Senior Program Coordinator for Strategic Initiatives
hace 16 horas
Austin
Texas Student Experience All Applicants 40 Exempt from FLSA Immediately Expected to Continue UT Main Campus General Notes Texas Admissions, Longhorn Orientation, First-Year Experience, and Enrollment Strategy and Partnerships work together steward the student journey as a single continuum, from prospect development and recruitment through application and admission, transition and orientation, and forward to integration, belonging, and persistence. Within this shared stewardship model, Enrollment Strategy and Partnerships leads prospect-pool development, expands access through admissions pathways, and builds the institutional and community relationships that open and strengthen the front end of the student journey. The Senior Program Coordinator provides the day-to-day coordination, analysis, communication, and project management needed to translate that strategy into effective programs and student experiences. Purpose Coordinate strategic initiatives that expand prospective-student pipelines and strengthen participation in admissions pathway programs. Support the Director of Enrollment Strategy and Partnerships through program administration, CRM and data management, partner engagement, student communication, outreach, assessment, and cross-functional coordination. Help prospective students and families understand pathway opportunities and move successfully from initial interest through application, pathway participation, and enrollment. Responsibilities • Coordinate the day-to-day administration and continuous improvement of admissions pathway programs. Maintain program calendars, requirements, milestones, procedures, and participant records; coordinate communications and operational workflows; respond to student and family questions; track student progress; and support timely handoffs among Admissions, pathway partners, colleges and schools, orientation, and student-success units. Identify barriers to participation and recommend improvements that strengthen access, engagement, progression, and enrollment., • Support prospect-pool and pipeline development, including name purchases, inquiry generation, lead acquisition, data imports, source tracking, audience segmentation, and campaign preparation. Coordinate with Recruitment, Enrollment Analytics, Marketing and Communications, and vendors to ensure prospect data are accurate, timely, appropriately coded, and available for outreach. Monitor movement from prospect to inquiry, applicant, pathway participant, admitted student, and enrollee, and identify opportunities to strengthen conversion., • Support relationships with school districts, community colleges, community-based organizations, pathway institutions, and other educational partners. Coordinate meetings, agreements, presentations, information sessions, partner communications, and follow-up activities. Develop toolkits and resources that help partners explain University pathways and admissions processes accurately and connect prospective students with appropriate opportunities., • Use the University's customer relationship management system, reporting platforms, and other data sources to monitor pathway and pipeline activity. Produce recurring reports and dashboards; conduct quantitative and qualitative assessment; maintain data quality and documentation; and synthesize findings into recommendations for program design, communication, resource allocation, and student outreach., • Plan and support pathway, partnership, and pipeline-development programs and events for prospective students, families, counselors, and partners. Coordinate invitations, registration, space, schedules, presenters, materials, vendors, participant communications, and post-event assessment. Represent Admissions through presentations and information sessions, including occasional evening, weekend, and off-campus programs., • Provide administrative and fiscal coordination for strategic initiatives, including budget tracking, purchasing, payments, travel, contracts, records management, meeting preparation, and project documentation. Maintain organized and audit-ready records and support the Director in managing priorities, deadlines, and cross-unit deliverables., • Participate in the University's holistic application-review process and support shared Admissions priorities during peak periods, including seasonal file review, staff calibration, recruitment, and other cross-functional projects. Work collaboratively with Recruitment, Longhorn Orientation, and First-Year Experience to strengthen student handoffs across the journey., • Other related functions as assigned. Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree and five years of experience coordinating programs, projects, student services, recruitment, admissions, enrollment management, community engagement, partnership initiatives, or a related function., • Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects, timelines, stakeholders, and detailed operational workflows., • Experience working with prospective or current students, families, counselors, educators, or community partners in a service-oriented environment., • Experience using a CRM, student information system, database, or comparable technology to maintain records, coordinate communications, and support reporting., • Demonstrated ability to interpret data, identify trends, prepare reports, and translate findings into practical recommendations., • Strong written, verbal, presentation, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills., • Demonstrated attention to detail, sound judgment, initiative, and the ability to manage competing priorities with limited supervision., • Ability to collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries and build productive relationships with internal and external partners., • Must be eligible to work in the United States full-time for any employer without sponsorship. Preferred Qualifications The preferred candidate will demonstrate one or more of the following: • Master's degree in higher education administration, educational leadership, student affairs, public administration, business, communications, or a related field., • Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in admissions, enrollment management, pathway programs, pipeline development, partnership initiatives, or student access., • Experience working with K12 districts, community colleges, community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, or admissions pathway partners., • Experience coordinating prospect-name purchases, inquiry generation, lead acquisition, data imports, or audience segmentation., • Experience using Slate or a comparable higher education CRM and reporting or visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI., • Experience supporting undergraduate holistic application review., • Knowledge of The University of Texas at Austin and the Texas K12, community-college, and higher-education landscape. Driving Required This job requires a class "C" operator's driver's license. The applicant selected must provide a current three year driving record from the current state of residence. If not currently a Texas resident, a Texas driver's license must be obtained within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident. Employees who are required to have a CDL are subject to drug and alcohol testing (pre-employment, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, random, return-to-duty, and follow-up drug and alcohol testing). Salary $52,000 Working Conditions Work is performed primarily in standard office, school, community, meeting, and event settings. The position requires frequent interaction with staff, students, families, counselors, educators, and institutional and community partners. Occasional travel and evening and weekend work are required during holistic review, recruitment, pathway, partnership, and program periods. This is an on-campus position based in Austin, Texas. Required Materials • Resume, • Letter of interest, • Three work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a current or former supervisor