Assistant Director
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Special Instructions to Applicants:
All interested applicants should attach a cover letter and resume in the Supporting Documents section of the application preferably in a PDF format to avoid any formatting issues.
About Rice:
Boasting a 300acre treelined campus in Houston Texas Rice University is ranked among the nations top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6to1 undergraduate studenttofaculty ratio and a residential college system which supports students intellectually emotionally and culturally through social events intramural sports student plays lectures series courses and student government. Developing closeknit diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.
Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rices culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name RICE Responsibility Integrity Community and Excellence.
Position Summary:
The Assistant Director is an admission officer at Rice University a highly selective research institution in the heart of Houston Texas. Reporting to a Deputy Director this individual will manage projects that have a defined scope and moderate levels of complexity. Such projects may include but are not limited to recruitment programs and outreach counselor engagement staff training and development coordinating the file review process etc.
Ideal Candidate Statement:
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of Rice University and/or experience in a higher education environment.
Workplace Requirements:
This position may be offered as a hybrid role combining both inoffice and remote work to provide flexibility and support collaboration with a minimum of 3 days on campus after the sixmonth probationary period. PerRice policy 440work arrangements may be subject to change.
Proposed Hiring Range:$58000$60000 dependent on experience and qualifications. Full time exempt position. *Exempt (salaried) positions underFLSAare not eligible for overtime.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree
- 2 years of experience
- Must possess(or have the ability to obtain one within 30 days of hire) and maintain a valid Texas drivers license with no more than three moving violations and/or at fault accidents within the past 36 months and no convictions or deferred dispositions for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) or Driving Under the Influence (DUI) within the past five years.
- Travel required
Skills:
- Interpersonal skills that demonstrate professionalism relatability and collegiality
- Familiarity with the multiple work areas of a modern admissions office including CRM systems reporting and analytics recruitment evaluation and selection marketing and communications access and inclusion oncampus programming staff training budget management and staff development
- Proficient in using admission and enrollment data to make datainformed decisions measure and assess progress toward strategic goals present data and revise practices as needed
- Strong verbal and written communication presentation and customer service skills
- Strong reading comprehension and ability to make distinctions among competitive applicants
- High level of proficiency in MS Office suite including Excel and Access
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Ability to present meaningful information that helps to inform decision making
- Familiarity with wholefile application evaluation
Preferences:
- Experience in a highly selective university or college admission office
- Experience with event management and managing student volunteers/campus programs
Essential Functions:
- Works with other members of the admission staff on projects related to recruitment evaluation and selection marketing and communications access and inclusion oncampus programming alumni engagement staff training budget management and staff development as assigned
- Collaboratively works with supervisor on yearoveryear planning process and project management
- Manages a specific recruitment territory and engages in all aspects of recruitment evaluation selection yield measurement and planning to ensure the development of a geographic pipeline to Rice
- Conducts informational sessions
- Establishes and maintains strong relationships with high school counselors
- Evaluates applications and makes recommendations on selection utilizing the committeebasedevaluation process
- Ensures compliance with federal and state laws concerning college admission FERPA and affirmative action
- Responds to inquiries timely providing accurate information
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Rice University HR Benefits: Mission and Values:Mission and Values Rice University
Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and welcoming the fullness of diversity into our candidate pools. Rice considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national or ethnic origin genetic information disability or protected veteran status. Rice also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. If an applicant requires a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please contact Rice Universitys Disability Resource Center ator for support.
If you have any questions please email us at. Thank you for your interest in employment with Rice University.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
