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Assistant Director of Admissions - Office of Undergraduate Admissions (114709)

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Location
Champaign, IL

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Assistant Director of Admissions

Office of Undergraduate Admissions

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is accepting applications for an Assistant Director of Admissions in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The Assistant Director of Admissions will supervise a large team of campus based and regional admissions counselors in advising prospective students about educational opportunities at Illinois, transfer of credits, financial assistance and university policy and procedures. The Assistant Director will collaborate with the Office of Communication for Enrollment Management (OCEM) in managing the communication and marketing needs for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions (OUA) in attracting undergraduate students to the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign.

The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO.

This is a full-time, 12-month, benefits-eligible Academic Professional position reporting to the Senior Associate Director for Recruitment and Outreach. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

RESPONSIBILITIES -

  • Lead a team of full time professionals in the overall recruitment effort of new undergraduates to the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
  • Serve on one or more Admissions Review Committees; read and evaluate freshman application including making final decisions.
  • Coordinate the hiring, training, and regular communication with assigned team to ensure accurate and timely distribution of information about the university.
  • Oversee the counseling staff training process, including development of training materials, staff scheduling, and continuous evaluation of counseling staff members.
  • Present information to prospective students and families about the University of Illinois at both on-campus and off-campus venues.
  • Travel to designated high schools or college fairs including evening and weekend hours to represent the University of Illinois by answering questions from students, parents, and attendees regard the admissions process at Illinois.
  • Serve as the liaison between Office of Communications for Enrollment Management and OUA.
  • Gather feedback pertaining to recruitment materials from high school counselors, students, and parents.
  • Keep Office of Undergraduate Admissions staff updated on communication and marketing initiatives.
  • Serve as a functional steward of OUA’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, Slate, which includes assisting with training, creating documentation, participating in building communication campaigns and developing canned responses.
  • Manage the variety of print, email, web, and social media communication used to develop relationships with high school counselors.

    • EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS -

    Required:

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Direct experience in undergraduate admissions at a regionally accredited 2 or 4 year college or university.
  • Must be able to collaborate with multiple administrative and academic offices across campus to coordinate a systematic recruitment effort.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Strong presentation and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Dynamic personality.
  • High-quality customer service skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.
  • Ability to maintain strong work ethic and handle high volume of work, execute projects simultaneously, set priorities and meet deadlines.
  • Understanding and commitment to affirmative action in educational access and employment.
  • Ability to lift and move heavy boxes of materials.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Banner, and Slate systems.
  • Valid driver's license.

    • Preferred:

  • Master's degree.
  • Training and supervision experience.

    • APPLICATION:

    To ensure full consideration, please complete your candidate profile at https://jobs.illinois.edu/ and upload your letter of application, resume, and a list of three professional references, including contact information by June 10, 2019. Interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date, although no hiring decisions will be made until after the search has closed. Start date is as soon as possible after the close of the search. For further information about this position, please contact Jennifer Steiling at 217-300-2734.

    The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon accepting a contingent offer.

    College Name or Administrative Unit:Office of the Provost Category:5-Education and Student Services Title:Assistant Director of Admissions - Office of Undergraduate Admissions (114709) Open Date:05/15/2019 Close Date:06/10/2019 Organization Name:Undergraduate Admissions

    Organization

    Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement.

    Faculty

    A talented and highly respected faculty is the University's most significant resource. Many are recognized for exceptional scholarship with memberships in such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering. 

    Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics.The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes.

    Academic Resources

    Academic resources on campus are among the finest in the world. The University Library is one of the largest public university collections in the world with 11 million volumes in its 37 unit libraries. Annually, 53,000,000 people visit its online catalog. Students have access to thousands of computer terminals in classrooms, residence halls, and campus libraries for use in classroom instruction, study, and research.

    Research

    Students and scholars find the University an ideal place to conduct research. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is a model for interdisciplinary research, where eighteen research groups from sixteen University departments work within and across three broadly defined themes: biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. The University is also home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

    Undergraduate Education

    The University has a fundamental commitment to undergraduate education. Nearly 28,000 undergraduate students are enrolled in nine undergraduate divisions, which together offer some 4,000 courses in more than 150 fields of study.

    Undergraduate admission is highly selective. In the 2001 freshman class, students in the middle 50% had ACT scores between 25 and 30 and ranked between the 83rd and 96th percentiles of their high school graduating classes.

    The University enrolls over 9,000 graduate and professional students in more than 100 disciplines. It is among the top five universities in number of earned doctorates awarded annually in the United States.

    Also integral to the University's mission is a commitment to public engagement. Each year about 65,000 Illinois residents participate in scores of conferences, institutes, courses, and workshops presented statewide. Research and class projects take students and professors off campus to share expertise and technical support with Illinois farmers, manufacturing firms, and businesses. In a typical year, student volunteers log more than 60,000 volunteer hours.

    The Arts

    A major center for the arts, the campus attracts dozens of nationally and internationally renowned artists each year to its widely acclaimed Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The University also supports two major museums: the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion; and the Spurlock Museum, a museum of world history and culture. 

    Other major facilities include the multipurpose Assembly Hall (16,500 seats); Memorial Stadium (70,000 seats), site of Big Ten Conference football games; and the Intramural-Physical Education Building, one of the largest recreational facilities of its kind on a university campus.

    Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices

    Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Illinois is about how we value difference to make a difference. http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu/

    As evidence of the University’s commitment to enhance the working, living, and learning environment for faculty, staff, and students, the University will encourage a standard of conduct and behavior that is consistent with the values of inclusivity. In an environment of inclusivity, there is no place for acts of hatred, intolerance, insensitivity, bigotry, threats of violence, harassment or discrimination.

    Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices

    Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Through education, engagement, and excellence, each voice creates the Inclusive Illinois Experience.

    How can we appreciate difference to make a difference?

    Illinois is the place where we embrace difference. We embrace it because we value it. We value it because we know that we have so much to learn from each other in our living, learning, and working environment.

    Illinois is the place where we recognize the power of possibility and where great potential is realized. Inclusive Illinois is the vision of that place: a vision made real by leadership and commitment.

    Illinois is the place where consensus is forged by discourse and where everyone’s contributions are recognized: significant contributions that elevate us because they are informed and enhanced by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, physical ability, religion, class, and national origin. We are enriched by these perspectives, and we are united by the very discourse that brings these views together.

    It is a process. It is transformative. And we celebrate the remarkable changes we set in motion here … taking an important step … crossing boundaries … starting with our own.

    It all starts with each of us: with our willingness to embark on the journey in the search for answers, and with our openness and acceptance of the answers we find. Illinois is the place where it all comes together.

    Learn more about how Inclusive Illinois promotes diversity here.

    Commitment to Equal Opportunity

    The commitment of the University to the most fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and human dignity requires that decisions involving students and employees be based on individual merit and be free from invidious discrimination in all its forms, whether or not specifically prohibited by law. Among the forms of invidious discrimination prohibited by the University policy but not law is discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of sexual orientation. Complaints of invidious discrimination in violation of University policy are to be resolved within existing University procedures. The policy of the University of Illinois is to comply with all federal and state nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action laws, orders, and regulations. The University will not engage in discrimination or harassment against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, unfavorable discharge from the military, or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. This nondiscrimination policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs and activities

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