Career Center

Responsible for developing and implementing a graduate recruiting plan with the goal of increasing the quantity and quality of our graduate applicant pool, with an emphasis on the College’s portfolio of Master’s programs.  The successful incumbent will develop and utilize appropriate metrics to gauge the effectiveness of specific strategies, and will work with faculty and staff across the College to develop innovative and targeted recruiting approaches that span both virtual and physical recruiting opportunities. An emphasis will also be placed on increasing domestic enrollments, specifically attracting underrepresented minority students. The Lehigh community takes seriously our commitment to antiracism and The Principles of our Equitable Community.

1. Develop and maintain a comprehensive recruiting plan for engineering graduate programs, with an emphasis on recruiting domestic students and those from underrepresented backgrounds
*Facilitate collaboration among Rossin College staff, faculty and students to enable increased graduate enrollments, to improve visibility among prospective graduate students domestically and internationally
*Partner with department personnel, program directors and faculty to develop and implement an appropriate recruiting strategy to promote Rossin College graduate programs, including in-person and online offerings
*Collaborate with the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity to develop a targeted approach to increasing enrollments of underrepresented minority students
*Maintain memberships and participation in appropriate professional societies (e.g. NAGAP, NPSMA, etc.)
*Work with students in the admissions process to complete applications, provide guidance and serve as an admissions representative for the college

2. Create and implement targeted recruitment strategies in order to increase graduate program enrollments
*Research and identify target prospective student pools in local, regional, national and international spaces
*Collaborate with marketing and communications to collect and disseminate data on program differentiators, faculty research areas and program curricula through electronic (email and Salesforce) and physical (fairs and seminars) means
*Collaborate with Enrollment Management to maintain the College’s prospective student database
*Conduct outreach to undergraduate institutions to present to targeted student populations
*Serve as the point of contact for and manage Lehigh’s participation in the ENGINE Consortium
*Organize, promote and facilitate webinars, open houses, information sessions and additional promotional events; work with Marketing and Communications to ensure opportunities are broadly announced through social media and other campaigns
*Represent the Rossin College and recruit students at off and on campus events such as Graduate and Career Fairs

3. Develop and utilize metrics to measure the effectiveness of recruitment strategies
*Collaborate with department faculty and program directors to organize, enhance and track individual recruiting efforts and opportunities
*Maintain accurate data for informed decision-making, creating internal and external reports as needed
*Monitor recruitment funnel and application pool; identify trends and opportunities

Grade: 9 – 40

Position Number: S98280

Special Considerations

The duties of this position may allow the employee to work partially remote as deemed appropriate by the supervisor

This position works with minors

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience; Master’s Degree in STEM preferred

Three to five years related work experience

A general understanding of the requirements for STEM Graduate studies is a plus

Experience with Salesforce or similar CRM tool

Excellent (written and oral) communication, interpersonal skills and a higher level of customer service required

Ability to build, foster and maintain positive professional relationships

Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, time management and sound judgement

Proven ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and a high degree of initiative for bringing tasks to completion

Solid analytical, decision making and problem-solving skills

Ability to complete projects on time and on budget, and report on status and progress

Successful completion of standard background checks including but not limited to: social security verification, education verification, national criminal background checks, motor vehicle checks, PATCH, FBI fingerprinting, Child Abuse Clearance and credit history based upon the requirements of the position

All Lehigh faculty and staff are required to be fully vaccinated and receive a booster shot six months after their second vaccine; unless they receive an approved medical or religious exemption from the requirement.

Only complete applications will be considered therefore please complete the application in its entirety.  Once the posting is removed from the website applications may no longer be allowed to be completed.