The incumbent provides leadership and facilitates program success in the area of student services, within the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. He/she ensures the College’s vision manifests by playing a critical role in developing, coordinating and managing recruitment, supporting retention efforts and activities, and promoting overall student success.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of current labor market trends
• Knowledge of effective recruitment strategies
• Knowledge of post-secondary educational organization
• Skilled in the computer applications and operation, including Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Ability to establish cooperative, tactful, effective and harmonious work relationships with diverse groups of individuals, ranging from senior management, administration, faculty, staff, students and the general public
• Ability to work within tight time constraints, under pressure and on multiple and complex projects
• Exercise of independent and sound judgment

Essential Job Functions

• Manages daily operations of the Office of Student Services in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
• Plans and directs School-wide student engagement, and career services and events
• Establishes relationships, regularly visits, engages, and recruits prospects with and from educational facilities, businesses, community members, employers, etc.
• Generates new business alliances with the goal of establishing a pipeline of students to and from these corporations
• Assist with developing, analyzing and disseminating thorough reports, tracking the process and status of travel and student recruitment efforts
• Maintains an overall plan and strategy for student recruitment and retention
• Maintains current knowledge of university admission policies to communicate effectively with school districts, prospective students, parents and other interested parties
• Promotes the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences and its academic programs among prospective students, parents, teachers, counselors and other groups and organizations
• Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Counseling or related field working in a student services or related field
• Three (3) years’ experience providing student support services, such as in student mentoring-advisement and student success workshops
• Three (3) years’ experience in supervisory capacity