Job Description:

• Recruits for Crown Family School masterâ™s programs, including responding to and sending e-mails and scheduling and conducting individual phone calls and appointments.
• Leads recruitment e-mail communication strategy and marketing efforts for prospective applicants, applicants, and admitted students such as updating print materials.
• Maintains and updates the Admissions website and New Admit Page.
• Assists with recruitment fair strategy and attends recruitment fairs locally, regionally, and nationally.
• Assists with and participates in recruitment events, including webinars, info sessions, class visits, and campus visits.
• Oversees Facebook Groups for newly admitted students, including creation, content, and posting.
• Coordinates with Alumni Association and alumni involvement in recruitment efforts.
• Assists with PhD recruitment if needed.
• Participates in application review, decisions, and scholarship awards.
• Collaborates with Admissions Team to build, update, and maintain policy, practice, and procedure documentation.
• Is an admissions advisor for newly admitted students as assigned, communicates changes in admission to Admissions and Field teams, and assists with outreach to and on-boarding of newly admitted students.
• Tracks effectiveness of recruitment efforts and provides reports to demonstrate outcomes.
• Provides Director with insights, feedback, and critique of recruitment practices, procedures, and processes to improve service.
• Represents Crown Family School at relevant University-wide working groups and meetings.
• 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.
• Travels and recruits in an assigned geography, assisting with planning and delivering public presentations, special events, and other recruitment activities.
• Maintains relationships with all individuals involved in the recruitment process, including routinely counseling students and parents regarding the admission process.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience:

• Experience working in a higher education research institution.

  Experience with PeopleSoft or similar course management systems.

Preferred Competencies

• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to multi-task on frequent and constantly changing demands.

• Ability to effectively communicate with faculty, graduate students, and various administrative offices at all university levels.

• Excellent organizational skills.

• Attention to detail.

• Analytical skills.

• Ability to meet deadlines.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

• Ability to resolve problems.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office.

• Knowledge, awareness, and diversity, equity, and inclusion skills.

• Knowledge of database management software.

Working Conditions

• Hybrid work schedule, on-site at the Hyde Park campus in Chicago.

• Travel to external stakeholder sites as needed.

Application Documents

• Resume (required)

• Cover letter (required)

• References (preferred)

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