Senior Admissions Advisor​/Recruiter

Position Overview

Becoming a member of the Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center (BEOC) as a Senior Admissions Advisor/Recruiter involves overseeing the Admissions function and supporting enrollment, counseling, and testing services for students. You will coordinate with community partners, present programs, and work with the Director of Enrollment Management to develop and implement strategic recruitment and outreach goals for the BEOC.

The ideal candidate is a forward‑thinking professional who will develop processes, partnerships, and systems that ensure a seamless admissions experience for adult learners facing economic and educational barriers.

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of admissions processes and procedures that support recruiting and admitting students into all programs offered by the BEOC.
• Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen the student experience at the BEOC.
• Supervise the admissions staff to ensure clear job duties, an even workload distribution, and improved communication among team members.
• Develop comprehensive strategic enrollment management plans.
• Lead the identification, coordination, organization, and management of admissions events and outreach activities in the community to increase student enrollment; assign staff to attend events.
• Maintain extensive knowledge of admissions requirements, eligibility, and programming, and actively participate in student recruitment events and outreach activities.
• Collaborate with Student Support Services to oversee student intake, registration, and onboarding, including new student orientation sessions.
• Collect, analyze, and report data to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment and admissions efforts.
• Assist with all processes of student enrollment, including testing, registration, and academic guidance.

• Benefits that prioritize your well‑being and success to enhance every aspect of your life.

• Bachelor’s degree in Student Admissions, Education, Social Work, or a related field with at least 3 years of experience conducting outreach and recruitment.
• Experience overseeing staff and operations in student admissions, outreach, and recruitment or a closely related functional area.
• Knowledge of current and emerging technology related to recruitment and outreach.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, management, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills, and social media knowledge.
• Strong time‑management skills, attention to detail, and ability to assess and respond to the needs of adult students in an adult education context.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite; comfortable learning new and emerging technology.
• Availability to work weekends and evenings, and strong knowledge of best practices in the field.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

• Master’s degree in Student Admissions, Education, Social Work, or a related field.
• Two to five years of supervisory or management experience overseeing staff and operations in student admissions, outreach, and recruitment or a closely related functional area.
• Experience in student admissions including personnel responsibilities, strategic planning, and program promotion.
• Experience with collaborative enrollment strategies.
• Experience with budgets and calculation of return on investment for outreach activities and events.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across departments to improve student outcomes.
• Experience working with academically underprepared and/or economically disadvantaged adults.
• Proven experience using social media as a recruitment tool.

University at Buffalo is an affirmative action equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Arrangements will be made for applicants with disabilities to provide access to the application, interview, and selection process upon request. Reasonable accommodation requests must be made in a timely manner by email at diversity or by phone .