University of Kentucky
Associate VP for Enrollment Management
🇺🇸 Lexington, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Enrollment
🗓️ July 25th, 2025
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- Lead vision and management for Undergraduate Admissions, Recruitment, Graduate and Professional Enrollment, Student Programs, and Visitor’s Center.
- Develop long-term and annual enrollment plans in collaboration with university leaders.
- Manage integrated admission and recruitment strategies focusing on program analysis, budget efficiency, and data-driven decision making.
- Supervise a staff of over 50 employees and coordinate recruitment efforts across campus.
- Serve as the institutional leader on admissions and recruitment, participating in university committees.
- Required knowledge of MS Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), and SAP software.
- Must have a Master's degree and at least 8 years of related experience; a Ph.D. in education, higher education, or communication is preferred.
- Position involves sitting for long periods, working Monday through Friday with additional hours as needed.
- Reports to the Vice President for Student Success and collaborates with senior university leadership.
- Part of the Student Success team focused on holistic support from early outreach through graduation.
Associate VP for Enrollment Management Full Description
Requisition Number | RE51031
Working Title |
Department Name | 1B500:Enrollment Management
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 00
Salary Range |
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | MA
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | 8 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification | None.
Physical Requirements | Sitting for long periods of time.
Shift | Monday-Friday; 8:00 am-5:00 pm; and additional hours as needed.
Job Summary
The Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management provides the vision, strategic direction and management oversight for the Enrollment Management Units including Undergraduate Admissions, Recruitment, Graduate and Professional Student Enrollment, Prospective & New Student Programs, and UK Visitor’s Center. Reporting to the Vice President for Student Success, this position will work closely with university leadership, including the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, Provost, Deans, and others, to develop both a long-term plan and a yearly implementation cycle. The position will lead an integrated admission and recruitment strategy providing program and unit analysis, budget oversight and efficiency, data analysis, management and direction of a staff of 50+, and coordination across and throughout campus, including the college-based recruitment strategies. The position will serve as the institution’s leader on admissions and recruitment, including sitting on appropriate University committees and serving as a collaborative and engaged member of the Student Success team.
Student Success will, from the time of early college outreach to graduation and beyond, support students in living a life of meaning and purpose. From a student-centered framework, our practice will be grounded in peer-reviewed literature, national best practices, and data-informed decision making. Collaborating with the campus and community, Student Success will work through a holistic lens to support a community of learners in achieving success.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities | MS Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), and SAP.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | Yes
Preferred Education/Experience | Prefer a Ph.D. in education, higher education, or communication related degrees and experience with leading and building teams.
Deadline to Apply | 08/21/2025
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