Director, Admissions

Position

Recruitment planning and events

• Direct annual recruitment plans, schedules, portfolios, pipelines, and strategies for programs and specialized student populations.
• Oversee recruitment events, campus visits, event targets, guest-experience processes, and data-driven event reporting.
• Coordinate operational changes, application updates, process improvements, and new program launches.
• Create and maintain procedures for campus visits, events, recruitment travel, and admissions processes.

Travel and partnerships

• Maintain a territory of 20–30 deposited students through travel, student contact, and application-funnel development.
• Support external partnerships and provide regular partner communications; travel approximately five weeks per year across Canada.

Team and admissions leadership

• Manage, train, coach, and support admissions counsellors, the Manager of Undergraduate Admissions, enrolment advisors, and the campus events coordinator.
• Review admissions processes and requirements and review, make, or recommend admissions decisions across assigned programs.

Additional leadership duties

• Review recruitment communications, represent Redeemer with Christian university admissions directors, and contribute to new program development.
• Monitor market research and trends, advise on risks, and align recruitment and admissions work with the university's strategic plan.

Education and experience

• A bachelor's degree is required; a social science degree is an asset.
• A master's degree in Education, Higher Education, Business, or a relevant field is required.
• At least five years of post-secondary or related experience is required, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Preferred skills and attributes

• Preferred attributes include university recruitment-market knowledge, Christian post-secondary experience, collaboration, problem-solving, adaptability, communication, and student-first planning.
• Familiarity with data management systems and CRMs, supervisory ability, and availability for business travel, including evenings and weekends, are identified.

Faith and mission

• Candidates should understand the university's mission, values, and Reformed Christian identity and be able to communicate the distinctiveness of the Reformed faith in relation to its mission.

Compensation

• The stated salary range is $76,400–$105,606; no compensation cadence is specified.