Position Summary:
The Coordinator of Graduate Recruitment and Student Success plays a pivotal role in the Office of Graduate Studies serving as a dynamic force in attracting, retaining, and engaging graduate students. This position is responsible for implementing a comprehensive strategy that encompasses lead generation, applicant retention, enrolled student retention, and graduate student engagement efforts. Under direction of the Assistant Vice President for Graduate Studies the coordinator will work closely with prospective and current graduate students, faculty, and staff, to enhance the overall graduate student experience and foster long-term professional success of our students.
Key Responsibilities:
Recruitment and Lead Generation:

• Conduct in-person and virtual recruitment activities across key markets in-state and out-of-state to attract prospective graduate applicants
• Help develop and execute digital advertising and outreach campaigns tailored to specific graduate programs.

Graduate Applicant Retention:

• Communicate persistently with prospective applicants via phone, email, and text messages to address missing documents and facilitate a smooth application process.

Graduate Student Retention:

• Implement retention strategies such as reminder calls, emails, and text messages for enrollment, Blackboard usage, and financial matters.
• Proactively reach out to students at risk of withdrawing and provide assistance as needed.
• Conduct regular check-ins with an emphasis on at-risk populations and first-semester students.

Graduate Student Engagement:

• Create and manage a calendar of career development and professional development opportunities.
• Organize on-campus, hybrid, and off-site events (e.g. Adams on Tour) specifically designed for graduate students
• Serve as an online facilitator during hybrid on-campus and on-line programming.
• Advocate for online students to ensure access to on-campus programming.
• Promote relevant campus activities to online students to encourage their participation.

Research Administration:

• Helps facilitate timely review of the Institutional Research Board (IRB) proposals
• Serves as the primary contact for all IRB submissions
• Conduct initial checks on received IRB proposals
• Manages records of the IRB
• Communicates with IRB applicants regarding outstanding requirements and status of the IRB reviews

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Excellent communication skills, including phone and email
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree
• Previous experience in graduate student recruitment, retention, or student affairs
• Friendly demeanor
• Knowledge of digital marketing and outreach techniques.
• Familiarity with a CRM system is a plus
• Familiarity with data analysis is a plus
• Graphic design and/or video production skills are a plus

Salary and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $45,252-$48,060 commensurate with experience and education. In addition to salary, Adams State University offers a competitive benefits program including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and retirement savings plans. For detailed benefits information please visit https://www.adams.edu/hr/benefits/.
Required Documents Cover letter, resume or a curriculum vitae, diversity statement, transcripts (Copies accepted. Official transcripts required upon hire), and three references.
Completed applications should include the following:

• A detailed cover letter of application addressing your experience relevant to the key responsibilities listed above.
• Resume or a CV
• Diversity Statement: please address the following questions:
  • Describe how your life experiences, identities, and/or professional commitments have shaped your approach to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in relation to enrollment management?
  • How does working at a small HSI with a sizable population of first-generation university students set in a rural environment align with your enrollment management experience and professional goals?
• Transcripts of any undergraduate and graduate level work.
• 3 References: name, job title, and contact information (email, phone).

For questions, contact Dr. Jacek Jonca-Jasinski, search committee chair: jonca@adams.edu
Disclosures:
In compliance with the Immigration Control Act of 1968 candidates for positions must provide proof of eligibility to work before an offer of employment can be made final.
Background Check Policy:
Adams State University performs background checks as a condition of employment for prospective employees and current employees seeking certain promotional opportunities. Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of an acceptable background check. Applicants will be asked to provide personal data and sign a release form before the background check is conducted. Applicants who fail to provide the data and consent form will not be considered for employment or promotion. Background checks include review of criminal records and sex offender registry background. Credit and driving record background may apply to certain positions.
Adams State University is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for its students, faculty, staff and visitors, and to protecting its funds, property and other assets. Well-informed hiring decisions contribute to this effort. Therefore, Adams State University has adopted a policy on background screening for its prospective, continuing, and returning employees as well as students in certain circumstances. Offers of employment will be contingent upon the completion of an acceptable background check. The information received in response to a background check will be treated as confidential to the extent provided for by law.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Part 106 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including in admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and CFR 106 to Adams State University (ASU) may be directed to ASU's Office of Equal Opportunity, Director Ana Guevara, and/or to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education. Support resources for sexual misconduct, ASU's sexual misconduct policies, contact information for the Adams State University's Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX, as well as a detailed procedure for filing a grievance due to discrimination on the basis of sex may be found online at https://www.adams.edu/administration/oeo/reporting-sexual-harassment/. These procedures also describe the University's response to reports and/or complaints of sex discrimination or sexual harassment.
Adams State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Applications are sought from all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, disability, and, as covered by law, veteran status. In addition, University policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation including transgender status and gender expression, marital status, and parental status.
Adams State University is dedicated to fostering Inclusive Excellence and especially encourages applications from women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and other historically underrepresented populations. Given the university's mission and student body composition, the institution is committed to increasing the diversity of its professional staff and is actively seeking qualified applicants who have experiences, skills, and/or personal attributes that augment the perspectives of our current faculty and staff; we will give particular consideration to qualified applicants with experience in ethnically diverse settings or who possess varied language skills and have a record of successful experience in engaging diverse communities and student populations. Additional information about the university and the academic mission may be found at www.adams.edu/academics/