Admissions Team Lead

**Schedule**

Monday to Friday

8:30am to 4:30pm

Hybrid Working Arrangement

**Education Level**
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

**Career Level**
Requires 4 years of relevant experience

**Job Description Number**
JD1434

Ranked as one of the world’s Top 100 universities, **McMaster University** is devoted to the cultivation of human potential, realized through our innovative educational programs, cutting-edge research, and the diverse students, faculty, staff and alumni who make up the McMaster family. Dedicated to creating a Brighter World, we recognize that our people are our most valuable resource. Those who join McMaster will find a community of talented individuals who are inspired by the university's commitment to embodying the values of integrity, quality, inclusiveness and teamwork. It is through these talented individuals, their creativity and drive for results that McMaster University has earned its reputation as being Canada's most innovative university.

The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), the largest Faculty within McMaster, has an unwavering commitment to collaboration, strategic partnerships, accountability, innovation, excellence, integrity and optimism. Our pioneering approaches to education and our reputation for world-class research has consistently placed McMaster among the top 50 universities in the world for health and medicine. The Faculty enjoys close relationships with its academic hospital partners, as well as strong collaborations with researchers in Canada and around the world.

**About the School of Nursing**:
One of three professional schools within McMaster’s Faculty of Health Sciences, the School of Nursing offers undergraduate and graduate programs. For 75 years, McMaster’s School of Nursing has delivered nursing education programs that have produced generations of professional nurses who are critical thinkers and contribute to nursing practice, research, education, policy, and administration.

The School of Nursing has moved to centralized consortium admissions model and is seeking an individual with experience in undergraduate admissions and recruitment. To be successful in this position, the incumbent must be able to oversee established operational and administrative processes within the undergraduate admissions programs.

The Admissions Team Lead is accountable to and will work closely with the Program Manager, Admissions Committee and Faculty Leadership.

**Job Summary**:The Team Lead is the first point of contact in supporting the Admissions Team in day-to-day operations. They are responsible for ensuring McMaster’s admission requirements for domestic and international applicants are correct and current in support of meeting enrolment targets. They will conduct in-depth research on ever evolving curriculum changes to ensure McMaster attracts and admits highly qualified applicants.

A specialist in domestic and international curriculum, they will ensure information used for recruitment and admissions assessment is current and accurate across all undergraduate programs and will ensure digital and print communications reflect accurate requirements.

**Purpose and Key Functions**:

- Coordinate the day-to-day operations to effectively deliver service to all community and student populations.
- Schedule and assign work to staff based on priorities and changing requirements
- Collaborate with management to research, implement, track, and evaluate procedures and processes.
- Identify improvements to current processes leading to efficiencies.
- Develop and deliver training sessions to develop staff and ensure accuracy.
- Develop, update and maintain training materials
- Review and resolve complex cases, such as those requiring policy interpretation or those of a sensitive nature.
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders. For example, build on existing relationships with campus stakeholders to support equity deserving applicants.
- Conduct fit/gap analyses of international curriculum and make recommendations on admission requirements.
- Consult with faculty members and staff from all academic units on matters related to course assessments.
- Conduct analyses of international post-secondary institutions to ensure appropriate accreditation requirements have been met.
- Annually review and amend the admissions documentation to reflect current admission requirements.
- Responsbile for Admissions assessment.
- Provide support and guidance to staff.
- Deal sensitively, responsibly, and calmly with applicants awaiting admission decision information.
- Provide guidance and information to applicants regarding appropriate procedures and policies related to the admission review.
- Refer students to appropriate resources, information, and services across the University.
- Scrutinize documents, such as University Calendars, and web-sites for relevant information.
- Update and maintain a variety of records, files and related informatio