ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Position Location: Southeastern, WI
Reporting Relationship: University Provost
Position Summary
The Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management will oversee, direct and develop the crucial function of enrollment management for the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. The Associate Vice Chancellor will provide creative and visionary leadership in developing and implementing strategic enrollment initiatives that promote achievement of the UW-Parkside’s mission, priorities, and strategic goals. The person in this position will represent UW-Parkside externally in various capacities related to enrollment management. This person will supervise the leadership of the following functional areas: Office of the Registrar, Admissions and New Student Services, College Access, Readiness and Transition and Financial Aid and Scholarships.
Institution Description
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is committed to academic excellence, student success, diversity and inclusiveness, and community engagement. UW-Parkside grants bachelor's and master's degrees in more than 30 academic programs and currently enrolls 5,200 students, many of whom are first-generation and nontraditional. UW-Parkside is the most ethnically diverse campus in the University of Wisconsin System with more than 22% students of color and 19% faculty and instructional staff of color. UW-Parkside benefits from the cultural diversity of the communities it serves in southeast Wisconsin. Located in northern Kenosha County in the Chicago-Milwaukee urban corridor, much of the university’s 700-acre campus has been preserved in its natural wooded and prairie state.
Responsibilities
Vision and Leadership
- Create a shared vision for achieving enrollment goals and implementation of university, college and unit strategic enrollment plans.
- Direct efforts of the offices of the Registrar, Admissions and New Student Services, and Financial Aid and Scholarships, and New Student orientation to increase enrollment and promote student success.
- Collaborate with others to develop marketing and recruiting pieces that support the institutional brand image and increase student enrollment.
- Work closely with office of Institutional Effectiveness to ensure access to key performance indicators that drive strategic enrollment initiatives.
- Work within a shared governance environment to ensure the alignment of academic program development with market demand.
- Develop innovative, data-based, and effective approaches to enrollment management as student needs and technology capabilities change and expand.
- Advise the campus on retention strategies.
- Develop collaborative relationships working with students, faculty, staff and administrators within the University.
Operations
- Ensure EM functions, program and services effectively and efficiently meet the needs of diverse constituents.
- Oversee the utilization of an enrollment management system(s) to track enrollment data, personalize communication with a diverse prospect pool, automate outreach efforts, and generate reports to drive enrollment strategies.
- Work with EM units to ensure integrated processes and data integrity.
- Develop and manage program budgets and fiscal resources.
- Performs other duties as required
Essential Knowledge and Abilities
- Thorough knowledge of enrollment management principles and ability to evaluate current issues and trends in higher education recruitment and retention in order to implement best practices.
- Thorough knowledge of diversity and multicultural issues, traditional, non-traditional, and transfer student concerns, access, and engagement issues.
- Comprehensive experience developing enrollment strategies for students of color, first year experience, adult students, and underrepresented students.
- Comprehensive knowledge of enrollment management assessment tools, ability to read and interpret complex data and have a commitment to data-driven decisions.
- Comprehensive knowledge of an integrated resource planning environment and ability to integrate enrollment planning with strategic planning, academic planning and facilities planning
- Ability to successfully lead and implement initiatives while developing and empowering staff.
- Ability to integrate a holistic approach to student recruitment, enrollment, and success, including the coordination of intentional links between formal academic learning experiences and student life experiences.
- Ability to demonstrate a strong commitment to providing exemplary service to students and to maintain standards of quality and integrity for all support services programs.
- Ability to develop collaborative relationships with student, faculty, staff and other units within the University as a way to advance Inclusive Excellence.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to create a team environment in order to advance the enrollment goals of the University.
- Ability to grow enrollments among new populations of students—adult, international and veteran students
Education, Experience, Training and/or Certifications
Required
- Master’s degree or higher in student affairs, higher education administration, or a related field
- Seven or more years of related work experience in higher education administration with some experience in enrollment management and student affairs
- Evidence of increasing levels of responsibility in higher education
- Demonstrated success in recruitment and retention efforts
Preferred
- Demonstrated experience developing enrollment strategies that increase students in underrepresented areas
- Evidence of developing and implementing innovative programming based on data collection and analysis
Compensation
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Benefits
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Application Deadline: Applications submitted by end of day February 7th, 2012 will have full consideration; position is open until filled.
To Apply Interested candidates should submit the following, preferably in electronic format:
Email submissions to: littel@uwp.edu Mail submissions attention: Laura Littel, Search Committee, Admissions Office, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI 53141. UW-Parkside is an AA/EEO employer |
