Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions Events

Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Reporting to the Senior Associate Director of Admissions for Full-Time Programs, the Assistant Director of Admissions Events and Programming supports the strategy and leads the planning and execution of recruitment-focused events and engagement initiatives for the Gabelli School of Business graduate programs. The role designs high-impact recruitment and yield experiences that support prospect conversion, admitted student engagement, and enrollment outcomes across the graduate portfolio. The Assistant Director manages strategic academic partnerships to strengthen undergraduate-to-graduate enrollment pathways and has strategic oversight of admission-related activity for academic partnerships, leading strategy and pipeline development to grow internal and external 4+ programs, feeder school relationships, and new domestic/international partnerships. This position requires domestic and international travel and may involve evening and weekend work during peak recruitment periods.

Essential Functions

• Supports the strategy and execution of recruitment and yield events by overseeing the annual event calendar and ensuring strategic timing and program alignment to meet enrollment goals.
• Manages large-scale recruitment programming, including Open Houses, Admit Preview Days, and On-the-Spot Admission Days, to deliver high-quality experiences that strengthen candidate engagement.
• Drives prospect engagement through digital and social media promotion within the Slate CRM, managing follow-up messaging to convert inquirers into active applicants.
• Optimizes recruitment outcomes by analyzing event metrics and KPIs, providing data-driven insights to inform future engagement strategies and maximize return on investment.
• Coordinates on-campus and off-site engagement opportunities, such as campus tours, classroom visits, and domestic or international receptions, to broaden the school’s recruitment reach.
• Develops and sustains strategic academic partnerships and “4+1” pipelines to strengthen undergraduate-to-graduate enrollment pathways and increase qualified applicant flow.
• Manages the Current Student Ambassador Program, leveraging peer-to-peer engagement as a key tool to improve admitted student yield.
• Collaborates with faculty and internal stakeholders to integrate program-specific insights into recruitment events, serving as a liaison to ensure messaging aligns with academic standards.
• Oversees event logistics and external vendor relationships, including travel coordination and conference participation, to ensure seamless execution of outreach initiatives.
• Participates in the holistic candidate evaluation process by conducting admissions interviews and contributing to final committee decision-making across the graduate portfolio.

This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list. The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.

Management Responsibilities

Not responsible for supervision or oversight of others.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related areas.
• Minimum of 2 years of professional or pre-professional experience in admissions, event management, recruitment, enrollment marketing, student engagement, or a related area.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, competing priorities, and large-scale events in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written, oral, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders across academic and administrative units.
• Demonstrated ability to design and execute events or engagement initiatives that support recruitment, enrollment, or customer conversion goals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in related areas and/or experience in graduate management education, admissions, enrollment management, or higher education event strategy.
• Experience managing CRM or event technology platforms (e.g., Slate, Salesforce, event management systems).
• Experience coordinating high-touch recruitment or yield programming in a competitive enrollment environment.
• Preferred experience supporting recruiting marketing initiatives, enrollment funnel management, or event-based conversion strategies.

Salary

Minimum Starting Salary $77,000 Maximum Starting Salary $81,800 Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.

Documents Needed to Apply

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Supplemental Questions

• Do you have a Bachelor's degree in a related area? Yes No
• Do you have a minimum of 2 years of professional or pre-professional experience in admissions, event management, recruitment, enrollment marketing, student engagement, or a related area? Yes No

Physical Activity and Work Environment

• Sitting nearly continuously
• Repetitive hand motion (such as typing)
• Hearing, listening, talking nearly continuously
• Standing often
• Walking often
• Running not required
• Bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, crouching, crawling seldom
• Climbing stairs seldom
• Pulling, pushing seldom
• Lifting – up to 20 pounds seldom
• Lifting – up to 50 pounds seldom

Work environment: office environment – employees protected from weather conditions or contaminants, but not necessarily occasional temperature changes.

EEO Statement

Fordham University is committed to excellence and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds. Fordham University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.