Director of Educational Enrichment (Student Retention Specialist)

ATHLETICS (BA-ATHL-IUBLA)

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Provides direct support for learning disabled and educationally disadvantaged assigned student-athletes. 
• Assesses students' educational level and ability (especially at matriculation), screens for learning disabilities, works with Disability Services for Students and/or psychologist for diagnosis and accommodations, and designs individual support programs for assigned students. 
• Supervises learning services staff and academic mentors.
• Develops, executes, and evaluates comprehensive learning initiative programs for student-athletes.
• Serves as learning specialist for various student-athletes.
• Facilitates assessments and educational evaluations, and organizes psychoeducational testing for student-athletes.
• Acts as a liaison to campus Student Disability Services and other campus committees.
• Creates and executes educational development programming including the New Student Summer Bridge Program.

General Responsibilities

• Develops and distributes reports of enrollment, year-over-year retention, progress toward degree completion, and graduation for distribution to leaders in enrollment management and across various student services functions. 
• Maintains historical reports for trend analysis and benchmarking.
• Serves on committees and works collaboratively with other student services staff to maintain an understanding of the full student athlete life-cycle and typical barriers to retention, degree completion, and graduation.
• Develops and implements retention programs, initiatives, and targeted communications to improve student athlete enrollment and retention outcomes.
• Performs targeted outreach and interacts directly with at-risk student athletes, connecting them with resources to navigate barriers to completion.
• Evaluates enrollment data to determine the effectiveness of current enrollment processes; liaises with and serves as a resource for academic departments, offices, programs, and schools across campus to develop and realize enrollment goals.
• Determines enrollment demand and mechanisms for maximizing enrollment capacity for specific courses and may make recommendations to appropriate registrar and academic representatives on future course offerings.
• Performs industry research and makes recommendations for process improvements in line with industry best practices.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in business, public policy, or related field

Preferred

• Master's degree

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 5 years in enrollment management, admissions, student services, higher education, or related field

Preferred

• Experience in athletics learning services or related field
• 1 year of experience as a supervisor

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Commitment to working with people of diverse backgrounds
• Ability to interpret federal, state, and institutional rules and regulations

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure .

Career Level: Advanced

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Student Services

Job Family: Enrollment Mgmt & Retention

This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.

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