Position Details
Position Title: Recruitment & Student Success Coordinator, School of AHSS
Department: Masters of Public Administration
Position Category: Staff Full Time
Job Description: The Recruitment & Student Success Coordinator for the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) provides leadership, implementation and support for identifying, recruiting, retaining and graduating quality students. The Coordinator assists the School of AHSS with actively recruiting potential students for its undergraduate and graduate programs at Lincoln Memorial University, while promoting an environment supportive of academic success for all undergraduate students. This position also responds to the needs of the LMU Office of Admissions Department as a general LMU recruiter and will be assigned to travel for the Office of Admissions during the academic year. This position reports to the Dean of the School of AHSS.
Required Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in one of the degree programs supported by the School; experience in comparable roles, and knowledge of or willingness and ability to learn university administration/marketing functions (i.e. student recruitment and retention, counseling and advising, market planning and development, etc.) Excellent organization skills, willingness to travel.
Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree in one of the AHSS degree programs, knowledge and experience with marketing and recruiting for online and graduate programs.
Physical Demands: Not specified.
Campus: Harrogate
Job Duties
1. Coordinating internal and external outreach, and undergraduate student recruitment and retention;
2. Providing effective and efficient registration coordination and support for all students;
3. Encouraging positive faculty-student relations;
4. Monitoring department/program student enrollment progress and retention;
5. Monitoring and managing enrollment of underrepresented students;
6. Advising students on policies that relate to fellowships and financial support for all students;
7. Assisting the School in creating and maintaining a supportive academic environment for its students;
8. Disseminating information about undergraduate and graduate studies in all programs at Lincoln Memorial University to institutions and organizations in the state, region and nation, or wherever prospective students of high quality are found;
9. Assisting the social media coordinator and marketing staff, particularly in online marketing in a manner which promotes healthy program and departmental enrollments;
10. Coordinating recruitment and retention plans and strategies with parallel offices at Lincoln Memorial University, giving special attention to University enrollment and marketing initiatives and opportunities;
11. Serving as the recruitment/retention liaison for the School of AHSS with other University divisions and offices;
12. Assisting Lincoln Memorial University faculty and staff in support of increasing program enrollments and developing and revising recruitment plans;
13. Developing recruiting materials;
14. Guiding the development, monitoring, implementation and monitoring of a unified student recruitment and retention plan for the School of AHSS;
15. Fostering and monitoring special intrastate and institutional partnerships for the establishment of student recruitment initiatives;
16. Advising the School's leadership team on all options for improving and expanding the internal and external visibility of the School of AHSS;
17. Promoting the mission of Lincoln Memorial University to all faculty, staff, students and to the community at large;
18. Promoting effective working relationships among faculty, staff and students;
19. Participating on university committees;
20. Completing required institutional, program accreditation, and other reports necessary for the advancement of the university programs, both on campus and at specified off-campus sites;
21. Participating in “Welcome Weekend” at the beginning of Fall semester;
22. Organizing and conducting the AHSS Advising portion of New Student Registrations (NSR) throughout the Spring and Summer. NSR events may be on Saturdays;
23. Working for Admissions as a recruiter on-campus, in the wider community, and recruiting events in an assigned recruiting region;
24. Traveling for the Office of Admissions will be necessary and required, usually no more than four weeks in the Fall;
25. Keeping constant track of enrollment data to include enrollment, applications, acceptances, with comparison information across years;
26. Performing other duties as assigned.
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number: S03899P
Job Open Date: 08/27/2024
Job Close Date: 12/31/2024
Open Until Filled: No
Special Instructions Summary: #RPM
Harrogate, Tennessee
About the Institution: Lincoln Memorial University is a values-based learning community dedicated to providing educational experiences in the liberal arts and professional studies. The main campus is located in Harrogate, Tennessee. For more information about employment opportunities, contact the Office of Human Resources at 423-869-7112 or humanresources@lmunet.edu.
AA/EEO Statement: Lincoln Memorial University is an Equal Opportunity education institution. Lincoln Memorial University prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, veteran status, military status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in all University programs and activities.
Background Check Statement: The University will conduct criminal background checks on all employees. Background checks may include but are not limited to confirmation of the individual’s identity, credit information, motor vehicle driving record, review of an individual’s criminal conviction record (if any), verification of any license, and certificate or degree required for the position.
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