Graduate Admissions Director & Enrollment Strategy

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Position Type

Position Type Staff

Job Family

Job Family Enrollment Management, Admissions, and Financial Aid

# Hours Per Week 37.5

Position Overview

Be The Difference Begins with Great People.

Are you looking for a new opportunity where you can make the difference in the lives of students and faculty? We’re always looking for highly talented individuals to join our team – people who think big, care deeply, and believe in being the difference in their work and community.

We prioritize student success, access to education, and service in our work to educate well-rounded servant leaders who transform their fields, our society and the world. Our Catholic, Jesuit approach emphasizes student engagement with the world around them and formation of the heart and mind.

We believe in our mission:
The search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others. These core values guide our relationships with our students, each other, and our community.

Marquette University offers a rich and competitive Total Rewards package includingmedical, dental, vision, 403(b) with up to 8% university match, generous time off package, and tuition benefits for employees, spouses, and dependents with no payback requirement!For more information, please view our Total Rewards guide .

This is your next opportunity to join an organization that invests in their employees’ career journey by diversifying their skills, deepening their expert knowledge, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, focusing on personal wellbeing, providing leadership training, and sustaining a culture of respect and inclusion.

The Director of Graduate School Admission leads the Graduate School’s recruitment and admissions strategy, overseeing the full enrollment funnel, including marketing, lead generation, admissions operations, data management, reporting, budgeting, and yield initiatives. The position supervises professional staff and provides recruitment and admissions oversight for certificate, master’s, and doctoral programs serving domestic and international students.

As a member of the Graduate School leadership team, the Director contributes to strategic planning, operational decision-making, and initiatives that advance graduate education and student success. Reporting to the Vice Provost for Graduate & Professional Studies and Dean of the Graduate School, with a dotted-line relationship to the Dean of Admissions, the Director collaborates across the university to align graduate and undergraduate enrollment strategies.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the supervision of staff which includes but is not limited to hiring, terming, disciplinary actions, performance management, staff development, etc. Compile and analyze data to develop appropriate strategic decisions for the admissions/recruitment team goals and efforts. Build and maintain strategic partnerships with internal university offices, including Undergraduate Admissions, professional schools, and academic programs, as well as external partners and contracted third-party vendors.
  
  Lead collaborative efforts to align marketing and advertising, communications,…