We are seeking a Senior Assistant Director, On-Campus Recruitment who will balance the core admission officer responsibilities of recruitment and management of a regional territory while also providing leadership over a key programmatic or process area(s) across the office.

The Senior Assistant Director sits on the management team and partners with office leadership to develop goals ensuring academic quality and diversity of perspectives in the incoming class. This position will provide leadership for our on-campus recruitment, developing high impact programming and increasing the capacity and volume of prospective students engaging with the campus.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Provides leadership over a key business area within the undergraduate admissions office

• Responsible for the strategic direction, logistics, timelines, planning, and evaluation of processes and policies that fall within their designated area of focus.
  
• Provides oversight of major programs and/processes and connects them to strategies in other areas of the office to work towards institutional goals.
• Builds relationships with all relevant third parties (within Undergraduate admissions as well as across the university) to collaborate effectively towards goals.
• Works with the management team to develop a strategic vision for their respective areas of focus.
• Develops an evaluative structure for effective programing in their designated area of focus: work with office leadership to create tools and/or an analysis plan to analyze and improve work in their strategic areas.
• Builds short- and long-term plans to set goals, implement new strategies and evaluate them over time.
• Identify future areas for innovation/growth within their area.
• Creates any staff training content around their area of focus.
• Manages a regional territory—read applications, plan recruitment strategies and initiatives, and manage constituent relationships.
• Represents JHU Admissions in public events and information sessions.
• In particular, this position will support and oversee the on-campus recruitment strategy:

Strategic Leadership

• Supports the Director of Recruitment with creating and implementing a strategic plan for on-campus engagement that is both additive and complementary to virtual programming and off campus recruitment initiatives.
• Develops tactics to drive key prospective and admitted students to campus.
• Creates- a plan to increase the capacity and volume of on-campus visitors.

• Oversees the development of student workers and alumni volunteer groups.
  
• Leads cross-functional teams that recruit, retain, and train student workers and alumni volunteers.
• Develops initiatives to diversify our workers and volunteer groups.
• Works with the Marketing and Communications team to manage a communication plan relevant to on-campus recruitment.

Partnership Development

• Builds and fosters relationships with key faculty and offices across the university.
• Collaborates with various teams across the university to deliver high impact on-campus engagement.

• Primary liaison to vendors.
• Maintains contracts and maximize offerings.
• Updates and modify as necessary to meet business needs.

Data Analysis

• Works with Operations and IT team to develop necessary data tools to analyze the effectiveness of on-campus recruitment.
• Assesses and evaluates current on-campus recruitment (with both quantitative and qualitative data), find ways to measure success and implement changes.
• Includes biweekly, quarterly, and year in review analysis.

Staff Supervision

• Supervises admissions officers.
• Responsible for growth and development of employee in role.
• Oversees and supervises members of the Events Team and Visitor Center Team.
• Works with management team to support the growth of staff members across the office.

Staff Training

• Oversees the planning, execution, and evaluation of on-campus engagement staff training.

Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively with prospective students, parents, secondary school counselors, faculty and other university partners as well as the ability to represent Johns Hopkins University to the public.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, independently and as part of a team.
• Strong event management and development skills.
• Demonstrates the utmost level of professionalism with both internal and external constituents.
• Possesses strong cultural competency and understanding of student educational experiences coming from diverse backgrounds.
• Knowledge of standard office software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook.
• Ability to build, propose, and maintain a budget.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to travel extensively and work nights and weekends as needed.
• Must have valid driver's license and be able to drive a car.
• The job duties listed above are not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities.

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Five years progressively responsible related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Experience as a college or university admissions officer preferred, which would include recruitment and application review.

Classified Title: Sr. Admissions Officer 
Working Title: Senior Assistant Director, On-Campus Recruitment   
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD  
Starting Salary Range: Min $55,200 - Max $96,600 Annually ($75,000 budgeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus
Department name: Undergraduate Admissions  
Personnel area: University Student Services 

Total Rewards
The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:
JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

**Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Accommodation Information

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Johns Hopkins has mandated COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, as applicable. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

The following additional provisions may apply, depending on campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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