Director of Enrollment Management Jobs
Director of Enrollment Management jobs are open across universities, community colleges, and private K-12 institutions, at every level from associate director to vice president, with specializations in undergraduate admissions, graduate recruitment, and financial aid strategy. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Since 1899, Azusa Pacific University, a top Christian higher education institution in the nation, has helped students discover their higher calling to impact the world for Christ. Taught by world class faculty, APU offers an education that leads to lifelong transformation and eternal impact. APU offers 59 bachelor's degrees, 34 master's degrees, 35 certificates and credentials, and 7 doctoral programs to more than 7,000 students at the university's main campus in Azusa, several regional locations across Southern California, and online. Learn more at apu.edu.
APU seeks employees who desire to contribute to our thriving culture by cultivating community through professional interactions, demonstrating a posture of lifelong learning, and modeling Christ-like character. Working together, employees at APU commit to establishing a university atmosphere that is edifying to God and one another.
The responsibilities of this position include providing primary support to the Executive Directors for Graduate & Professional Admissions. The individual will oversee administrative tasks, schedule, plan, and coordinate details for all graduate and professional recruitment events, coordinate calendars, engage in communication with prospective students, and handle various projects and assignments as assigned by the Executive Directors. This person is entrusted with sensitive information, demanding a high level of confidentiality and mature decision-making skills.
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience.
Required Experience
- One to three years of administrative assistant experience.
- Experience at a higher education institution preferred.
Primary Duties/Essential Functions
- Serves as the primary support to multiple Executive Directors in preparing all paperwork, forms, and responding to requests and correspondence.
- Schedules, plans, and coordinates all admissions events (both in person and virtual). This includes communication with faculty/departments to schedule and run events, scheduling of events in Slate, planning of communication with the Slate team, coordinating involvement of admissions representatives, scheduling of campus facilities and amenities for in-person events, additional publicity for events, and event follow-up. It will also include the creation and handling of contracts for events as necessary.
- Answers and directs incoming phone calls, including the careful handling of student concerns, greeting students, and visitors.
- Maintains a quantity log for promotional items. Researches and orders promotional items for graduate and professional admissions.
- Provides reports, research, and other tasks as needed by the Executive Directors.
- Organizes and maintains administrative functions for the Graduate & Professional Admissions office.
- Manages multiple calendars and schedules events and meetings.
- Coordinates and manages special program events as requested.
- Assists the Executive Directors in management and monitoring of the budget.
- Prepares and reconciles expense reports and processes purchase requisitions.
- Assists in travel arrangements and conference accommodations as needed.
- Collaborates with various offices on campus to ensure clear communication related to Graduate & Professional admissions.
- Communicates with prospective students regarding upcoming events, services, etc.
- Regular, punctual attendance as required by the supervisor based on department needs.
- Committed to a Christ-centered, multicultural community that values diversity.
- Support, affirm, and sustain the beliefs, values, and mission of the university in all facets of one's role and through the university's daily living expectations.
- Other related duties as assigned by the Executive Directors.
Skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Word and Excel.
- Type 55 wpm.
- Understand business office procedures.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with good command of the English language. Ability to compose, proofread, and edit correspondence.
- Proficient in taking minutes in various meetings.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, interpersonal interaction, and bookkeeping skills.
- Able to provide exceptional customer service with a positive, gracious spirit.
Mental Demands
- Ability to work under pressure, exuding a mature demeanor while multitasking in a deadline-oriented environment with accuracy and consistency.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a team, as well as an independent contributor.
- Ability to exercise good judgment and discretionary skills in determining when to act independently and when to consult management prior to taking action.
- Self-starter with a positive attitude.
- In agreement with the purpose and goals of Azusa Pacific University in providing a Christian-based higher education for its students.
Physical Demands
- Requires repetitive motions and sitting at a computer keyboard; intermittent sitting and standing.
- Hearing and speaking on the telephone.
- Able to conduct business at other offices on campus.
- Able to lift, bend, grasp, reach, lift up to 20 lbs. occasionally.
Visual Demands
- Reading, writing notes, and computer monitor.
Environment
- Pleasant office, comfortable temperature.
Technologies
- Proficient in Google Apps., Microsoft Office, Word and Excel., mass email programs, various social media platforms.
- Slate CRM
Compensation
- Grade 8: $21.44 to $24.66 is the hourly compensation for this role and reflects what Azusa Pacific University reasonably expects to pay for this position. Actual compensation may vary based on the qualifications, experience, and internal equity. In addition to compensation, APU offers a competitive benefits package.
