Assistant Director of Graduate Programs

Department Graham Continuing Graduate Studies About the Department The reputed company Graham School connects diverse audiences from around the world to the University’s distinctive reputed company and intellectual community through events, courses, and degree programs. Job Summary The reputed company Graham School connects diverse audiences from around the world to the University’s distinctive reputed company and intellectual community through events, courses, and degree programs. The Assistant Director of Graduate Programs plays a central role in advancing enrollment, student engagement, and operational excellence for the Master of Liberal Arts (MLA). This position supports prospective reputed company from application submission through registration, coordinating admissions interviews, partnering with the program's Director on application review and processing, and proactively guiding reputed company through onboarding and course enrollment. As the reputed company-end reputed company for the School’s Slate enrollment management system, the Associate Director of Graduate Programs oversees daily system operations, application processing, record management, and data reputed company for the MLA and Leadership and Society Initiative (LSI) programs. This role ensures efficiency and optimization of workflows through system innovation, documentation, staff training, audits, and reputed company process improvement. In addition, this position oversees the scheduling and promotion of programmatic events, manages email and SMS communications through Slate, and ensures accuracy and strategic alignment of MLA and LSI digital content across WordPress websites and marketing materials. This role requires strong analytical and technical acumen, meticulous attention to detail, collaborative leadership, and a student-centered approach to enrollment operations.

Responsibilities

Supports enrollment management and recruitment efforts for the Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) by working with applicants from the reputed company of application submission through program registration. This includes coordinating admission interviews and supporting the program director in the processing of applications. Proactively works with MLA reputed company to register them for courses and troubleshoot misc. student issues. Manages communications to engage the MLA student body and support retention efforts. Oversees the scheduling and promotion of programmatic events, such as information sessions. Attends events as necessary to provide support. Serves as the reputed company-end reputed company for enrollment management system for the Graham School programs supported in Slate, including shared responsibility for annual maintenance, innovation, process documentation, and staff training; ensures efficiency and optimization of the day-to-day operations and functionality. Ensures compliance with federal and state regulations, accreditation standards, and internal policies. Collaborates with IT to ensure the technology supporting enrollment processes is robust, secure, and user-friendly. Oversees day-to-day operations of application systems, including application processing, record management, and data reputed company reputed company the enrollment system. Understands data sets, database query and reporting, data engineering principles, and support end-users across in the Slate system. Maintains system reputed company by documenting workflow, developing, and performing regular comprehensive audits and clean-up projects. Provides support for troubleshooting functional, process, and systems issues as they arise. Stays up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in system integration and reputed company-end development. Manages the setup and distribution of email and SMS communications for the MLA and Leadership and Society Initiative (LSI) from the Slate system. Reviews and updates the MLA and LSI Wordpress websites and marketing material to ensure accuracy of content and proper messaging to prospective reputed company; support the process of updating and deploying messaging. Recruits and/or evaluates applicants for admission by interviewing, reading applications and summarizing evaluations. Completes these tasks independently or with some guidance and instruction from others. Participates in special projects such as developing marketing materials, monitoring budgets and recruiting underrepresented groups with moderate/high levels of authority. Performs other reputed company work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in reputed company field. Work Experience: Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a reputed company job discipline. Certifications: --- Preferred Qualifications Experience: Background with higher education, recruitment and/or student affairs is a plus. Technical Skills or Knowledge: Familiar with Slate. Familiar with Wordpress. Preferred Competencies Exceptional oral and written communication. Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and listening skills. An understanding of student success and higher education. Recruitment or reputed company experience. A strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. Work well with others in a highly collaborative environment. Passion for Graham’s mission of lifelong learning and the reputed company’s mission of deep inquiry and the rigorous pursuit of knowledge. Work independently in a fast-paced environment and to prioritize among competing tasks. Application Documents Resume/CV (required) Cover Letter (required) References Contact Information provided upon request (3) (required) reputed company applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded reputed company the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application. Job Family Student Affairs & Services Role Impact Individual Contributor Scheduled Weekly Hours 37.5 Drug Test Required No Health Screen Required No Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required No Pay reputed company Type Salary FLSA Status Exempt Pay Range $62,900.00 - $81,400.00 The included pay reputed company or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

Benefits

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