Posted: May 8, 2024
Summary of Position
At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.
Job Description Summary
The Director, Admissions and Recruitment leads all aspects of the Allard School of Law s JD recruitment and admissions, as well as prospective JD student services. The Director, Admissions and Recruitment provides strategic leadership and direction to the admissions and recruitment team at the law school, and advises the faculty Admissions Committee, and the Dean.
The Director oversees the development and implementation of effective admissions and recruitment strategies to ensure marketing, promotions, recruitment and admissions policies and procedures are effective and competitive, and lead to the enrollment of highly qualified applicants. In addition to leading and implementing effective prospective student services and annual recruitment/admissions cycles, the Director is also responsible for evaluating the law school s admission and recruitment program and procedures and developing new strategies to ensure competitiveness, effectiveness, and success in attracting, supporting, and retaining highly qualified prospective students.
This position is highly visible to the external community and is expected to lead strong working relationships with university constituents and the professional legal community. The Director also represents the Allard School of Law at national and international organizations as the lead expert in the law school s admissions and recruitment strategies.
Additional Information
Work Performed Admissions and Recruitment Leadership
- Plans and develops both short and long-term strategies for the law school s admissions and recruitment program.
- Leads operational implementation and assessment of the law school s admissions and recruitment strategies to ensure competitive recruitment and retention of prospective students for the Allard School of Law.
- Provides day-to-day leadership and managerial direction to the Admissions and Recruitment team; develops, facilitates, and evaluates training programs for staff.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of admissions policies and procedures to achieve strategic enrolment objectives.
- Collaborates with the Director and Associate Director of Indigenous Legal Studies on Indigenous student recruitment and recruitment strategies.
- Leads ongoing evaluation of policies and procedures to foster excellence in the delivery of the law school s recruitment and admissions programs and services.
- Evaluates longitudinal effectiveness of admissions policies and evaluation criteria for the selection, enrolment, retention, student engagement, and graduate outcomes for the law school; recommends changes to the Dean and Admissions Committee.
- Develops, implements, and evaluates the operational plan of broader-based admissions for the Allard School of Law.
- Provides leadership in establishing admissions policies and procedures that foster equity, diversity and inclusiveness in the law school community
- Leads the formal approvals process for new policy
- Works collaboratively with UBC s Enrolment Services unit
- Develops and maintains relationships with the Law School Admissions Council in relation to standardized testing and management of applicant data
- Assesses admission eligibility of discretionary applications requiring special consideration; deals with and resolves complex and sensitive admissions issues.
- Participates in the national network of admissions leaders in Canadian law schools Marketing and Promotions Leadership
- Develops, implements, and assesses effective strategic marketing and recruitment plans to meet identified strategic priorities of the law school s admissions program.
- Leads and oversees the development of promotional materials and admissions information for prospective student recruitment to support identified strategic priorities.
- Leads ongoing evaluation of marketing, recruitment, and admissions services and processes by the Admissions and Recruitment team.
- Works with other UBC units to enhance our analysis of admissions data and to bolster communications strategies - Forecasts, prepares, and manages admissions, marketing and recruitment budgets and expenditures.
- Directs, guides and coaches staff to achieve unit goals and outcomes on a year-to-year cycle. Prospective Student Advising Leadership - Leads all aspects of advising of prospective domestic and international JD students.
- Acts as lead expert to the general public, the professional legal community, and the university community on law school admissions to ensure appropriate responses on prospective student files.
- Directs, guides and coaches staff and faculty on all aspects of prospective student advising and evaluation policies and procedures; determines the best course of action to advise on complex cases.
- Lead and implement effective advising strategies that communicate both favourable and unfavourable decisions; train staff on handling complex advising scenarios regarding appeal policies and considerations for future course of actions.
How to Apply
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