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Arizona College of Nursing

Executive Director of Enrollment Services (On-site in Arlington)

🇺🇸 Arlington, VA 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Enrollment 🗓️ July 17th, 2026

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Arizona College of Nursing is hiring an Executive Director of Enrollment Services to lead the admissions team for their new Arlington campus. The role involves building effective teams, managing enrollment operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, achieving enrollment growth, and cultivating community partnerships to support the college's mission.

Highlights
  • Build, train, and manage a high-performing admissions team to achieve enrollment targets and deliver exceptional student service.
  • Oversee campus enrollment operations including budget utilization, resource optimization, and student enrollment processes.
  • Manage compliance with federal, state, and accreditation regulations, ensuring adherence to all standards.
  • Collaborate with campus leadership and external partners to drive enrollment growth and strengthen community relationships.
  • Direct administration of HESI (A2) testing, including proctoring and test ordering aligned with enrollment needs.
  • Plan and coordinate New Student Orientation activities with campus leadership involvement.
  • Monitor and report on student service quality, compliance metrics, and enrollment outcomes.
  • Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree in business or related field and 3-5 years of leadership experience in higher education operations.
  • Offers competitive pay, professional development, PTO, health benefits, and a 401(k) with company match.
  • Serves the Admissions & Marketing department, supporting a rapidly growing nursing school focused on student success.

Executive Director of Enrollment Services (On-site in Arlington) Full Description

Why You Should Work With Us:: 
Arizona College of Nursing is a rapidly growing, nursing school that transforms people's lives by preparing them for careers in nursing and improving communities through the care its graduates provide. As a leading nurse educator, Arizona College of Nursing offers students the opportunity to earn a bachelor's in nursing in 3 years or less with qualified transfer credits. Our quality nursing curriculum prepares students for an in-demand career to help communities overcome the chronic, well-known, and increasing nursing shortage. Through the execution of a targeted growth strategy, the college plans to meet the growing demand for nurses by launching campuses in markets where bachelor's prepared nurses are needed. 

Putting students first, we are dedicated to providing students with an exceptional education in growing healthcare fields; teaching them relevant, required skills for today and the future. Our culture is positive, supportive, and collaborative. As a team, we continually embrace our core values:
 
Passion: We love helping others succeed.
Excellence: We strive to be the best.
Adaptability: We learn, in part by trying new ideas.
Accountability: We own our results.
Integrity: We do the right thing.
 
Arizona College of Nursing is seeking an Executive Director of Enrollment Services to help lead the opening of our beautiful new campus in Arlington, Virginia! This is an exciting opportunity to build and lead a high-performing admissions team, create an exceptional enrollment experience, and play a key role in the success of a new campus.
 
Working closely with campus leadership, you will drive enrollment growth, develop strong community partnerships, and support our mission of being the most student-centric college in the world.
 
If you're a collaborative, results-driven leader who is excited to build something new, we'd love to hear from you! 

What You'll Do:: 
Essential Responsibilities:
 
Build and participate in building highly effective campus teams:
  • Select and train the campus admissions team to achieve outstanding student service, enrollment growth, and staffing efficiency.
  • Monitor and ensure compliance with College expectations, including correct phone line and inquiry management.
  • Directly observe and provide timely feedback on the quality of student-facing services in admissions.
  • Manage HESI (A2) test proctoring, collaborating with Campus Operations leadership when additional resources are needed.

Manage campuses’ enrollment operations:
  • Partner with function leaders at campuses to ensure appropriate and effective use of budget to support the enrollment services and campus’s success.
  • Optimize enrollment services resources and oversee student enrollment.
  • Collaborate with function leaders to effectively utilize the budget in support of enrollment services and campus success.
  • Ensure effective implementation of the New Student Review (NSR) process.

Achieve enrollment results:
  • Monitor and report out quality assurance, compliance, and student service metrics.
  • Efficiently control testing center access through the Admissions Coordinator.
  • Manage Admission HESI (A2) test orders in alignment with enrollment expectations.

Strategically engage with stakeholders:
  • Collaborate with the Campus President and VP of Enrollment Services (VPES) to achieve College and campus goals.
  • Build and increase national partnerships to support growth and reputation.
  • Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the New Student Orientation (NSO).
  • Plan, coordinate, and execute NSO for all new students, collaborating with the Campus President for speaking roles and additional staffing needs.
  • With input from the Campus President and Enrollment Services leadership, submit information for preparation of the annual operating and capital budget of admission staff and areas.

Ensure regulatory compliance and adherence to accreditation standards:
  • Ensure compliance of all federal and state accreditation rules and regulations.
  • Oversee completion of required campus plans or documents to meet regulatory requirements (i.e., ABHES requirements).
  • Serve on relevant committees for the campus and the College.
  • Enforce the use of compliant materials and procedures in alignment with regulatory standards.
 
At Arizona College of Nursing, we believe in a collaborative approach where all colleagues work together towards our shared goals. It's important to note that this list doesn't cover everything you'll be asked to do or need to do. We value adaptability and flexibility as we grow and evolve as an organization. What We Need From You:: 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 
 
Must have:
  • Bachelor’s degree in business or related field or equivalent skills and experience.
  • 3-5 years demonstrated leadership success in higher education operations, such as Admissions, Student Services, or Business Operations.
 
What We Are Offering You:
Competitive pay and opportunities for professional development. Dynamic organizational culture within a supportive working environment. Rest and relaxation with generous PTO and holiday benefits. Robust health and welfare benefits package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision. Preparation for the future with a 401(k) and company match. For consideration, only online applications will be accepted. No phone calls, please. Our schools prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law to the extent prohibited by law.