Associate Director of Admissions, YYGS & YYAS

Associate Director of Admissions, YYGS & YYAS

Department:

Young Global Scholars

393 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut

Job

$68,000.00 - $

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Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS, http://global scholars.yale.edu) is the premier summer academic enrichment & leadership development program of its kind for talented high school students from around the world. Enrolling approximately 2,000 high school students through a highly competitive application process, YYGS participants represent more than 150 countries and all 50+ U.S. states & territories. The program offers nine (9) sessions on Yale’s campus in STEM, social science, & cross-disciplinary fields.

Senior Yale faculty members lecture in the program while dedicated undergraduate, graduate, and professional school student serve as residential life staff and academic instructors, leading small-group discussions and supervising project work.

Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS, https://africanscholars.yale.edu/) is the premier academic enrichment and leadership development program of its kind for African high school students planning to pursue university education and who wish to make a meaningful impact on the continent. Enrolling approximately 350 high school students annually through a highly competitive application process, YYAS participants represent approximately 40 different countries across the African continent.

The program offers a comprehensive online course (all live offerings, not recorded), an in-person summer program in Africa, and a robust alumni mentorship program. Senior Yale faculty members lecture in the program while dedicated undergraduate, graduate, and professional school student serve as residential life staff and academic instructors, leading small-group discussions and supervising project work.

Reporting to the Executive Director of YYGS & YYAS, the Associate Director of Admissions serves a key leadership role in the development of YYGS & YYAS and is responsible for a wide range of activities and initiatives related to admissions, need-based financial aid, and marketing, including: managing two direct reports who are responsible for marketing, technology, operations, and data management; providing the strategic vision for admissions from recruitment through enrollment;

serving as a liaison with Yale Conference & Events for coordinating how enrolled students are served by peer departments (such as Housing, Dining, Accessibility, and so on); conceptualizing infrastructure to increase operational efficiencies, including implementation of new technology to manage large amounts of data; analyzing program data to help inform data-driven decision making; reading applications of high school students from around the world applying to YYGS & YYAS;

supporting efforts to recruit, hire and train a team of internal and external application readers; building and maintaining relationships with the admissions community at Yale; and maintaining a critical and front-facing leadership role during the summer.

The schedule is hybrid, with 2 days in office the majority of the year. 1 day in office in September, 2 days in office from October through mid-June, and then fully in-person from mid-June through July (June 13-July 30 this year), and then fully remote in August (and then the cycle restarts).

Occasional night/weekend work.

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