Azusa Pacific University is a Christ-centered, multicultural community that values and seeks faculty and staff who are committed to diversity, work effectively with diverse populations, and engage others in ways that honor our rich cultural mosaic and biblical foundation. Please click the links to learn more about 'what we believe,' our 'mission statement,' and our 'statement of faith.'
You can learn more about APU by watching the stories of faculty, staff, and alumni as they carry out our mission here: http://www.apu.edu/stories/.
Azusa Pacific University will conduct a background check on all final candidates.
Review of applications will begin immediately, and the position will remain open until filled unless otherwise stated. Azusa Pacific University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Pay: $21.44 - $24.66 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Since 1899, Azusa Pacific University, a top Christian higher education institution in the nation, has helped students discover their higher calling to impact the world for Christ. Taught by world class faculty, APU offers an education that leads to lifelong transformation and eternal impact. APU offers 59 bachelor's degrees, 34 master's degrees, 35 certificates and credentials, and 7 doctoral programs to more than 7,000 students at the university's main campus in Azusa, several regional locations across Southern California, and online. Learn more at apu.edu.
APU seeks employees who desire to contribute to our thriving culture by cultivating community through professional interactions, demonstrating a posture of lifelong learning, and modeling Christ-like character. Working together, employees at APU commit to establishing a university atmosphere that is edifying to God and one another.
The responsibilities of this position include providing primary support to the Executive Directors for Graduate & Professional Admissions. The individual will oversee administrative tasks, schedule, plan, and coordinate details for all graduate and professional recruitment events, coordinate calendars, engage in communication with prospective students, and handle various projects and assignments as assigned by the Executive Directors. This person is entrusted with sensitive information, demanding a high level of confidentiality and mature decision-making skills.
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience.
Required Experience
- One to three years of administrative assistant experience.
- Experience at a higher education institution preferred.
Primary Duties/Essential Functions
- Serves as the primary support to multiple Executive Directors in preparing all paperwork, forms, and responding to requests and correspondence.
- Schedules, plans, and coordinates all admissions events (both in person and virtual). This includes communication with faculty/departments to schedule and run events, scheduling of events in Slate, planning of communication with the Slate team, coordinating involvement of admissions representatives, scheduling of campus facilities and amenities for in-person events, additional publicity for events, and event follow-up. It will also include the creation and handling of contracts for events as necessary.
- Answers and directs incoming phone calls, including the careful handling of student concerns, greeting students, and visitors.
- Maintains a quantity log for promotional items. Researches and orders promotional items for graduate and professional admissions.
- Provides reports, research, and other tasks as needed by the Executive Directors.
- Organizes and maintains administrative functions for the Graduate & Professional Admissions office.
- Manages multiple calendars and schedules events and meetings.
- Coordinates and manages special program events as requested.
- Assists the Executive Directors in management and monitoring of the budget.
- Prepares and reconciles expense reports and processes purchase requisitions.
- Assists in travel arrangements and conference accommodations as needed.
- Collaborates with various offices on campus to ensure clear communication related to Graduate & Professional admissions.
- Communicates with prospective students regarding upcoming events, services, etc.
- Regular, punctual attendance as required by the supervisor based on department needs.
- Committed to a Christ-centered, multicultural community that values diversity.
- Support, affirm, and sustain the beliefs, values, and mission of the university in all facets of one's role and through the university's daily living expectations.
- Other related duties as assigned by the Executive Directors.
Skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Word and Excel.
- Type 55 wpm.
- Understand business office procedures.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with good command of the English language. Ability to compose, proofread, and edit correspondence.
- Proficient in taking minutes in various meetings.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, interpersonal interaction, and bookkeeping skills.
- Able to provide exceptional customer service with a positive, gracious spirit.
Mental Demands
- Ability to work under pressure, exuding a mature demeanor while multitasking in a deadline-oriented environment with accuracy and consistency.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a team, as well as an independent contributor.
- Ability to exercise good judgment and discretionary skills in determining when to act independently and when to consult management prior to taking action.
- Self-starter with a positive attitude.
- In agreement with the purpose and goals of Azusa Pacific University in providing a Christian-based higher education for its students.
Physical Demands
- Requires repetitive motions and sitting at a computer keyboard; intermittent sitting and standing.
- Hearing and speaking on the telephone.
- Able to conduct business at other offices on campus.
- Able to lift, bend, grasp, reach, lift up to 20 lbs. occasionally.
Visual Demands
- Reading, writing notes, and computer monitor.
Environment
- Pleasant office, comfortable temperature.
