Responsibilities

• Serves as the college's primary point of contact and knowledgeable resource for CLASS recruitment.
• Communicates with prospective, admitted, and current students and campus partners to generate interest in and support for CLASS programs.
• Plans, coordinates, and staffs CLASS undergraduate recruiting and yield events, including CMU & U Days, Discovery Days, Maroon and Gold events, and the Centralis competition.
• Commits the college to recruitment event dates and formats and manages associated event logistics.
• Chairs the college Recruitment Committee, comprised of representatives from CLASS departments and represents CLASS at university-wide recruitment and admissions events.
• Serves as the college's primary liaison to CMU Admissions.
• Works closely with Academic Advising, Success Coaches, CMU Online, CMU Athletics, and other university units to align calendars, share information, and reduce duplication of effort in support of CLASS enrollment goals.
• Partners with the CLASS Hub to recruit students by leveraging Hub services and promoting its guiding vision: study what you love, and the Hub will help you launch your career.
• Manages transfer student articulation agreements, pathways, and 2+2, 3+1, and 2+3 agreements in coordination with CMU Admissions and CMU Online.
• Coordinates campus visits and individualized visit experiences for prospective CLASS students and their families.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• Three years of related work experience, preferably in an education or office environment.
• Ability to articulate the focus and value of programs in the college, and the Liberal Arts in general.
• Ability to communicate effectively and persuasively, verbally and in writing, with prospective students, families, and campus partners.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute multiple concurrent events, meeting recurring time-sensitive deadlines.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and commit the college to actions within delegated authority.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal campus partners and units.
• Knowledge of current trends in higher education admissions, student recruitment, enrollment management, and student success and retention.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends.

Preferred

• Master's degree.
• Experience planning and coordinating student recruitment, yield, or campus visit events.
• Experience collaborating with admissions, advising, athletics, online, or student success units.
• Experience with career readiness, internships, or student career services.
• Experience working with transfer credit and transfer students at 2- or 4-year institutions.