Duties & Responsibilities

• Work closely with Vice President for Arizona International to establish international enrollment strategy and objectives and ensure that the objectives are well understood and implemented across the team.
• Develop, execute, and monitor strategies, systems, processes, learning experiences, and networks to accomplish institutional international enrollment goals, facilitate Arizona International new initiatives and programs.
• Evaluate effectiveness of multi-year enrollment strategies and modify as necessary to assure the most successful initiatives are utilized.
• Identify and maintain partner relationships with professional organizations, stakeholders, and other strategic influencers who directly serve eligible international students.
• Lead interactions with campus partners and recruitment partners to facilitate and support international student recruitment.
• Identify and monitor key performance indicators, opportunities, challenges, and anticipated changes.
• Lead international student scholarship discussions and strategy with the AZI team and campus enrollment leaders.
• Partner with international marketing team to develop, evaluate, and modify international student recruitment marketing and communication strategies.
• Lead the identification, facilitation, and management of agent contracts and partnerships; establish recruitment target; and perform annual evaluations of partnership success.
• Serves on appropriate university committees, as necessary.
• With the Director, International Marketing and Regional Recruitment Directors, develop, adjust, and guide the international admissions marketing and communication strategy.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Ability to work and communicate effectively with campus and community constituents.
• Ability to travel internationally to represent the University of Arizona to prospective students, universities, and partners.
• Positive and collaborative attitude.
• Superior communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with academic and administrative colleagues at all levels on university programs and initiatives.
• Ability to gather and interpret prospect student information to create enrollment projections and improve international student retention.
• Ability to work successfully within large and complex organizations.
• Demonstrated supervisory skills.
• Open-minded and able to adapt to new ideas.
• Ability to undertake successful contract negotiations with external partners and agencies.
• Excellent organizational skills, the ability to exercise independent judgment.
• Demonstrate knowledge and intentionality of in-country recruitment management practices.
• Skill in leading a team, project, program, or function.
• Demonstrated understanding of international educational issues and trends.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of international recruitment related work experience, including 5 years of managerial experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree.
• Demonstrated experience developing an international strategic recruitment plan.
• Demonstrated experience successfully executing an international strategic recruitment plan.
• Experience leading effective enrollment teams.
• Demonstrated success in increasing enrollment.
• Demonstrated development of external partners and recruitment agencies.