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USAJOBS · 5 days ago

Director of Admissions - SME

Kings Point, New York, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$173K/yr - $195K/yr

1+ years exp

USAJOBS is seeking a Director of Admissions who will oversee the admittance of Midshipmen to the Academy, ensuring compliance with criteria set by the Secretary of Transportation. The role involves developing policies, managing recruitment programs, and evaluating admissions processes.

ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

As the Director of Admissions, you will be responsible for planning, prioritizing, and assigning work; collaborating with peers and subordinates to assure effective advisory services; and otherwise ensuring continuous progress toward stated goals

Developing administrative policies and procedures, counsels candidates, reviews and edits publications and informational materials, and interprets admissions criteria and policies

Planning, developing, and implementing appropriate systems to support a nationwide recruiting program, and supervising the evaluation and selection of candidates for admission to the Academy

Ensuring that the content of existing publications and informational material such as the Academy catalog and various bulletins is current, accurate, and effective, and initiates appropriate changes when necessary

Ensuring that digital content, such as the online application and website, is current, accurate and effective, and initiates appropriate changes when necessary

Partnering with the Academy’s Director of Information Technology and Director of External Affairs to produce content to keep the Academy’s website fresh and updated to attract viewership

Ensuring the proper design, development, production, and distribution of Admissions materials

Developing and implementing administrative policies and procedures to facilitate timely and effective processing of candidates; recommending and implementing changes in policies to foresee and address problems and requirements

Establishing with other administrators and staff, the Academy's academic requirements and applying that information to admissions policies

Initiating communication with persons interested in admissions, and providing academic counseling, advice, interpretations, and information to prospective candidates, parents, secondary school administrators, Academy and alumni personnel, government agencies, Congressional staff members, etc

Qualification

Admissions program managementFinancial aid administrationRecruitment program developmentPolicy interpretationCandidate evaluation supervisionExternal awarenessStrategic thinkingLeadershipDecision making

Required

Experience managing and evaluating large-scale recruitment and admissions programs for a college or university with a student regiment that involve developing and implementing nationwide outreach systems, supervising candidate evaluation boards, and ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory admissions criteria

Experience representing an institution to senior leadership, government officials, and external stakeholders, providing authoritative policy interpretation, negotiating agreements, and presenting recommendations on admissions and financial aid programs that impact institutional mission, student outcomes, and external relations

Strategic Thinking - Formulates objectives and priorities, and implements plans consistent with the long-term interests of the organization in a global environment. Capitalizes on opportunities and manages risks

External Awareness - Identifies and understands economic, political, and social trends that affect the organization

Leadership - Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations

Decision Making - Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change

Preferred

A professional with proven experience managing an Admissions program that involves conducting studies of the validity of existing criteria for admission and recommending revisions of such criteria

Planning, administering, and conducting evaluations of the admissions and financial aid programs

Developing administrative policies and procedures

Counseling candidates

Reviews and edits publications and informational materials

Interprets admissions criteria and policies