Associate Director of Admissions

Summary of Position

Job Summary

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Responsible for recruiting an academically talented, professionally accomplished, diverse entering class.
• Counsels prospective students on the law school application and financial aid process.
• Manages on-campus and virtual informational session and recruitment events.
• Manages Office of Admission's social media presence.
• Manages IU Maurer's national and regional undergraduate partnerships.
• Reviews all applications for admission. Makes admission decisions and recommendations and works collaboratively with faculty members as an ex officio member of the law school admissions committee. 
• Manages and supervises student ambassadors.
• Acts as liaison between the Office of Admissions and the School's numerous student groups.
• Compiles and analyzes data to determine marketplace challenges and opportunities and, along with the Senior Director of Communication, develops an appropriate strategic marketing and communication plan.
• Establishes and cultivates relationships with a network of pre-law advisors and colleagues from other law schools.
• Acts as liaison between the Office of Admissions and the School's alumni affinity boards.
• Stays current with law school trends and admissions best practices, ensuring compliance with law school admissions standards set forth by the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) and American Bar Association (ABA).
• Reports directly to the Dean for Admissions.

General Responsibilities

• Maintains, implements and oversees a holistic recruitment yield tactical plan for recruitment.
• Develops, implements, and administers plans, programs, and events for general and targeted student recruitment in support of organizational goals.
• Integrates a diverse and strategic communications strategy in collaboration with other departments, geared toward specific student declared academic major, career interests, and geographic factors.
• Identifies and develops partnerships for outreach to prospective students and influencers.
• Interprets academic policies and exercises authority and independent judgment.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates programs and processes and determines the effectiveness of markets and strategies. Exercises independent judgment and uses census data and modeling tools to identify effective marketing plans and strategies to address specific populations.
• Serves in a collaborative role with internal and external stakeholders to identify targets of opportunity to attract and enroll under-represented populations. Participates in the assessment and evaluation of various models.
• May attend meetings or serve on committees with the admissions stakeholders, including all staff meetings, recruitment, and outreach team meetings, customer service lead meetings, and undergraduate recruitment council meetings; may provide guidance to other admissions counselors.