DIRECTOR/COMMUNITY COLLEGE RELATION-TRANSFER OUTREACH

Responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive recruitment strategy for prospective undergraduate transfer students and developing and maintaining a community college relations program with a focus on both main campus and global students. Includes identifying and developing opportunities for partnerships and strategic initiatives. Works with University Communications to develop admissions literature and communications related to transfer. Supervises assigned staff. Interacts professionally with all internal and external customers using strong interpersonal skills and maintains positive relationships with internal and external partners.

Bachelor’s degree.
Three years’ progressively responsible experience in admissions, student services, enrollment services or business operations environment that includes medium-to-large-scale event planning and management.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Demonstrated ability to nurture and maintain relationships with internal/external educational and business partners.
Knowledge of current trends in higher education admissions, marketing and public relations, transfer and articulation, and community college structure and mission.
Strong problem analysis and resolution skills. Demonstrated multi-tasking and organizational abilities.
Supervisory experience.
PC proficiency, including word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends.
Valid driver’s license and ability to establish driver eligibility under the University’s Driving and Motor Vehicle Policy.

Master’s Degree
Experience working with transfer credit and transfer students at a 2- or 4-year institution.
Experience developing partnerships or agreements between 2- and 4-year institutions.
Strong working knowledge of Michigan community colleges.
Experience utilizing a Customer Relations Management (CRM) system.
Budgetary experience to include planning and monitoring a budget.

Serves as an integral member of the Admissions leadership/management team. Participates in development of strategic plans and policies that support the mission, goals, and objectives of the department and Central Michigan University.
Develops a comprehensive transfer recruitment plan, detailing communication and engagement strategies designed to increase the enrollment of transfer students.
Oversees budgeted expenditures and exercises managerial oversight to ensure the successful implementation of key programs, events, and recruitment initiatives designed to impact enrollment behavior of students transferring to Central Michigan University.
Utilizes business intelligence dashboards to research and analyze recruitment data, track enrollment indicators, and create reports to measure outcomes and inform recruitment strategy.
Engages with internal and external stakeholders, related organizations, and government agencies that support transfer initiatives, identifies and builds relationships with community college partners and organizations serving transfer students across all recruitment territories, and provides direct supervision to two Assistant Directors.
Provides creative oversight for best practices in marketing to transfer student populations, participates in the development of publications, web pages, and digital communications designed to reach and engage transfer students, and monitors, measures, and performs analysis of data to determine the effectiveness of outreach strategies related to transfer enrollment goals.
Assists in the development of internal networks to provide an effective means of communicating transfer initiatives throughout the University, serves as the Admissions point of contact for transfer, and utilizes transfer equivalency software to monitor course catalog changes at the University as well as changes occurring at other colleges and institutions.
Initiates and supports the development of effective articulation agreements and transfer guides with community colleges.
Represents the Admissions Office by serving on various University committees and participating in appropriate state and national professional organizations.
Develops project timelines and tracks outcomes based on established targets for transfer markets and analyzes institutional recruitment data to make decisions to target recruitment efforts for successful enrollment outcomes.
Performs individual review of application documents for transfer applicants to make an admission decision.
Assists with meeting enrollment, recruitment, and student service objectives of the University by performing other essential duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Other duties as required.

Supervisors are expected to support the Leadership Standards of Central Michigan University and foster a culture that inspires excellence. The Leadership Standards define how we lead and treat others in our teams. As leaders, it is our responsibility to seek input from our teams to continuously improve leadership abilities and demonstration of the standards. Additionally, it is our responsibility to encourage and support the growth and development of those whom we lead. At CMU, we encourage employees to grow both personally and professionally, and thus advance CMU’s culture of excellence.

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.

Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.

We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.

Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.

Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering a broadly diverse and inclusive campus that respects all social identities, experiences, and perspectives. In an effort to further this initiative, we are especially interested in candidates who will advance and promote an inclusive and supportive environment for every member of our university community.

You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.

Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.

This position will remain open until filled. The university reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. For best consideration, please submit application materials on or before Sunday, September 1st, 2024.

CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity within its community. CMU does not discriminate against persons based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, height, marital status, national origin, political persuasion, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religion, sex, sex‐based stereotypes, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status, or weight (see https://www.cmich.edu/offices-departments/OCRIE).

 

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CMU does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, including admission and employment, and is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 not to discriminate in such a matter.

 

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CMU’s Title IX Coordinator can be reached at:

Phone: 989-774-3253
Office: 103 E. Preston St.
Bovee University Center, suite 306
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
Email: titleix@cmich.edu

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