Director of Recruiting, Enrollment Management, and Educational Partnerships

Director of Recruiting, Enrollment Management, and Educational Partnerships

The Director of Recruiting, Enrollment Management, and Educational Partnerships provides strategic leadership for recruitment, enrollment management, and educational partnerships within the Office of Academic Affairs in the NC State College of Engineering. This position plays a key role in shaping the college's enrollment strategy, expanding pathways to engineering degrees, strengthening institutional partnerships, and advancing opportunities for student success.

What you will do:

• Lead recruitment and enrollment strategy, establishing priorities and initiatives that support enrollment goals and long-term growth.
• Lead recruitment and admissions efforts, partnering with the Office of Admissions on standards, enrollment targets, and recruitment strategies while promoting the college's academic programs, research, facilities, and student achievements.
• Oversee engineering pathway programs and educational partnerships, including 2+2 Regional, 3+2 dual-degree, community college, and other strategic pathways to NC State engineering degrees.
• Lead and develop direct reports, setting clear priorities and ensuring activities align with university, college, and departmental policies.
• Manage recruitment and partnership budgets, strategically allocating resources to support programs and initiatives while maintaining sound financial practices.
• Champion the College of Engineering's strengths, maintaining a strong understanding of its academic programs, research, facilities, and faculty and student achievements.
• Partner with the Engineering Foundation to expand scholarship support, cultivating donor relationships, increasing scholarship revenue, and developing effective award processes.
• Oversee incoming undergraduate scholarships, collaborating with university scholarship programs to maximize opportunities for engineering students.
• Partner on recruitment marketing and strategic planning, developing materials and initiatives that advance college and university enrollment goals.
• Support the Office of Academic Affairs and college leadership through relevant committees, initiatives, and other responsibilities as assigned.

In this role, you will lead with vision, collaboration, and innovation, building strong relationships across the university and with external partners. You will bring a proven record of effective leadership, the ability to inspire and engage students and colleagues, and excellent written and oral communication skills. Success in this position requires sound judgment, discretion, and integrity, along with the interpersonal skills and political acumen to build effective bridges, foster collaboration, and advance shared goals.

Qualifications:

Minimum Education and Experience
- Advanced degree in related field and at least three years in the fields of recruitment, admissions, enrollment management, external partnership development/management, or higher education program administration; or a bachelor's degree with 10+ years of equivalent experience may be substituted for the advanced degree on an exceptional basis.

Other

Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated record of commitment to advancing educational opportunities and student access. Proven experience with strategic planning and assessment. Knowledge of best practices in higher-education recruitment of engineering students. Understand and effectively use Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and similar Google applications in addition to Adobe Acrobat/Fox-it.

Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering. Familiarity with NC State University undergraduate academic programs, processes, systems, and policies.

Required License(s) or Certification(s) - N/A

Valid NC Driver's License required
- Yes

Commercial Driver's License required
- No