DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS

Gurnick Academy is a leading Bay Area private healthcare college offering an extensive variety of Nursing, Allied healthcare, and Imaging programs.

Gurnick Academy is currently seeking a Director of Admissions for our Modesto, CA Campus. This is a ground position working on Campus.

Position: Full-time

Benefits:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Dependent Care, Transit & Parking)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with enrollment in a qualified medical plan
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement plan

Basic Function

The Director of Admissions is responsible for management, training, and admission outcomes of the operations of Admissions at the Campus Level. This will be done by ensuring Campus Level Admissions Advisors are consistently executing their daily operational plans / priorities / CRM updates / and executing on appropriate campaigns and community based lead generation events. In addition, the Director of Admissions is responsible for maintaining a highly professional image, the consistent management, introduction and training of company provided policies and procedures, and proactively managing the day-to-day admissions operations ensuring campus level student enrollment goals and key measures are met.

Essential Job Duties

• Oversee and Direct the admissions processes for Campus Level Admissions and provide training as required
• Develop comprehensive, integrated admissions strategies in support of the Gurnick's vision, mission and priorities.
• Oversee and participate in the development of admissions materials, events, and marketing practices
• Recruit, train, manage, supervise, and motivate Admissions Advisors and support staff
• Ensure appropriate lead distribution to admissions team
• Ensure conversion rate targets are met by individual admissions personnel
• Ensure appropriate scheduling of advisors to meet business needs including evenings and weekends
• Ensure speed to lead benchmarks are met by program
• Conduct quality control activities to ensure script frameworks and message compliance for calls, SMSs, and email correspondence with prospective students
• Conduct daily priority meetings and weekly overall progress meetings with Campus Level Admissions to ensure appropriate progress is being made towards enrollment goals and quality of work
• Clearly communicate program requirements, academic requirements, and documentation needs
• Stay up to date on all programs offered by the campus as well as changes in the employment marketplace – including program statistics such as placement rates, licensure pass rates, retention rates
• Review pipeline status of candidates as they move through from introduction/information to enrollment stages of the admissions process with a focus on leads being properly processed through the contact strategy
• Participate in scheduled evaluations and goal-setting meetings with Campus Director
• Actively seek out and promote ongoing admissions best practices
• Oversee the process of retention of admitted students, ensuring they start on their scheduled start date.
• Assigned duties as required by the direct manager

Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in related Administrative, Business, Liberal Arts or Social Sciences (minimum) or Graduate Degree in Administration (preferred)
• 6+ years of increasingly responsible experience managing admission, enrollment, or sales effort.
• Outstanding verbal, writing, and presentation skills. Must be able to communicate and interact effectively with students, faculty, staff, and all constituencies involved in the recruitment of new students.
• Working knowledge and understanding of established professional codes of ethics and related principles of good practice for Admissions professionals.
• Fluency with the execution of reporting and data analysis.
• Organizational knowledge of educational institutions
• Preferred management work experience in a school environment
• Working knowledge or experience interfacing with hospitals and other healthcare organizations

Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by any applicable law.