Associate Dir of Graduate & Online Admissions

About Utica University:

Located in the heart of Central New York, Utica University is acomprehensive, independent, private institution founded in 1946 as Utica College. We offer many of the advantages of a large university, such as undergraduate and graduate degree options,excellent academic programs, and outstanding faculty, but with an intimacy and a high degree of personal attention more closely associated with smaller private institutions.

We empower learners to achieve their career and life goals through personally enriching experiences and outstanding educational pathways.

At Utica University, we are committed to creating a working and learning environment where all people feel supported.

Following our institutional values, we work to support diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences in an equitable,respectful, and inclusive environment, while promoting freedom of expression and encouraging civil discourse.

The Associate Director of Graduate and Online Admission supports the recruitment, admission, enrollment advising, and yield of graduate, adult, professional, and online students. Working underthe direction of the Director of Recruitment and Admission, the Associate Director carries out recruitment and admission activity designed to maintain momentum in growing graduate and onlineprograms and to provide a student-centered enrollment experience from inquiry through matriculation.

The Associate Director works closely with academic leadership,faculty, Enrollment Management colleagues, and external partners tosupport graduate and online enrollment growth and program sustainability.

• Implement recruitment initiatives that support enrollment growth across graduate and online programs.
• Carry out outreach, admissions counseling, enrollment advising,and yield activity for graduate, adult, professional, and online students.
• Support graduate and online application review processes andensure fair, consistent, and student-centered admission practices.
• Monitor assigned inquiry, application, admission, and enrollment activity and provide updates to the Director.
• Recommend adjustments that support inquiry generation,application growth, enrollment yield, and student conversion.
• Represent the institution at recruitment events, professional conferences, employer engagement activities, and community outreach initiatives.

• Work with deans, program directors, department chairs, and faculty to support program enrollment goals and recruitment priorities established with the Director.
• Support recruitment activity for new graduate and online program launches.
• Facilitate communication and student handoff processes between
  
  Admission and academic departments.
• Share applicant feedback and recruitment insights with the Director and academic partners.

• Build and maintain relationships with area employers,healthcare organizations, school districts, nonprofit agencies,government entities, and community organizations.
• Identify and cultivate partnership opportunities that generate graduate and online enrollment pipelines and support workforce development initiatives.
• Collaborate with institutional advancement, workforce development, and academic leadership to support external partnerships.

• Provide responsive and student-centered enrollment guidance to prospective graduate and online students.
• Carry out engagement activity designed to support enrollment conversion.
• Identify prospective student questions or process concerns andbring recommendations to the Director.

• Supervise graduate and online admission staff or graduate assistants as assigned.
• Support performance expectations, collaboration, student service, and professional development for assigned staff.
• Partner with the Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Strategy and Operations, Senior Associate Director of Enrollment Technology, Associate Director of Enrollment Marketing and Communications, Financial Aid, and undergraduate and transfer admission staff.
• Participate in enrollment planning efforts and other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree required, master's degree preferred.
• Progressively responsible experience in enrollment management,admission, recruitment, student services, higher education administration, or a related field.
• Experience utilizing CRM systems and…