Senior Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admissions and Access
New York University
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Details
Posted: 24-Oct-24
Location: New York, New York
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 253471017
Senior Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admissions and Access
US-NY-New York
Job ID: 2024-13985 Type: University Enrollment Management (WS1960) # of Openings: 1 Category: Student Services/Athletics New York University
Overview
Play a key role in increasing college access, highlighting pathways for admission to NYU, and growing enrollment for historically underrepresented students. As part of the SPARKS Team (Supporting Pathways for Admission through Resources, Knowledge, and Support), raise awareness of NYUs diverse academic and extracurricular opportunities through curated learning experiences and outreach strategies to ensure that targeted prospective students have the resources and support that they need to navigate the college admissions process. Assist in maintaining both internal and external relationships to support traditionally underrepresented populations in higher education. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is committed to fostering a workforce that reflects the diversity of the students it serves. This is a three year fixed term position.
Responsibilities
Required Education: Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience: 3+ years relevant professional level experience in an admissions office or equivalent combination. Must include experience with advising/counseling, project leadership, and/or staff training/development.
Preferred Experience: 3+ years experience in a project team leadership role.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and public speaking skills. Ability to market the University independently, provide leadership within a team, multi-task, manage a large volume of work within a set amount of time, work collaboratively and meet project deadlines. Extensive travel and weekend hours required. Valid driver's license required upon hiring. Familiarity with word processing, spreadsheet, and database software. Strong data fluency required. A background in diversity recruitment, college access, or community-based organizations is desirable, as well as some experience in leading projects.
Qualifications
In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $70,000.00 to USD $78,100.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.
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New York University (NYU) is one of the top private universities in the United States, and NYU Tandon School of Engineering traces its roots back to 1854, building on an illustrious past as Brooklyn Poly and the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. Our mission is to excel in research, teaching, and entrepreneurship and inspire and educate engineers for the 21st century — backed by an historic commitment of $1 billion to recruit new faculty, fuel groundbreaking basic and applied research in key areas, and expand the Downtown Brooklyn campus. NYU Tandon faculty are world renowned leaders in science and technology, with a strong commitment to research, innovation, and entrepreneurship that make a difference in the world. We lead and have ties to multidisciplinary centers in wireless technology, cybersecurity, urban informatics, data sciences, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, and health, among others. Our faculty and students are part of the high-tech start-up culture in New York City and in downtown Brooklyn, and we support three “future lab” business incubators that connect our students and faculty to today’s innovation economy. We are deeply committed to teaching and le...arning, and with NYU's unrivaled global network of campuses, we promote a truly global engineering education.
NYU Tandon is committed to substantially increase the proportion of our faculty from historically underrepresented groups in STEM and we encourage candidates from such groups to apply. We aspire to create a climate where diversity and inclusion are not only appreciated but considered an asset for creativity and innovation, and we seek faculty who have a real passion for a culturally diverse environment. We take pride in our high numbers of female students and students who are the first in their family to go to college. NYU belongs to the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), which assists with dual-career searches, and our faculty are supported by a range of work-life balance programs provided by the NYU Office of Work Life