Gcu
University Admissions Manager- Traditional Ground Campus
Tucson, AZ
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago
NegotiationLogisticsCommunicationMentoringPublic SpeakingOrganizational SkillsMicrosoft Office
About the role
- An extraordinary career opportunity with an acclaimed leader in the rapidly growing education sector, Grand Canyon University is currently seeking a talented, energetic Admissions Manager for our Traditional Ground Campus.
- Responsible for sales functions and demand generation activities in an assigned geographic territory and/or College Program.
- Meets performance objectives including acquisition of new students, sales interviews/presentations and prospecting/development of new markets.
Responsibilities
- Manages, motivates and ensures assigned staff meets goals through mentoring, advising, counseling and communicating.
- Plans, manages and drives revenue/student growth for the assigned market territory.
- Prospects, develops and secures prospective students. Explores new opportunities and develops innovative strategies to generate awareness of GCU's programs and to increase enrollment.
- Manages new student activities from initial inquiry to admissions.
- Supports the University's local and national marketing initiatives, promotional campaigns, etc.
- Maintains a positive and professional image of the University to the public and potential students.
- Develops and executes the strategy and logistics necessary to cover a large geographic area.
- This position manages an assigned team(s) of University Admissions Counselors responsible for identifying prospective potential student populations, cultivating and acquiring new students.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, public relations or a related field.
- Proven sales and/or marketing background and experience in creating and executing sound business plans.
- Must be a strong team player with excellent planning and organizational skills in order to meet or exceed enrollment projections and expectations.
- Computer/office software proficiency including MS Office Suite.
- Must have own vehicle, valid driver's license, clean driving record.
- If in a rehabilitation program, your credit report must reflect that you are current, not delinquent, on your payments.
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, public relations or a related field. Required.
- Four years demonstrated successful sales/marketing, or related, experience.
- Prior experience in managing and mentoring staff and experience in sales/marketing within higher education preferred.
- Exemplary negotiation and communication skills, including verbal and written.
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Results oriented, self-directed and self-motivated with an entrepreneurial quality.
- Produces positive results through effective staff coaching, counseling and mentoring skills.
- Ability to manage geographically dispersed staff.
- Sound judgment and decision making ability.
- Confident, high energy and capable of launching new territories successfully, if necessary.
Benefits
- Plans conferences, meetings and/or presentations to market educational services to assigned territory.
- Grand Canyon Education (GCE) is an educational service company that provides an array of support services in the post-secondary education sector.
- GCE designs and develops educational programs for GCU and other traditional campus institutions, as well as online partner institutions at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels.
Company info
- Formerly part of Grand Canyon University (GCU), GCE still supports and works closely with GCU.
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