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ASSISTANT DEAN FOR ENROLLMENT SERVICES, School of Social Work, Administration (23500501611024)

Tracking Code: 23500501611024

Job Description
Overview

With roots dating back to 1918, Boston University School of Social Work has more than 100 years of social work education history, a dynamic faculty leading innovative research on pressing social justice issues, and graduate and professional students engaged in programs across five campuses and online.

Our mission is to develop dynamic and diverse social work practitioners, leaders, and scholars through rigorous teaching, innovative research, and transformative community engagement.

Responsibilities

As the Assistant Dean for Enrollment Services, you'll provide visionary and strategic leadership for all aspects of the Boston University School of Social Work's (BUSSW) Admissions and Financial Aid department. This position is responsible for implementing recruitment and admissions activities, enrollment management strategies to achieve targeted goals, and financial aid policies and procedures for the BUSSW graduate programs.

You'll bring a comprehensive understanding of graduate and professional student enrollment trends, preferably in social work, and be able to accurately and persuasively represent the School's programs to prospective students and others.

In this role, you'll supervise the Manager of Recruitment, the Manager of Admissions, the Senior Manager of Financial Aid, and you'll oversee the School's Welcome Center, including shared supervision of a staff coordinator. As the team's leader, you'll oversee a customer relationship management system and all application processes, including database management.

We seek a creative thinker who will supervise the School's development and implementation of recruitment campaigns that attract graduate students committed to the profession of social work. You'll oversee plans that achieve program-specific enrollment targets, collaborate with the MarCom team on digital recruitment efforts to maximize the ROI of the enrollment marketing campaigns and develop creative outreach efforts to recruit students in select venues while tracking and analyzing the effectiveness of all initiatives and activities.

You'll continually research and analyze current graduate education markets to understand trends, forecast future directions, and identify competitors and aspirational schools while seeking new market opportunities.

On the admissions front, you'll oversee all activities, including the application compilation and review process, financial award decisions, management of matriculation, and yield tactics.

In consultation with the Dean and the Senior Manager of Financial Aid, you'll develop a financial aid strategy to effectively utilize funds to attract qualified students, emphasizing underrepresented populations, including overseeing the coordination of financial aid awards, policies, procedures, and budget.

In this role, you'll support the Dean in developing, implementing, and evaluating effective strategies to ensure that BUSSW is an inclusive community for an intellectually, culturally, and economically diverse population of students.



Required Skills
Requirements

• Masters Degree preferred
• At least 8 years of experience with higher education admissions; understanding the graduate enrollment landscape and enrollment management strategies; and working knowledge of federal financial aid policies, discount models, and yield strategies.
• Experience with technology and software applications commonly used within higher education, including CRMs.
• Advanced communication skills and strong interpersonal and decision-making skills
• Ability to problem-solve and manage multiple competing priorities; established staff development and leadership skills.
• Multicultural and diversity sensitivity and awareness and a demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, and social justice
• Experience working with different student populations, including adult learners, recent graduates, part-time students, online students, and off-campus students.
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally, as needed.
• Ability to:
• think strategically while balancing attention to detail, anticipation of needs, and trends;
• handle difficult situations with a professional demeanor and communicate effectively to multiple audiences and diverse groups;
• effectively establish and maintain cooperative working relationships within a diverse, multicultural environment;
• develop reports, extract data, analyze output, and evaluate operations based on performance;
• be flexible, analytical, and organized;

Benefits

• Competitive salary, medical/dental plan, retirement plan, and tuition remission

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.


Job Location: BOSTON, Massachusetts, United States
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Salary Grade: Grade 50

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