Join our Team at Portland Community College

Portland Community College is the largest post-secondary institution in Oregon and 19th largest in the nation serving approximately 80000 full- and part-time students. PCC has four comprehensive campuses five workforce training and education centers and 200 community locations in the Portland metropolitan area. Our unique role is to make high-quality education accessible to everyone creating opportunities for our students and contributing to the economic development of our community. While serving this community PCC offers employment to individuals residing in the states of Oregon and Washington.

Portland Community College embraces equity and inclusion as a priority. We are committed to building a community with a variety of backgrounds skills views and life experiences. The more we value equity and inclusion the more we will add value to the work we do and how we serve our students engage with each other and the Oregon Community that we serve. Creating a culture that honors equity and inclusion is our objective and the smart path forward. We also strive to ensure that applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for the hiring process are provided for. If reasonable accommodation is needed please contact the PCC Talent Acquisition Team at .

What Youll Do and Who We Are Looking For

Portland Community College is seeking a dynamic visionary Director of Admissions & Recruitment to join our Enrollment Management leadership team. This position provides college-wide leadership for new student recruitment and outreach as well as direct oversight and supervision of the Admissions & Recruitment Admissions Operations Health Admissions and Pathway Recruitment teams. The successful candidate will be creative and action-oriented understanding the unique enrollment challenges facing community colleges and the barriers that our students face. The Director will leverage technology in our operations while centering our most marginalized students in our programming outreach and communications to help us achieve our vision of equitable student success.

Reporting to the Dean of Enrollment Management the Director serves as a key leader for Strategic Enrollment Management at PCC. This position works closely and collaboratively with leaders and teams across the college to achieve collective enrollment this role the Director will be responsible for the continued work of shaping and refining our recruitment and outreach efforts.

Portland Community College serves nearly 60000 full and part-time students across a large and diverse service area with four campuses and multiple education centers. We are committed to a culture which values belonging justice diversity equity and inclusion. A demonstrated commitment to culturally responsive and inclusive services designed to improve equitable educational outcomes for college students is required for this position. All leaders at Portland Community College are expected to embody our leadership competencies (see below).

See the classification description for additional information: Competencies

Advances Racial and Social Justice

Identifies systemic racism and social oppression and actively works toward their elimination; implements culturally responsive practices and processes to achieve equitable student outcomes.

Drives Vision and Purpose

Participates in the creation of and executes a vision for student-centered (flexible multimodal inclusive) delivery of instruction and services.

Drives Engagement

Initiate and drive authentic exploration and engagement cross-departmentally to arrive at collaborative solutions that lead to student success.

Accelerates Agility and Innovation

Analyzes systems policies and practices and commits to continuous program improvement through the strategic use of culturally responsive data.

Builds Partnerships

Partners to solve problems adapts communication and approaches supports healthy conflict and develops strong relationships across myriad disciplines and functional areas to advance institutional goals.

Our Mission

To support student success by delivering access to quality education while advancing economic development and promoting sustainability in a collaborative culture of diversity equity and inclusion.

Our Vision for Equitable Student Success

Recognizing the unique value perspectives strengths and challenges of every person who comes to PCC for education all students will achieve their academic goals through equitable support quality instruction clear guidance to persist and an unwavering commitment to completion shared by the entire College community

Success Criteria

• Demonstrated successful experience leading an admissions and recruitment team to meet institutional recruitment goals using targeted strategies to reach diverse audiences such as middle and high school students working adults and traditionally under-represented ethnic and racial groups.
• Proven experience in working with a diverse set of stakeholders to identify develop and implement comprehensive integrated student recruitment plans that encompass a variety of educational offerings such as pre-college career-technical transfer and online programs.
• Ability to apply initiative creativity and systems thinking to develop and refine strategies with an eye to continuous improvement and seeking to incorporate new best practices as they emerge.
• Proven experience as a collaborative leader; ability to mentor guide train and motivate staff and partners to meet college and department goals and build on past successes. Trusts and empowers their team to assume delegated responsibilities identifies strengths and weaknesses and commits to developing staff skills to contribute to the teams overall goals.
• Demonstrated experience strategically using and/or implementing the use of an admissions CRM system (Slate preferred)
• Ability to effectively lead and communicate in a multi-campus environment with a high amount of change and successful experience managing accountability in dotted line relationships and influencing without authority.
• Demonstrated ability to address equity and inclusion as a priority in admissions and recruitment work
• Awareness and understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing community colleges in student admissions and recruitment emerging effective strategies and tactics as well as best practices.
• Ability to synthesize interpret and report Enrollment Funnel data leveraging internal and external sources CRM systems and other student information systems.