Technologies
- Proficient in Google Apps., Microsoft Office, Word and Excel., mass email programs, various social media platforms.
- Slate CRM
Compensation
- Grade 8: $21.44 to $24.66 is the hourly compensation for this role and reflects what Azusa Pacific University reasonably expects to pay for this position. Actual compensation may vary based on the qualifications, experience, and internal equity. In addition to compensation, APU offers a competitive benefits package.
Azusa Pacific University is a Christ-centered, multicultural community that values and seeks faculty and staff who are committed to diversity, work effectively with diverse populations, and engage others in ways that honor our rich cultural mosaic and biblical foundation. Please click the links to learn more about 'what we believe,' our 'mission statement,' and our 'statement of faith.'
You can learn more about APU by watching the stories of faculty, staff, and alumni as they carry out our mission here: http://www.apu.edu/stories/.
Azusa Pacific University will conduct a background check on all final candidates.
Review of applications will begin immediately, and the position will remain open until filled unless otherwise stated. Azusa Pacific University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Pay: $21.44 - $24.66 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in director of enrollment management jobs.
- Bachelor's degree required, master's degree in higher education administration or related field preferred
- Five or more years of progressive experience in admissions, enrollment, or student recruitment
- Demonstrated experience managing and mentoring a professional admissions or recruitment staff
- Proficiency with enrollment CRM platforms and student information systems
- Proven ability to develop data-driven recruitment strategies and analyze enrollment funnel metrics
- Strong communication and presentation skills for outreach to prospective students, families, and campus partners
Tips for Your Director of Enrollment Management Job Search
Quantify enrollment outcomes on your resume
Admissions committees hire for results, so your resume needs to show class-size growth, yield rate improvements, or net tuition revenue gains under your leadership. Vague descriptions of oversight get passed over in favor of candidates who attach real numbers to their work.
Highlight CRM platform experience explicitly
Many postings screen for hands-on experience with enrollment CRM and student information systems. Name the platforms you have used directly in your skills section, because hiring managers search applicant tracking systems for those exact tool names before reading further.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists director of enrollment management openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by institution type strategically
Research mission, selectivity, and enrollment trend before applying. A research university rebuilding yield after a dip needs a different pitch than a regional college chasing first-generation student growth. Tailoring your cover letter to the institution's specific challenge signals you have done real homework.
Prepare a portfolio of enrollment plans or campaigns
Finalists for director roles are routinely asked to present a 30-60-90 day plan or a sample recruitment campaign during the interview. Arrive with a clean, data-informed example from a past institution so you are not building one the night before the second-round call.
Negotiate start date around the enrollment cycle
Institutions often want directors in place before the fall recruitment push or spring decision season. If you are coming from another institution, build your counter-offer around a realistic transition date that respects both sides' cycle calendars, not just a standard two-week notice window.
Director of Enrollment Management Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most director of enrollment managements?
The companies hiring the most director of enrollment managements right now include Johns Hopkins University, Duquesne University, and New York University, with the largest share of openings in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Maryland, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Private universities and regional four-year institutions account for the majority of active postings.
How many director of enrollment management jobs are remote?
About 70% of director of enrollment management openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the hands-on campus presence most institutions require for this role. Graduate and online program recruitment positions are the sub-areas most likely to offer remote or hybrid arrangements.
How do you become a director of enrollment management?
Start in an admissions counselor or recruitment coordinator role to build foundational experience with the full funnel from prospecting through yield. Move into an associate or assistant director position to develop staff management and data analysis skills. Earning a master's degree in higher education administration strengthens candidacy for director-level roles, as does building a record of measurable enrollment outcomes.
Can I get a director of enrollment management job without direct director-level experience?
Yes, candidates who have held associate director or senior assistant director titles and can show they functioned in a director capacity during a vacancy or transition are regularly considered. Institutions with smaller enrollment offices often promote internally from these roles. Leading a major recruitment initiative, managing a team, and presenting enrollment data to senior leadership all serve as evidence of readiness even without the exact title.
What does the director of enrollment management interview process look like?
The process typically runs three to four rounds. An initial screening call with HR or a search committee member is followed by a video interview focused on enrollment strategy and leadership philosophy. Finalists are usually brought to campus for a full day that includes a presentation to stakeholders, meetings with the registrar and financial aid teams, and a session with current admissions staff. Reference checks happen before or alongside the offer stage.
Where can I find and apply to director of enrollment management jobs?
You can find and apply to director of enrollment management jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from colleges, universities, and education organizations across the United States. Search for roles that match your institution type, geographic preference, and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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