Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Admissions and Financial Aid

About the role

The School of Law seeks an Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Admissions & Financial Aid. With decades of experience in integrating theory and practice, the School of Law is the unparalleled leader in providing students with practical legal training. The School of Law has a strong commitment to lawyering in public interest and deeply values belonging within the student body, faculty and staff, and curricular offerings. The School of Law is focused on addressing challenges in the areas of health, security and sustainability, and committed to training graduates who will be leaders in promoting justice and the public good in the new age of technology and globalization. The Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Admissions and Financial Aid works closely with the Dean and other campus leaders to enhance the School of Law's efforts and outcomes in strategic initiatives, to engage with a variety of campus communities, and to advance partnerships that support the School of Law's strategic mission. In this capacity, the Associate Dean will advance new programs and initiatives, manage special projects, and work with departments and key constituents on developing strategies and goals. The Associate Dean provides leadership, strategic direction, management and oversight for all activities related to recruitment, admissions, and financial aid for the School of Law's JD, FlexJD, LLM, Online LLM and MLS programs. The Associate Dean is responsible for the development and implementation of a sophisticated strategic enrollment management plan for the School of Law. The Associate Dean will lead the school's effort to meet myriad enrollment goals, develop and implement marketing, recruitment, modeling, and conversion strategies to achieve these goals; and formulate assessment tools to determine which strategies are the most successful. The Associate Dean will also oversee the review of applicant files as the head of the Admissions Committee. The Associate Dean will have primary responsibility for creating and implementing a data-driven marketing, communications, and recruitment strategy that promotes our program to a broad applicant pool through translating the law school's key values and distinctive elements into communications that inform and engage key audiences. The Associate Dean oversees the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, related budgets, and directly supervises three professional staff members (Senior Director of Admissions & Financial Aid, Director of International & Graduate Admissions, and Associate Director of Enrollment Marketing & Communications).