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Position Summary

The associate director is an experienced admission officer at Rice University, a highly-selective research institution in the heart of Houston, Texas. Reporting to a deputy director, this individual will manage projects with a high degree of complexity, scope, and visibility.

The associate director will manage advanced functions that correlate with their supervisor’s content area. Such functions may include but are not limited to managing major programs and outreach, international student recruitment, staff training, and development, coordinating the file review process, etc. These functional areas may require delegating responsibilities and monitoring the work of other team members. The associate director will interact with senior leadership to influence strategic decisions related to their work.

Knowledge of Rice University and/or experience in a higher education environment is desired.

Essential Functions

• Works with other members of the admission staff on projects related to recruitment, evaluation and selection, marketing and communications, access and inclusion, on-campus programming, alumni engagement, staff training, budget management, and staff development as assigned
• Collaboratively works with supervisor on year-over-year planning, process, and project management
• Independently and collaboratively manages projects with a high degree of complexity, scope, and visibility
• Utilizes data to measure team success and help articulate the team’s effectiveness
• Manages a specific recruitment territory and engages in all aspects of recruitment, evaluation, selection, yield, measurement, and planning to ensure the development of a geographic pipeline to Rice
• Conducts informational sessions
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with high school counselors
• Evaluates applications and makes recommendations on selection utilizing the committee-based-evaluation process
• Ensures compliance with federal and state laws concerning college admission, FERPA, and affirmative action
• Responds to inquiries, timely providing accurate information
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Four years of experience
• Type of experience: related experience working in a college or university admission office or as a high school college counselor or teacher
• Travel required

Skills Required

• Interpersonal skills that demonstrate professionalism, relatability, and collegiality
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively on high-level, complex projects
• Familiarity with the multiple work areas of a modern admissions office, including CRM systems, reporting and analytics, recruitment, evaluation and selection, marketing and communications, access and inclusion, on-campus programming, staff training, budget management, and staff development
• Proficient in using admission and enrollment data to make data-informed decisions, measure and assess progress toward strategic goals, present data, and revise practices as needed
• Strong verbal and written communication, presentation, and customer service skills
• Strong reading comprehension and ability to make distinctions among competitive applicants
• High level of proficiency in MS Office suite including Excel and Access
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to present meaningful information that helps to inform decision making
• Familiarity with whole-file application evaluation (experience with committee-based-evaluation desirable)

Preferences

• Experience in a highly selective university or college admission office
• Experience with campus event management and managing student volunteers/campus programs
• Experience in marketing and communications, through a variety of media including print, web, email, social, and video
• Strong writing skills desired

Rice University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with commitment to diversity at all levels, and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.

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