Director for Recruitment & Strategic Engagement

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The School of Pharmacy invites applications for the position of Director for Recruitment & Strategic Engagement. This position is responsible for all student-related recruitment activities such as recruitment fairs, social media management, and strategic partnerships. In addition, the Director will design and develop new programs intended to enhance recruitment efforts (e.g. K-12 and collegiate level programming) and manage pre-existing pathway programs.

School of Pharmacy MBU

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VCU is a top 50 public research university with a genuine commitment to student success and community service. One of just a handful of universities to receive both a "Very High Research Activity" status and a "Community Engaged" designation from the Carnegie Foundation, VCU also hosts the region's top-rated medical center. The medical campus is home to top-ranked programs in Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Public Health, and Health Professions, as well as the Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care, the Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, the Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Pauley Heart Center, the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health, among many other institutes and centers.

The School of Pharmacy (SOP) has a 127-year tradition beginning with the Medical College of Virginia and continuing to the present. Ranked in the Top 20 of Schools of Pharmacy nationwide, the SOP is dedicated to graduating outstanding future scientists and pharmacists who will develop new medicines and therapies, improve human health, foster exemplary research, and provide sustaining contributions to interprofessional patient care.

All full-time staff are eligible for our generous benefits package that includes choices for health, vision, and dental coverage, life-insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, retirement planning, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, flexible spending accounts, tuition benefits, significant paid-time off, 12 paid holidays, and more. Explore our benefits further here: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

This position will report to the Associate Dean for Admissions & Strategic Engagement. The Director for Recruitment & Strategic Engagement is responsible for all student-related recruitment activities such as recruitment fairs, social media management, and strategic partnerships. In addition, the Director will design and develop new programs intended to enhance recruitment efforts (e.g. K-12 and collegiate level programming) and manage pre-existing pathway programs.

Responsibilities can be summarized in the following domains:

• Collaborate with Assoc Dean for Student Success, Director for Student Success and Student Committees to create programming for incoming students, both prior to matriculation and as they acclimate and onboard.
• The Director is responsible for managing the Student Ambassador program, including current student recruitment, training and facilitation/organization of events

• Implement the School’s recruitment plans for the B.S. in pharmaceutical sciences, Doctor of Pharmacy and graduate programs in pharmaceutical sciences and pharmaceutical engineering. This will include managing campus visits and conducting Open House events. The Director will also represent the school at college fairs and school visits and establish a nationwide network of contacts across feeder institutions.
• Collaborate with the Assoc Dean for Admissions & Strategic Engagement to update and maintain Pharm.
  
  D. admissions processes, including planning and leading interview days, participating in candidate review meetings and handling prospective student questions.
• Collaborate with the Director of Communications to create synergy between program and departmental admissions and recruitment initiatives.

• The Director is responsible for management of the school’s generic email account and prospective student newsletters
• Collabor…