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters degree in Student Affairs Student Personnel Administration Student Affairs Education Public Administration or other related field. Five (5) years of progressively responsible professional level experience in higher education in admissions recruitment outreach and marketing including two (2) years of supervisory experience.
• OR Bachelors degree in Student Affairs Student Personnel Administration Education Public Administration or related field AND seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional level experience in higher education in admissions recruitment outreach and marketing including two (2) years of supervisory experience.
• OR Bachelors degree in any field AND nine (9) years of progressively responsible professional level experience in higher education in admissions recruitment outreach and marketing including two (2) years of supervisory experience.
• OR eleven (11) years of progressively responsible professional level experience in higher education in admissions recruitment outreach and marketing including two (2) years of supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated experience using Technolutions Slate CRM Banner or Workday.

Why Youll Love Working Here

The PCC district encompasses a 1500-square-mile area in northwest Oregon and offers two-year degrees one-year certificate programs short-term training alternative education pre-college courses and life-long learning. As part of our College community youll enjoy:

• A collaborative and inspiring campus community

• Opportunities for learning and professional development

Position Grade

Employment Type

Total Rewards Package / What We Offer

• Comprehensive benefit package designed to provide employees and their families including domestic partners with access to a broad range of benefit options. Includes Health Dental and Vision options Group Life Long-term Disability Long-term Care and Auto and Home Insurance programs

• Oregon PERS contribution - PCC currently fully funds the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS/OPSRP) pension and contributes an additional 6% into the employees Individual Account Program under PERS/OPSRP

• Tax deferred annuity program and a deferred compensation program where employees may save additional pre-tax dollars for retirement

• PCC provides a tuition waiver for you your spouse/domestic partner and dependent children under 24 years of age as well as partial tuition reimbursement for full-time employees at other accredited institutions

• Free access to the sport centers / campus gymnasiums performing arts and cultural events

• Conference and events rental space - Employees receive 50% off when on-campus for personal events

• Generous Paid Leave (Pro-rated by FTE for Part-Time Employees) reference Management and Confidential Employee Handbook

  • 14.67 hours of vacation leave per month

  • 1 day of sick leave per month

  • 12 paid holidays

  • PCC Winter Break (when College is Closed)

  • 24 hours of personal leave per year

More detailed information on the benefits plans who is eligibleand how to enroll or make changescan be foundat you have any questions.

How We Determine Initial Salary Placement

Salary placement for management positions at PCC is based on relevant professional experience as well as internal equity. Initial placement is typically between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range. This position is Management Salary Grade M - FY 2025 Management Salary Schedule

Oregon Veterans Preference in Public Employment

Portland Community College complies with the Oregon Veterans Preference in Public Employment law which provides qualifying veterans and disabled veterans with preference in employment.You will be given instructions during the application process to claim Veterans Preference in the recruitment of this position and to provide the documents required for verification of eligibility. Please do not send your documentation to the hiring manager directly. For verification of eligibility please submit the following documentation:

• Veterans:DD214

• Disabled Veterans:DD214 and Letter from the Department of VA

Notice of the Availability of the Annual Security Report

Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) you may view Portland Community Colleges (PCC) most recent Annual Security Report (ASR) on theDepartment of Public Safetywebsite. The ASR contains current security and safety-related policy disclosure statements emergency preparedness and evacuation information crime prevention and sexual assault prevention information and resources and drug and alcohol prevention programming. The ASR also contains crime statistics for Clery Act crimes which occurred on PCC properties for the last three calendar years. Paper copies of the ASR are available upon request at allDepartment of Public Safetyoffices.

PCC Employment Offers are Contingent Upon the Successful Completion of a Criminal Background Check

Please note that Portland Community College is not currently able to provide visa (e.g. H1-B Visa) sponsorship for potential employees.

Contact PCC at if you have questions