Department
ADMISSIONS ORG (BL-ADMS-IUBLA)
Department Information
The Office of Enrollment Management (OEM) at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington is dedicated to attracting, enrolling, and supporting a community of talented students from Indiana, across the nation, and around the world. OEM integrates strategic planning, data-informed decision-making, and collaborative partnerships across campus to create a seamless student experience from first contact through graduation. Through its units (Admissions, Scholarships, the Registrar, Student Financial Assistance, Student Central, Orientation and Enrollment Programs, Retention, Planning and Research, Enrollment Marketing and Communications, Administration and Fiscal Affairs, and Development), OEM advances the university's mission by fostering access, belonging, and student success while upholding IU Bloomington's tradition of academic excellence and public service.
The Office of Admissions is the front-facing department to the public for undergraduate recruitment for the Indiana University Bloomington campus. The Office of Admissions is responsible for recruiting the freshman class each year, counseling prospective students and their families about the admissions process, providing accurate information to the public about our recruiting requirements and standards, and marketing Indiana University Bloomington.
Job Summary
The Senior Assistant Director is responsible for designing and implementing coordinated recruitment processes for domestic admissions for the Bloomington Campus in Texas with secondary recruitment markets in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico.
Department-Specific Responsibilities
- Responsible for attracting, recruiting, and enrolling new students to the IU Bloomington campus through the design and implementation of coordinated recruitment processes and the management of various projects on the Office of Admissions Recruitment Team.
- Responsible for the Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico recruitment territory and application evaluation, developing a target range of students to enroll to meet campus enrollment goals by determining the number of prospects, applications, and admits needed to complete this target. Additional recruitment markets in the South and Southwest may be added to meet university enrollment goals.
- Represents the IU Office of Admissions in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico at recruitment at high schools, college fairs, conferences, and seminars.
- Maintains university enrollment relationships with Tribal organizations in Oklahoma with historic ties to the State of Indiana.
- Uses data-informed strategies in the development and execution of territory management and other recruitment activities to increase student yields.
- Develops and manages a detailed project schedule and work plan.
- Executes work in a cross-functional recruitment model.
- Identifies models and best practices for innovative outreach to applicants and parents to include such models as on-campus opportunities supported by student staff and student coordinators, in collaboration with campus departments, schools, and other lead Admissions staff.
- Provides project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress.
- Applies an asset-based approach to their work, making Indiana University welcoming to all.
- Serves as Office of Admissions "liaison" with an academic unit with responsibilities for updating Admission staff on new initiatives or changes to processes and leveraging this knowledge in cross team collaboration and training with office of admissions colleagues to provide greater insight into school specific programs, trends, and opportunities.
- Informs file review process by monitoring funnel data and enrollment goals at The College, regularly analyzing and reporting this data out, advising colleagues and leadership on relevant trends or interruptions in markets that could impact overall achievement of enrollment goals.
General Responsibilities
- Maintains, implements, and oversees a holistic recruitment yield tactical plan for recruitment.
- Develops, implements, and administers plans, programs, and events for general and targeted student recruitment in support of organizational goals.
- Integrates a strategic communications strategy in collaboration with other departments, geared toward specific student declared academic major, career interests, and geographic factors.
- Identifies and develops partnerships for outreach to prospective students and influencers.
- Interprets academic policies and exercises authority and independent judgment.
- Plans, implements, and evaluates programs and processes and determines the effectiveness of markets and strategies. Exercises independent judgment and uses census data and modeling tools to identify effective marketing plans and strategies to address specific populations.
- Serves in a collaborative role with internal and external stakeholders to identify targets of opportunity to attract and enroll under-represented populations. Participates in the assessment and evaluation of various models.
- May attend meetings or serve on committees with the admissions stakeholders, including all staff meetings, recruitment, and outreach team meetings, customer service lead meetings, and undergraduate recruitment council meetings; may provide guidance to other admissions counselors.
Qualifications
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
WORK EXPERIENCE
Required
- 2 years in admissions, higher education, marketing, or related field
SKILLS
Required
- Proficient in written and verbal communication skills
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism
- Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
- Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
- Highly thorough and dependable
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
- Possesses excellent presentation skills
- Demonstrates excellent judgment, tact, and diplomacy
- Highly developed customer relations skills
- Commitment to working with people of different backgrounds
- Ability to interpret federal, state, and institutional rules and regulations and required procedures associated with compliance
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
This position requires heavy travel for weeks at a time to Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico as needed for university outreach events.
Work Location
Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area or other agreed upon location in Texas.
This position is eligible for remote work or to work a hybrid schedule (mix between remote and in-person work), subject to change in the future based on university policy and business needs.
Advertised Salary
$65,000 annually
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level: Career
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Student Services
Job Family: Admissions & Recruitment
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