graduate programs open to all.

You're joining our community at an especially exciting time as one of our strategic goals is to become the most inclusive campus in New England. You'll find that people who work here are truly committed to our mission of preparing students to become champions of social justice and leaders in their professions and their communities. This commitment and pride make for a dynamic workplace. Simmons University is committed to inclusive excellence in all aspects of an individual's community experience.

As a University committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Simmons encourages applications from all under-represented groups. Simmons is committed to creating, developing, promoting, and enhancing inclusive hiring practices-at all levels, for all positions-ensuring diverse talent pools and the delivery of a consistent positive candidate experience. Simmons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to continuing to develop a more diverse faculty, staff, student body, and curriculum.

JOB SUMMARY

The Director of Graduate Admission for Nursing, Science and Health Professions is responsible for leading recruitment and admission efforts for certificate, master's, and doctoral programs in Simmons Schools of Nursing and Sciences & Health Professions. Programs span a number of disciplines and modalities including on campus, online and offsite programs in Nursing, Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Behavior Analysis, Public Health and more.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Develop a comprehensive recruitment strategy that includes on campus and offsite events (information sessions, tours, class visits, graduate school fairs, etc.) in order to meet enrollment goals for each designated start term;
  
• Design and implement recruitment, yield and communications strategies to engage with prospective students/applicants throughout the funnel in order to meet enrollment goals. Assess and refine efforts using data and best practices in recruitment and admission;
  
• Engage and collaborate with internal and external partners on all recruitment and admission efforts;
  
• Recruit, train and supervise admission staff and serve as a key member of the cross functional graduate admission and enrollment team;
  
• Optimize Slate CRM and CAS application systems for efficient, customer focused communication, application generation/processing and yield efforts;
  
• Work closely with Deans, Program Directors and Faculty to set goals and ensure requirements/ standards of admission are clear; staff and manage admission committee/file readers and ensure standards are adhered to;
  
• Identify and engage programs ambassadors (students, faculty, alumnae) in order to demonstrate benefits, proof points and return on investment;
  
• Oversee the distribution of merit scholarships, assistantships, and endowed funds with the goal of increasing new student conversions;
  
• Attend and actively participate in weekly/monthly meetings including Graduate Enrollment Management Council (EMC), Director's meetings, Division meetings, planning meetings and faculty meetings (as needed);
  
• Collect, report and analyze data related to internal and external enrollment trends in order to inform enrollment goals and identify new markets and opportunities for recruitment and enrollment growth;
  
• Manage allotted admission budget and expenditures to ensure fiscal responsibility and adherence to college policy; use data to advocate for resources, as appropriate.
  

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Keep informed on admission and accreditation standards/policies that impact enrollment;
  
• Engage with program leadership and student affairs to ensure a smooth onboarding process for new students;
  
• Partner with marketing team to develop, execute, measure and report on effective lead generation efforts;
  
• Other duties as assigned.
  

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 5+ years of professional admission experience with progressive responsibility in either undergraduate or graduate areas; some experience with graduate admission required;
  
• Demonstrated understanding of admission process at the graduate level;
  
• Working knowledge of financial aid programs and financing options;
  
• Proven ability to work across difference and with students, faculty and staff;
  
• Data analysis and ability to review, assess and make data-driven decisions;
  
• Experience managing individuals and teams;
  
• Public speaking and presentation skills;
  
• Bachelor's degree required.
  

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working with Slate, Workday and PowerFAIDs;
  
• Experience recruiting for programs in the health professions and working with CAS application systems;
  
• Demonstrated experience generating inquiries, converting inquires to applications and yielding deposits throughout the admission cycle;
  
• Knowledge of principles of enrollment management;
  
• Master's degree a plus.
  

COMPETENCIES

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills;
  
• Strong presentation skills, and comfort presenting to a group;
  
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with students, faculty and staff;
  
• Analytical skills and ability to work with/assess/analyze large amounts of data;
  
• Strategic thinking;
  
• Exceptional customer service skill and strong student-centered orientation;
  
• Ability to work well with a cross functional/matrixed team;
  
• Effective management of staff.
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT & CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Standard schedule of 40 hours/week
  
• Eligible for hybrid work up to 2 days/week
  
• Night/weekend work on a monthly basis
  
• Collaborative office environment
  
• Travel required in line with recruitment plan
  
• Some physical work required when traveling/setting up booths/tables for recruitment
  

Required Application Materials:

• Resume
  
• Cover Letter
  

Salary Grade
S10

Instructions to Applicants: Please upload all applicable application materials (e.g. resume/cv, cover letter, writing sample, teaching philosophy, etc.) in the Application Materials box on page 2 ("My Experience") of this application. Documents can be uploaded individually or as a combined document (e.g. PDF).

Simmons University is committed to inclusive excellence in all aspects of an individual's community experience. As a university committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Simmons encourages applications from all under-represented groups. Simmons is committed to creating, developing, promoting, and enhancing inclusive hiring practices-at all levels, for all positions-ensuring diverse talent pools and the delivery of a consistent positive candidate experience. Simmons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to continuing to develop a more diverse faculty, staff, student body, and curriculum.


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Located in Bostons historic Fenway area, Simmons College is a small, private, non-sectarian College which has educated students for enriching careers and purposeful lives since 1899. Working at Simmons means joining a collaborative, diverse and mission-driven community of educators and professionals.

We prepare students to be leaders for themselves, their communities and the world. Our faculty and staff members lead by example - sharing a commitment to excellence and putting the students first.