Manager, Student Recruitment

MANAGER, STUDENT RECRUITMENT

**OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR**

**Competition No.** 25.01.26

**CATEGORY**

**SALARY**

**CLOSING DATE**
- Full-Time Continuing (35 hours per week)
- $80,009 to $108,013 per annum
- February 2, 2025

**About Us**:

- MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton’s diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.

Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 55 programs to more than 19,000 full
- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.

**Opportunity**:
MacEwan University is seeking a Manager, Student Recruitment, for a full-time continuing opportunity with the Office of the University Registrar. Reporting to the Associate Registrar, Admissions, Recruitment and Transfer, the Manager, Student Recruitment is responsible for the efficient and effective operation of all Student Recruitment processes and procedures to achieve the University’s strategic enrolment goals. The Manager provides ongoing leadership, guidance, mentorship, and operational direction for the domestic and international Student Recruitment teams. As a key member of the Admissions and Student Recruitment leadership team, the incumbent develops strategies and initiatives to strengthen the university's brand and attract and recruit future students. The Manager works collaboratively with internal and external partners and manages two teams (domestic and international) to achieve student recruitment targets and quotas.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading and managing staff in the Student Recruitment team, including assigning and monitoring workload, preparing schedules, responding to emerging issues, approving timesheets and time off requests;
- Managing staffing resources within the team through effective recruitment, selection, training, coaching, leadership, supervision, professional development, and evaluation of staff while also promoting and contributing to a positive and inclusive team culture that emphasizes service excellence;
- Mentoring and developing staff using a supportive approach, including performance management, quality of service, and work output; ensuring staff are well trained, competent, and supported to be successful in their roles;
- Overseeing the development and implementation of Canadian/domestic and international recruitment plans (including targets by province, country, program, and international agent), targeting high school and post-secondary students and other identified individuals;
- Participating in and contributing to budget, strategic, and operational planning processes as a member of the leadership team within the OUR;
- Leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) projects and change management initiatives and identifying areas for improvement within the Student Recruitment Unit to enhance services and the experience for applicants and students;
- Collaborating with kihêw waciston, Office of Human Rights, Diversity, and Inclusion, MacEwan International, Alumni, and Faculties/Schools to develop and implement strategies to identify and recruit future (prospective) students, in particular traditionally underrepresented groups.
- Advising campus partners on Student Recruitment policies, processes, deadlines, and other important information; and
- Developing and maintaining relationships with instructors, faculty, leaders in Faculties and Schools, and other key stakeholders within MacEwan.

**SKILLS**:
You will have:

- Proven team management skills, including the ability to lead a team and foster a positive, productive, and cohesive team environment;
- Excellent analytical, planning, organizational, time management, decision making and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail;
- The ability to collect and analysis applicant data to inform evidence-based decisions and evaluate effectiveness of admission processes;
- Effective problem solving skills and h