Admissions Recruiting Manager - Central & Western Regions in remote at Operation Opportunity Foundation

Job Title: Admissions Recruiting Manager - Central & Western Regions

Reports to: Director of Admissions

Employment Status: Full-Time

Supervisory Status: Individual Contributor

Salary: $74,000-$84,000

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Remote; Central US to Western US

About Warrior-Scholar Project

In partnership with colleges and universities, Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) hosts intensive, one-week college-preparatory academic boot camps for enlisted veterans and transitioning service members. Boot camps are offered in three disciplines: college readiness, STEM, and business. Through faculty lectures, workshops and research projects, tailored assignments, and one-on-one tutoring, warrior-scholars acquire the skills to succeed in higher education and navigate the cultural shift from military service to college. Throughout the course, warrior-scholars are mentored by WSP alumni who are student veterans who have successfully transitioned from the military to college.

WSP also offers workshops tailored to address the unique needs of veterans enrolled in community colleges and targeted programming for underrepresented veterans. All programming is provided at no cost to warrior-scholars.

WSP also hosts additional programming for boot camp alumni, including a graduate school support program, academic support workshops, professional development information sessions, and community engagement opportunities.

About the Admissions Recruiting Manager

This role involves leading the recruitment pipeline using active recruitment initiatives for WSP’s academic programs. Utilizing a recruiting territory-based model, this role will be required to travel to parts of the country to attend recruiting events to create interest that will assist with filling the top of the recruitment funnel. The Admissions Recruiting Manager collaborates with local and regional organizations to build, maintain, or enhance organizational relationships in the transitioning service member, veteran advocacy, and higher education ecosystems to actively recruit WSP eligible participants to apply to academic boot camps. This position is responsible for increasing potential participant interests in a high-volume engagement environment while assisting with cultivating trust among prospective participants to help them make informed decisions to complete an application to attend a WSP program.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

The following duties represent the essential functions of the position. Duties are performed with reasonable accommodation where required. This position description is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be modified based on organizational needs.

Recruitment Pipeline Coordination

• In coordination with the Director of Admissions, Chief Programs Officer, and the other Admissions Recruiting Manager, implement and execute an active recruitment plan to strategically meet organizational boot camp interest forms, applications, and enrollment conversion targets

• Develop and execute a plan to maintain the comprehensive network of military unit leadership and established veteran service organizations to allow access to active duty, reserve, National Guard, and veterans with the intent of recruiting service members and veterans into WSP boot camps

• Travel to prime recruitment zones to conduct on the ground, in-person, and virtual recruitment initiatives to recruit eligible participants to attend WSP boot camps

Participant Recruitment Management & Tracking

• Oversee the tracking process of interest forms (to include delegation to other members of the Admissions department), adhering to the participant eligibility criteria and recruitment standardized operating procedures

• Host Tell Me More! sessions virtually and in person in coordination with local organizations, institutions, or veteran service organizations

• Develop opportunities to increase the number of submitted applications from potential participants using a variety of recruitment efforts, utilizing our Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

• Execute Admissions Interviews with prospective participants to evaluate their academic interest, availability, and motivation to attend an academic boot camp

Overall Collaboration & Coordination

• Communicate changes, milestones, and important updates through the Funnel Filling Task Force to keep everyone informed of trends, excess or decrease of interest form that would positively or negatively impact bootcamp goal fulfillment

• Regularly update members of the Admissions department as well as WSP Central Staff on the status of ongoing recruitment activities

• Work collaboratively with the Admissions department and other WSP staff to implement best practices, proactively identify areas for process improvement, and efficiency gains

• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Travel Requirements

This position requires up to 20% travel per month to attend recruitment events and other admissions-related events. To meet organizational needs, travel may be required to staff summits, trainings, conferences, and program delivery sites. Travel frequency may fluctuate based on programmatic and organizational needs.

Desired Experience and Background

• Minimum of three years of experience in a high-volume recruiting or related field, with an emphasis on interpersonal and persuasive communication to external audiences required

• Experience working with veterans and/or service members required

• Experience utilizing a CRM to plan, drive, track, and report recruiting efforts (e.g., Salesforce preferred) required

• Experience coordinating and training volunteers to support recruiting efforts required

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with diverse audiences required

• Attention to detail, time management, and high proficiency in administrative organization skills required

• Ability to persevere in fast-paced environments, building efficient and timely evaluation processes to make data-informed decisions, with a commitment to collaborative and constructive feedback to achieve organizational strategic plans required

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Drive (e.g., Google Sheets, Google Docs) required

• Strong commitment to Warrior-Scholar Project’s values required
  
  

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those required to perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

• Remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods behind a desk

• Communicating with others to exchange information

• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers (such as typing on a keyboard)

• Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds (such as carrying laptops or books)

• Making and receiving phone calls

• Ability to utilize a computer to complete job tasks, including but not limited to sending emails, and reading documents

• Near visual acuity to be able to work on a computer

• Ability to travel and to work nights and weekends as needed

• Must be able to traverse work sites. Accommodations will be negotiated upon request

Equal Opportunity Employer
Warrior-Scholar Project is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Warrior-Scholar Project complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the application or interview process or to perform essential job functions, please contact the Director of Human Resources at mdarois@warrior-scholar.org.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must not require current or future sponsorship for employment authorization.