Senior Associate Director of MBA Admissions

Senior Associate Director of MBA Admissions

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. The Senior Associate Director of MBA Admissions supports the MBA Admissions Director and broader Admissions Team in executing the MBA admissions and recruitment process to enroll diverse cohorts of highly qualified students in the Full Time MBA, Evening, and Global MBA programs. The Senior Associate Director plays a leadership role in event & recruitment strategy, including creating and administering on-site and off-site recruiting events and programs for the Evening MBA and Full-Time MBA programs, developing annual recruitment plans, and supervising an events-focused staff member. This role is also a part of the leadership team that evaluates candidates and makes admission decisions of applicants into the MBA Programs. This role reports to the MBA Director of Admissions.

Responsibilities :

• Plan and execute large-scale events for the Evening MBA and Full-Time MBA programs, including planning event schedules, communicating with attendees, delegating event-related projects to other staff, and coordinating current student volunteers.
• Develop the annual recruiting plan for the Admissions Team. Monitor and keep track of potential recruiting event opportunities. Collect and analyze data to determine individual event RoI metrics. Coordinate with Director of Admissions to strategically decide which recruiting opportunities to participate inbased on staff capacity, expected RoI, and cost. Coordinate team staffing across events and communicate with vendors for event registration.
• Create and manage internal recruiting events calendar. Collaborate with Director of Admissions to determine cadence and schedule of Foster-hosted recruiting events, including information sessions, shadow days, shadow nights, etc. Coordinate with staff to create event registrations, advertise / market events to prospects, and arrange staff coverage.
• Supervise events-focused staff members. This includes one full-time program coordinator as well as 1-4 part-time student coordinators. Provide feedback, guidance, and direction to staff members (including annual performance review(s)).
• Represent Foster MBA programs to prospective students and external stakeholders. Travel extensively both domestically and internationally to represent the Foster MBA programs at recruiting events worldwide. Review and evaluate effectiveness of recruiting methods being used and provide strategic ideas and recommendations for future recruiting efforts.
• Evaluate candidates for admission to the Full-Time and Evening MBA programs by providing detailed written summaries based on submitted applications. Conduct admission interviews both in-person and via webcam and provide written evaluations of the interviews for use in the final decision-making process. These interviews will be conducted on campus, via webcam and on the road in cities around the world. Each year we interview around half of our total applicant pool.
• Other duties as assigned

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The University of Washington is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.