Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management

MidAmerica Nazarene University is seeking an innovative and strategic Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management with a proven track record to join the University’s leadership team. The primary responsibility of the Associate Vice President (AVP) of Enrollment Management is to lead the traditional enrollment management functions of the University. This will include all admissions functions, retention, and coordination with marketing and financial aid. This professional, in collaboration with University leadership, will develop the strategic and tactical enrollment management plan for the University. This position works closely and collaboratively with all University constituencies in the development and implementation of policies, practices, and strategies to promote traditional student recruitment and retention.  This position reports to the Vice President of Marketing and Enrollment.

The AVP for Enrollment Management leads and supervises new traditional student recruiting activities that support the enrollment and retention of students. He or she is the chairperson of the University’s Registration and Orientation Operations Group (ROOG) for traditional enrollment.

The AVP is expected to lead the Office of Admissions, including supervision of staff, planning and managing of annual budgets, oversight of the recruitment, admission, and enrollment cycles of the University, and planning and implementation of annual operational plans. This professional will coordinate with the operation and management of the Office of Financial Aid Services enabling that office to operate in a manner consistent with the University’s overall enrollment management plan.

In collaboration with appropriate MidAmerica Nazarene University leaders and staff members, the AVP implements a comprehensive, multi-year enrollment plan, identifies annual enrollment goals for new and continuing students, and implements strategies to meet enrollment goals for new students. Strategies must include registration events and pre-enrollment operations that impact new and continuing students.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

General Duties

• Design, implement, and assess admission, retention, and marketing functions as they pertain to the initial and sustained enrollment of the University’s traditional undergraduate students.
• Responsible for achieving enrollment headcount, quality, and net tuition revenue goals related to traditional-age new and returning students.
• Professional development, supervision and assessment of the University’s enrollment management staff.
• Provide to the larger university community information regarding national, regional, and institutional trends in undergraduate student enrollment.
• Strive for positive and collegial public relations with the administration, staff, students, colleagues, the Church of the Nazarene, regional and local church leadership, and community constituents.
• Maintain confidentiality in all areas assigned to this position.

Primary Duties:

• Serve as enrollment management leader for undergraduate, traditional-age students, transfer and international students into traditional programs.
• Develop, implement, and assess plans for the new, continued, and renewed enrollment of students.
• Ensures that the University’s admission, retention, and marketing plans support the strategic goals of the University.
• Responsible for ensuring that all professionals within Enrollment Management provide and maintain high quality support services for all constituent audiences to include prospective students, family members, enrolled students and family members, faculty, staff and other MNU community members.
• Ensure that Policy and Procedure manuals are current and that all catalog and externally released information related to enrollment is accurate.
• Monitor progress to goals within the areas of new student recruitment, net tuition revenue, and continuing student enrollments.
• Oversight of all campus based events pertaining to traditional enrollment management
• Develop and implement systems that ensure a smooth transition to MNU or in the case of enrolled students ensure a smooth transition from one term of enrollment to the next.
• Facilitate training for Enrollment Management professionals.
• Serve as the enrollment management professional on Board Committees and other committees as assigned.
• Supervises the Director of External Relations, the Director of Retention, and Admissions Counselors.