Student recruitment partner advancing undergraduate enrolment for University of Alberta’s Engineering, Science, and Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences faculties. Developing recruitment strategies, events, communications, and advising programs.
Responsibilities
Provide professional, informed and creative advice to the Student Recruitment Director, Assistant Registrar, faculty/program contacts, and College-level leadership on recruitment strategies, tactics, and messaging.
Develop and evaluate faculty-specific recruitment plans and tactics aligned with institutional direction and recruitment efforts.
Ensure strategies and plans support Access, Community and Belonging objectives.
Coordinate integrated approaches supporting faculty and institutional enrolment objectives and student recruitment goals.
Cultivate and enhance relationships with students, parents, alumni, secondary institutions, and post-secondary institutions.
Advise on factors impacting student recruitment, identify opportunities and risks, and recommend risk-management strategies.
Provide content expertise and collaborate with communications and Recruitment Marketing on presentations, publications, marketing, promotional initiatives, social media promotions, and related initiatives.
Build collaborative partnerships with Student Recruitment, International Recruitment, Indigenous Enrolment Management, Enrolment Management Service Partners, and other leaders.
Develop and lead training on College faculties and programs for recruitment staff.
Maintain current training manuals, knowledge base articles, and other recruitment resources.
Lead work division and task assignments for Student Recruiters supporting the College.
Allocate and monitor resources and budgets effectively.
Lead a team of 3 Student Recruiters to organize, deliver, and evaluate in-person and virtual recruitment events, presentations, yield activities, prospective student communications, and advising for incoming undergraduate students.
Requirements
A Bachelor’s degree.
A passion for student recruitment, service excellence, an inherent drive to add value, and a deep rooted belief that our collective purpose is to serve the University of Alberta, its prospective students, and their influencers.
An understanding of prospective student recruitment best practice and experience in the field of student recruitment.
A drive to meet and exceed goals, embrace challenges, foster engagement and ensure key priorities are set with a proactive plan to deliver.
Superb presentation and written communication skills that influences and inspires prospective students, their influencers, and builds trust-based relationships with colleagues and partners.
Ability to develop and maintain high levels of trust and credibility, act with integrity and tact, and demonstrate respect and empathy.
Evolved problem solving and critical thinking skills to analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, assess consequences of proposed actions, choose the most appropriate solution and implement successfully.
Ability to foster a cooperative work environment, manage diversity, manage change, and establish and maintain effective working relationships.
The capacity and flexibility to excel within a challenging and fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities, deadlines and deliverables.
Understanding of Access, Community and Belonging.
Familiarity with Alberta K-12, Campus Alberta, and all other secondary and post-secondary education systems in Canada.
A valid non-GDL Class 5 driver’s license is strongly preferred.
Resume and cover letter submission required.
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Hybrid work arrangement with a mix of remote and in-person work
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