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Recruitment Communications & Operations Administrator

🇺🇸 West Lafayette, IN

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Marketing

🗓️ July 20th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Purdue University is hiring a Recruitment Communications & Operations Administrator for the Daniels School of Business. The role involves managing the university’s CRM system, coordinating recruitment events, developing communication materials, analyzing recruitment data, and collaborating with marketing and enrollment teams to attract qualified students.

Highlights
  • Manage Purdue’s CRM system Slate to organize recruitment events and communications.
  • Develop communication pieces and analyze recruitment data to support enrollment goals.
  • Coordinate prospective student visits, information sessions, and undergraduate recruitment emails.
  • Collaborate with Daniels Marketing and Purdue Enrollment Management Communications to maintain brand alignment.
  • Require proficiency in MS Office; experience with Slate, Cognos, Qualtrics, and Delivra is preferred.
  • Must have a Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications, or related field plus two years of relevant experience.
  • Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills essential.
  • Skilled in project management, event planning, and customer service within higher education settings.
  • Ability to multitask, maintain confidentiality, and build relationships internally and externally.
  • Position is exempt, with defined benefit eligibility; background check required; no employment sponsorship offered.

Recruitment Communications & Operations Administrator Full Description

Req Id:  37551
Job Title:  Recruitment Communications & Operations Administrator
City:  West Lafayette

Job Description:
Job Summary
Join the Daniels School of Business at Purdue University as the Recruitment Team Coordinator! In this role, you'll support our recruitment strategy and enrollment goals. You'll manage Purdue’s CRM system, Slate, to organize events, develop communication pieces, and analyze recruitment data.

Collaborate with Daniels Marketing and Purdue’s Enrollment Management Communications to ensure alignment with Purdue's brand. Schedule prospective student visits and information sessions, and manage the undergraduate recruitment email, ensuring timely responses and enhancing the visit experience.

Gather and analyze data from various sources to track engagement, predict trends, and inform future recruitment plans. You'll help attract well-qualified first-year and transfer students, effectively communicating with prospective students, parents, and key stakeholders.

About Mitch Daniels School of Business: The Mitch Daniels School of Business aspires to take a top 25 program and transform it into a top 10 program that competes for the best students in the country.   The key components of this transformation are:
  • Academic Prowess.  Daniels School faculty are able to see and steer to what's next, imparting thought leadership to peers in an ever-growing student body. 
    Integration of STEM and Business.   Every company today is a technology organization, and business leaders must understand how specific technologies can create competitive advantage. 
  • Transformational Student Experience. Some of life's most important lessons aren't found in a book or a lecture hall. Active transformational experience will produce critical thinkers who see and tackle the world's largest problems.
  • Freedom and Capitalism.  Daniels students will learn though transformative texts that free markets have raised living standards tremendously for all people.
  • Powered by Business Partnerships. The Daniels School provides opportunities for industry partners and alumni to connect with students and faculty in order to provide solutions to business challenges of today and the future.
 
What We’re Looking For:
Education and Experience
Qualified candidates will need:
  • Bachelor’s Degree required in business/management, marketing, communications, public relations, education or a related field
  • Two  years of work experience in project management, event planning, administrative professional work, customer service, higher education work experience, or related experience 
 
Skills Needed:
  • Ability to communicate consistently with prospective students, families, and key stakeholders via 1:1 appointments, presentations, and special events to grow enrollment
  • Proficiency with software applications, including MS Office
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to handle frequent interruptions, balance multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and maintain confidentiality
  • Strong organizational and time management skills and attention to detail
  • Skilled in collaborating and communicating to build relationships with individuals at all levels within and external to the university to support department needs
 
Preferred:
  • Experience in event planning and writing/editing content
  • Experience with Slate, Cognos, Qualtrics, and Delivra software systems
 
Additional Information: 
  • To learn more about Purdue’s benefits summary CLICK HERE
  • Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position  
  • A background check will be required for employment in this position
  • FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime)
  • Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period

Career Stream
Professional 2
Pay Band S060
Job Code #20002086

Link to Purdue University's compensation guidelines: https://www.purdue.edu/hr/mngcareer/compguidelines/staffpb.php 

EOE / AA:
Purdue University is an EOE/AA employer.