Career Center

The Assistant Director will be an integral part of the admissions team charged with identifying, recruiting, and enrolling graduate degree students and certificate to degree with a special focus on Babsonâ™s full-time programs in Wellesley, MA. Specific responsibilities include outbound phone work to prospective candidates, staffing recruiting events (on and off campus) and taking an active role in the interview and application review process while serving as a point-of-contact for select MBA applicants, specifically those interested in Babsonâ™s full-time graduate programs.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Responsible for implementing the conversion process for the MBA and Masters programs including proactive outreach to inquiries, applicants, and admitted candidates via web, telephone, mail, e-mail, social media, and in person.


• Meets enrollment goals through the establishment of effective consultative sales strategies and relationship management.


• Promotes Babsonâ™s Graduate programs through direct communication, professional presentations, and the execution of well-coordinated recruitment travel as well as onsite and virtual events.


• In collaboration with the recruitment team, manages the prospect funnel (from inquiry through enrollment) for select MBA enrollment.


• Reviews admission applications to the College; presents recommendations to the admission committee; and has ownership in decision-making processes (this includes some evening and weekend work).


• Maintains responsibility for assigned full-time applicants, including oversight of inquiry and applicant statistics as well as cultivating relationships with students, faculty, staff and alumni/ae.  


• Interviews and counsels prospective students and evaluates their candidacy for Babsonâ™s suite of full-time programs.


• Works in collaboration with the Director of Admissions and the Senior Events Manager in planning and executing recruiting events, both on campus and off.  The program events may include: one-on-one sessions with candidates, visitor programs, information sessions, yield receptions, and business development visits.


• Takes the lead on benchmarking projects to ensure application process continues to be competitive and reflect marketplace shifts.


• Functions as a member of a cross-functional team that includes Career Development, Academic Services, Student Financial Aid and International Student Services; shares responsibility for establishing and maintaining a productive, collaborative and continuous feedback loop with colleagues throughout the school and College.


• Shares responsibility for marketing efforts including a variety of outreach strategies designed to increase the funnel of inquiries, convert inquiries to applicants, interview and counsel prospective students, and evaluate their candidacy for one of Babsonâ™s programs.


• Assumes additional responsibilities and projects as required.

WHAT EDUCATION AND SKILLS YOU WILL NEED

 

Bachelorâ™s degree

 

Minimum of 4-6 years of experience in graduate admission, marketing, recruiting, staffing, or sales.

 

Must have excellent written and oral communication skills.

 

Must have a âœmake-it-happen❠mindset that leverages creative solutions to recruit strong candidates.

 

Ability to handle multiple projects with frequent deadlines in a fast-paced environment

 

Demonstrated ability to report and manipulate data to identify shifts and trends in the marketplace. 

 

Ability to work with ethnically, culturally, and socially diverse students, staff, and faculty

 

Must be detail-oriented.

 

Envisions and proposes new methods to perform tasks that support Entrepreneurial Thought & Action; takes thoughtful risks; and accepts new and ongoing initiatives, objectives, and solutions to gain sought-after results.

 

Anticipates and embraces change; demonstrates willingness to achieve, acquire, and utilize new skills and challenging tasks; and is flexible in changing conditions.

 

Ability to work with minimal supervision.

 

Must have strong computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft office.  Successful candidates should know how to Mail Merge, Sort/Filter within Excel, manipulate data with excel, and grasp changing technology quickly.

 

HOW AND WHERE YOU WILL WORK

Must have had a valid unrestricted U.S. Driverâ™s License for one year and maintain throughout employment an insurable (as determined by the Collegeâ™s insurerâ™s criteria) or a satisfactory driving record; must successfully complete and pass the Collegeâ™s vehicle training program within the first 60 days of employment; annual or more frequent review of employeeâ™s driving record based on the College insurerâ™s criteria; and safety training as required by management.

 

Ability to work some evenings and weekends

 

Ability to travel domestically and internationally

 

 

Position is based in Wellesley, MA with the opportunity to work remotely up to 3 days a week after a 3-month training period.

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About Babson College

At Babson, we believe that entrepreneurship is applicable?and crucial?in organizations of all types and sizes, in established businesses as well as new ventures. Today, teams, divisions, and whole enterprises are striving to be more entrepreneurial. Furthermore, entrepreneurial thought and action are happening at all levels of an organization, where collaboration complements top-down leadership.Babson College was the first to understand that thinking and acting entrepreneurially is more than just an inclination. Rather, it can be taught. And we do it better than anyone.

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