Manager, Recruitment & Admissions

Per Scholas is an organization dedicated to driving mobility and opportunity through tech training. The Manager, Recruitment & Admissions is responsible for implementing an inclusive admissions process, managing outreach, and ensuring enrollment benchmarks are met for training programs in the Bronx.

Responsibilities

• Manage a rigorous outreach and admissions process throughout its entire lifecycle, ensuring targets and benchmarks for recruitment and admissions are achieved
• Receive and process candidate applications, including conducting information sessions, administering relevant assessments, participating in face-to-face candidate interviews
• Communicate with candidates while quickly building rapport and trust
• Leverage social media and email campaigns to attract and connect with potential learners
• Attend to all administrative tasks to ensure compliance with licensing regulations
• Conduct presentations and administer off-site information sessions
• Attend networking events to increase Per Scholas’ visibility in the community to recruit prospective learners with an interest and passion for careers in the IT industry
• Lead and manage direct reports, fostering professional growth, accountability, and collaboration
• Make referrals to supportive services and/or alternative programs for applicants, as appropriate
• Utilize Salesforce to track learner candidates through the admissions process, noting assessments, interview outcomes and workflow status
• Create reporting tools to track the admissions pipeline by cohort to ensure enrollment benchmarks are successfully reached
• Track all required enrollment solutions in Salesforce for each launched cohort

Skills

• Thrive in a fast past environment while maintaining a high degree of precision, organization and attention to details
• Ability to balance learner-centric lens and approach with any other client driven pressure
• Excellent written, communication, and follow-up skills to coordinate with applicants, team members, instructors, management and other stakeholders
• Ability to prioritize, execute tasks, and remain focused in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new software, platforms, and digital tools
• Comfortable in working with CRM systems
• Experience in recruitment, tech recruiting preferred
• Salesforce preferred
• 1-3 years of experience managing and developing others, preferred
• A people leader who cares about and invests in direct reports, sets them up to succeed and supports their future growth

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