Admissions and Operations Sr. Professional - Online Programs

Requisition Number: 74648

Location:

Boulder, Colorado

City:
Boulder

State:
Colorado

Employment Type:

University Staff

Schedule:

Full-Time

Posting Close Date: 14-Sep-2026

Date Posted: 02-Sep-2026

The Division of Continuing Education (CE) at the University of Colorado Boulder is seeking applicants for several Admissions and Operations Sr. Professionals
! This role supports online professional graduate programs, and/or online post baccalaureate programs and is responsible for developing, implementing, and scaling a comprehensive recruiting strategy for these young and growing programs. Ideal candidates will need to be creative and innovative self-starters able to establish a recruiting pipeline and grow enrollment.

We seek multifaceted individuals with the drive and analytical skills to create thoughtful, strategic recruitment campaigns, project management skills to originate and lead complex initiatives, and emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills to build collaborative relationships and provide prospective online students with excellent enrollment support. The recruitment approach for CU Boulder Online relies on high-touch engagement with, and nurturing of, prospective students.

Candidates should be familiar with online learning, nontraditional students, recruitment and admission procedures, advising practices, and financial aid.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies at CU Boulder provides quality, innovative, lifelong learning opportunities for a diverse student population by extending the educational resources of the university to the Boulder community, the state of Colorado, and beyond.

• Develop and implement the strategy for online student recruitment and admissions to continue growing online programs.
• Provide a high touch approach to prospective student engagement by using known standard methodologies in recruitment and admissions support, in a timely and consistent manner.
• Identify new opportunities to create a replenishable and diverse applicant pool and scale enrollment in required online programs.
• Provide proactive and personalized engagement with prospective and newly admitted students, including nurturing leads, responding to inquiries, providing program information, assisting with the application and enrollment processes, connecting to academic and student support services, facilitating timely and effective interventions to resolve concerns or barriers, and assisting with successful matriculation to University's online programs.
• Conduct one-on-one meetings and communications via phone, video, text, and email with prospective students to provide a high-level of personalized service.
• Manage program email inboxes by providing timely and customized responses to prospective student questions and inquiries.
• Plan, manage and co-lead recruitment and networking events (virtual and in-person), including open houses, Q&A sessions, webinars, information sessions, participation in trade shows and conferences, etc.
• Plan and manage the application process for assigned programs and other online programs, as needed.
• Identify and manage relationships with external entities for recruitment purposes, including other universities and private, public, and non-profit sector organizations.
• Manage online student recruitment efforts to help create a program and culture that appeals to a diverse pool of applicants.
• Track key performance metrics and evaluate success of recruitment and admissions efforts over time, taking into consideration the globalization and flexible nature of online programs.

• Liaise with program staff and CE Marketing to collaborate on the development of and implementation of comprehensive communication strategy for prospective online students.
• Deploy and manage prospective student communications, including email nurturing campaigns.
• In collaboration with CE Marketing and other CE and University units, implement highly effective external communication campaigns for online student audiences.
• Build and nurture industry…