The Executive Director of Admissions is responsible for the leadership of undergraduate admissions and recruitment designed to attract and enroll a talented, diverse student population to Nebraska. This individual will guide the work of those within the Office of Admissions and those embedded in the academic units – and will oversee a budget of approximately $4.5 million dollars. The successful candidate will be collaborative, transparent, innovative, and entrepreneurial, with the vision and confidence to serve as a campus leader and a willingness to take calculated risks to engage students and families in new ways. The Executive Director of Admissions will serve as an internal leader and the authority on all admissions decisions and processing for the Office of Admissions and external voice for the value of a Nebraska degree. Reporting to the associate vice chancellor of academic services and enrollment management (ASEM), the Executive Director will be a key member of ASEM’s leadership team and other academic and student affairs committees on-campus, representing the division to the university and the public.

Criminal history background check will be conducted. Excellent benefits including staff/dependent scholarship program. For the fullest consideration, priority applicant review begins June 23, 2025. Applications received after the priority date, may be considered until the position is filled. Desired start date for the position is on or before September 2, 2025. Inquiries about and nominations for the executive director of admissions position can be submitted via go.unl.edu/executive-director-admissions.

For consideration, all application materials must be submitted via the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Employment Website.

View requisition S_250423 at https://employment.unl.edu to apply.

As an EO/AA employer, the University of Nebraska considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. See https://www.unl.edu/equity/notice-nondiscrimination.

A Bachelor’s degree and seven years of experience in undergraduate admission or a related field. Knowledge of higher education undergraduate admissions strategies and tactics. 

About University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln was chartered as a land-grant university on February 15, 1869, to create opportunity for the state of Nebraska. A proud member of the Big Ten Conference, the Big Ten Academic Alliance, and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), Nebraska is classified within the Carnegie “R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity” category. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

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