Assistant Director, Admissions and Enrollment Operations - Stern at NYUAD

Key Responsibilities:

Data and Application Process Management:

• Manage application processing operations related to application review, evaluation, and reporting, as well as importing and exporting of data in support of the enrollment process

• Process incoming application components to meet institutional and stakeholder tracking and data retention requirements

• Establish and consistently update a database of requested admissions information and queries from prospective and admitted students in support of the recruitment and enrollment processes

• Act as liaison to other Stern, NYU, and NYUAD operations and data management units to ensure accuracy of all enrollment data forms

Admissions Review:

• Evaluate and assess students’ applications (academic and extracurricular records, essays, letters of recommendations, test scores, etc.) to determine if the applicant fits the desired professional and academic profile

• Along with the Admissions committee provide application decision recommendations

Advising:

• Advise and counsel prospects and applicants on admissions policies, procedures and financial support options

• Lead with a customer-centric approach to foster a positive end to end experience regardless of the

candidate’s outcome

Engagement Activity:

• Support the planning and execution of engagement activities for the entire candidate pipeline

• Assist with event engagement operations including planning and facilitation

• Schedule, coordinate staffing, and work with business partners to promote events

• Provide events support coordinating logistics for travel, event space, lodging, catering and transportation and lead events as needed

• Support outreach activities with follow-up correspondence as needed

Other:

• Competitor benchmarking and business education market/industry reporting

• Support with data collection and analysis of competitor benchmarking, as well as business education industry and market trend data

• Make recommendations based on findings

Qualifications

Required Education:

• Bachelors Degree in a relevant field

Required Experience:

• 3+ years of relevant experience in the higher education sector, admissions, CRM systems, data analysis, and databases or the equivalent combination

• Excellent written & oral command of English

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills with diverse audiences in terms of nationality and cultural context

• Ability to handle difficult conversations diplomatically and respectfully

• Great organization and time management skills

Preferred Education:

• Coursework or degree related to marketing, data analytics, or project management

Preferred Experience:

• Personal or professional familiarity with graduate management education