Admissions Outreach Manager

Position Description

The Minnesota Private College Council seeks an Admissions Outreach Manager to join our team. The Council serves the shared needs of our 18 member institutions, including through admissions outreach and collaborative planning.

The Admissions Outreach Manager plays a key role in guiding and advancing our admission-focused work on behalf of our member institutions. The position requires knowledge of admissions and comfort with working in a membership organization where we regularly seek guidance from staff at our member institutions as we work to meet their needs.

Responsibilities

The Admissions Outreach Manager is focused on the admission marketing and outreach that the Council does to support our member institutions and assist the public. This work addresses the needs of both traditional and transfer students. The Admissions Outreach Manager will work closely with the Director of Marketing and Communications and the Associate Director for Digital Communication and Marketing as well as many outside partners, in particular at our member institutions. Here are some of the Admissions Outreach Manager’s specific responsibilities.

Admission-Related

• Coordinate and conduct many admission-focused events and outreach, including breakfast meetings for counselors in Minnesota and neighboring states. This includes coordinating communications, materials and logistics in partnership with internal staff and admission staff at member institutions. Key audiences include community college advisors, high school counselors and access program staff.
• Support our colleges’ efforts to welcome and support community college transfer students, including through the development and renewal of colleges’ major-specific transfer pathways, providing transfer-specific resources and organizing occasional staff workshops.
• Contribute to the development and distribution of high-value content for a variety of admission audiences, working in partnership with internal staff and admission staff at member institutions. This includes handouts, newsletters and web content.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with partners in advising and counseling, including the state high school counselor associations, as well as contacts at community colleges.
• Serve as an initial point of contact for outside institutions to connect with our member institutions including to share admission opportunities.
• Persuasively communicate the value of an education at our member institutions, including through some representation of the private colleges as a group, including at conferences and on panels.
• Conduct some travel around the region.

General

• Contribute to other marketing-communications projects.
• Contribute to a positive and professional work environment that values diversity, respect, and constructive interaction.
• Help ensure the Council meets and exceeds member institutions’ needs.
• Other responsibilities as assigned. (The Council reserves the right to change job responsibilities or duties based on the organization’s needs.)

Qualifications

Required

• Experience within college admissions.
• Experience within transfer admissions and/or working with transfer credits, community college pathways or academic policy.
• Experience within private higher education and appreciation of the value of a liberal arts education and the role of private colleges.
• Baccalaureate degree required.
• Minimum of five years of relevant experience required.

Excellent project management skills: Planning and completing complex initiatives.

• Developing and tracking budgets for internal and external projects.
• Ability to facilitate and lead productive collaboration among diverse stakeholders, using strong facilitation, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication skills including writing, public speaking, and active listening.
• Ability to set big-picture goals and strategies while ensuring accuracy and attention to detail on a day-to-day basis.
• Enthusiastic and positive attitude.
• Comfort presenting to small and large groups.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams as well as Zoom.
• Ability to conduct limited travel in the region, expecting day trips once a month and fewer than five overnight trips a year.
• Able to handle confidential data and materials discreetly and professionally on a routine basis.

Preferred

• Other professional experiences in higher education, such as working with faculty, working with administration and/or or contributing to college communications.

Reporting Relationships

The Admissions Outreach Manager reports to the Director of Marketing and Communications.

The position works with all members of the Council and Fund staff on various projects, including with the President, the Director of Research and Public Policy and the Associate Director for Digital Communications. The person who fills this role will also work closely with internal partners, contacts at our member institutions, stakeholders at other systems, and consultants.

Location and hours

MPCC’s offices are located in downtown St. Paul. All employees work a hybrid schedule, with time working remotely and time in-office, on campuses, and at the Capitol. All staff are provided with a laptop and have access to the office server remotely. Access to high-speed internet and cell phone service is necessary for this position. Along with some travel, some early morning, evening and weekend hours may be necessary.

About us

The Minnesota Private College Council and its affiliate, the Minnesota Private College Fund, represent private nonprofit higher education in Minnesota. Eighteen institutions are members; they share a liberal arts focus.

The Council’s mission is to serve members' shared needs and advocate for public policy that:

• Meets the educational needs of students
• Enhances private higher education
• Strengthens Minnesota's economic and civic fabric

The State Grant program is a primary focus of our advocacy efforts. We also serve our members and the state in other ways, including through research , marketing and communications, and admission outreach.

Compensation

This is a full-time, exempt position, with a salary range of $ 60,000 to $70,000.

Excellent benefits including health, dental, 401(k) retirement plan, parking/transit allowance, and generous vacation.

Conditions to employment: Satisfactory results of a standard background check.

• Legal authorization to work in the United States, including providing required valid documents for Employment Eligibility Verification (I-9 form).
• A signed confidentiality agreement.

Application process

Please send a resume and cover letter addressed to John Manning, Director of Marketing and Communications, Minnesota Private College Council to jobs@mnprivatecolleges.org to apply for the position. Priority will be given to applications received by Nov. 13. The position will remain open until filled.