Associate Director, Student Recruitment & Admissions – Stern@NYUAD

UAE Nationals are encouraged to apply.

New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) seeks to appoint a Associate Director, Recruitment & Admissions reporting to the Executive Director, Admissions, Stern@NYUAD.

NYU Stern School of Business and NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have partnered to offer the Stern at NYUAD Executive MBA program. The launch of the program signifies a new era of advanced business education that will support the growth of knowledge-based economies in the region. It is a transformative educational opportunity for mid to senior level working professionals looking to advance their careers in the MENA region.

The Associate Director, Recruitment and Admissions will manage the EMBA candidate journey from initial lead to program launch.

A strong candidate will contribute to the overall success of Stern NYUAD by managing the:

• Identification, recruitment, and nurturing of prospects through the candidate journey;
• Strategic planning and delivery of recruitment and admissions engagement activities;
• Advising and counseling of prospective candidates on admissions policies and procedures and financial support options;
• Evaluation and assessment of candidate applications to achieve annual targets in terms of quality, diversity, and quantity; and
• Collaboration with key stakeholders on the development, growth, and maintenance of strategic partnerships with sponsoring companies

Student Recruitment

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the team on identifying and building relations with prospective EMBA candidates
• Ensure high quality customer consultative sales service to all candidates – positively influencing their views of the program and the School
• Develop and nurture relationships with key stakeholders, e.g. students, alumni, faculty, to contribute to engagement activities
• Manage EMBA recruitment results through analysis of candidate and external data – innovate as appropriate.

Admissions & Advising

• Focus on a customer centric approach to foster a positive end to end experience regardless of the candidate’s outcome
• Lead on the advising of EMBA prospects and applicants on admissions policies, procedures, and financial support options
• Assist in the evaluation and assessment of students’ applications and provide decision recommendations
• Collaborate with Assistant Director of enrollment operations on application processing operations

Engagement Activity

• Input in developing strategy & the planning of owned and third party physical and virtual engagement activities focused on executives
• Lead on creating activity content relevant to the program and target audience
• Collaborate with the team in the management of all engagement activity operations
• Establish objectives and measures of success for each type of EMBA engagement activity

Corporate Relations And Partnerships

• In collaboration with key stakeholders and internal business partners develop, grow, and/or maintain strategic relationships with companies sponsoring students.
• Assist with the identification of strategic channel partners for lead generation

Qualifications

Required Education:

• Bachelors Degree

Required Experience

• 5+ Years of management and relevant experience in higher education, staff and executive recruitment, and/or corporate executive training
• Excellent consultative sales and stakeholder engagement skills
• Excellent written & oral command of English
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills with diverse audiences in terms of nationality and cultural context
• Ability to handle difficult conversations diplomatically and respectfully
• Great organization and time management skills

Preferred Experince

• Personal or professional familiarity with graduate management education

Additional Information

NYU Abu Dhabi is a degree-granting research university with a fully integrated liberal arts and science undergraduate program in the Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Engineering. NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU New York, and NYU Shanghai, form the backbone of NYU’s global network university, an interconnected network of portal campuses and academic centers across six continents that enable seamless international mobility of students and faculty in their pursuit of academic and scholarly activity. This global university represents a transformative shift in higher education, one in which the intellectual and creative endeavors of academia are shaped and examined through an international and multicultural perspective. As a major intellectual hub at the crossroads of the Arab world, NYUAD serves as a center for scholarly thought, advanced research, knowledge creation, and sharing, through its academic, research, and creative activities.