Director of Recruitment and Admissions

Director of Recruitment and
Admissions
Location: India
Employment Type: Full-time ( Onsite)
About the Role
An upcoming International
Universityis establishing its India Campus. We are seeking a dynamic and
strategic leader to lead the campus Recruitment and Admissions functions. This
pivotal role will shape the recruitment strategy, build trusted relationships
across India, and create a transparent, inclusive, and student-centered
admissions experience for programs delivered through the campus in
collaboration with the University
This role will be overall
accountable for ensuring the operation of a high-functioning, target-driven and
efficient student recruitment and admissions function. The role holder will be
responsible for ensuring that the university can meet its strategic objectives
in student recruitment by achieving its recruitment targets.
Key Responsibilities
· Develop
and execute a comprehensive admissions and enrollment strategy aligned with the
India Campus academic portfolio, launch and growth plans, annual intake
targets, market priorities, and student-access objectives.
· Lead
and manage the Recruitment and Admissions team, establishing clear performance
expectations, enrollment goals, service standards, and accountability for
results.
· Oversee
the prospective-student journey from initial enquiry through to application
review, admission decision, offer acceptance, confirmed enrollment, and
handover to the Registrar and student-support teams.
· To
provide expert leadership at the university on all aspects of student
recruitment.
· Ensure
that admissions decisions are timely, fair, transparent, and consistently based
on approved program requirements and admissions standards.
· Establish
documented processes for application review, credential verification, admission
decisions, conditional admission, exceptions, appeals, and enrollment
confirmation.
· Develop
and implement strategies to maximise applicant conversion, offer acceptance and
enrolment outcomes in support of recruitment and intake targets.
· Set,
and report on, performance standards aligned with strategy
· Formulate
implementation plans, regularly monitoring and reviewing progress against
these.
· Collaborate
with marketing and outreach teams to design campaigns that attract high-quality
applicants.
· Collaborate
with the marketing and outreach teams to build strong relationships with
schools, colleges, universities, coaching and test-preparation networks,
education consultants, employers, and community stakeholders across India, with
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· Ensure
compliance with university policies and regulatory requirements.
· Analyse
application and admissions data to inform decision-making and improve
conversion rates.
· Ensure
that applicant and enrollment data are accurate, complete, appropriately
protected, and maintained in approved systems for campus operations and
institutional reporting.
· Ensure
compliance with applicable Indian requirements, India Campus policies, he
University requirements applicable to the campus, student privacy standards,
and ethical recruitment and admissions practices.
· Coordinate
with the University regarding programme requirements, admissions standards,
data definitions, institutional reporting, public representations, and proposed
changes that could affect the University programmes or credentials.
· Collaborate
with the marketing and outreach teams to identify high-potential applicants,
and conduct targeted outreach to drive effective students enrollment outcomes.
Targeted outreach may include representing the University and the India Campus
at education fairs, school and counsellor forums, employer events, and other
high-value outreach platforms in India and, where relevant, internationally.
· To
ensure resources are allocated appropriately to meet organisational objectives.

Experience
10 - 18 Years

Employment type
Permanent

Work arrangement
No