Dual Enrollment Specialist
The Catholic University of America
About the Role
This position is designed to create a funnel of applicants to apply to the school. The Dual Enrollment Specialist acts as a liaison between Enrollment Management and the Busch School, promoting high school engagement through dual enrollment and other initiatives, and contributing to efforts to increase brand awareness of the Busch School and The Catholic University of America. The projected salary range for this position is $60,000 to $66,625.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with the Busch School to promote dual enrollment and increase brand awareness among high school teachers, advisors, parents of high school-aged students, and high school-aged students.
- Manage operations for the dual enrollment program, including assisting Admissions with processing enrollment and assisting instructors with the LMS Brightspace.
- Grow the “top of the recruiting funnel” with high-touch Busch School experiences.
- Coordinate with Admissions and School Marketing and Outreach to help students apply to Catholic University and the Busch School of Business.
- Monitor and respond to inbound inquiry emails from new schools and existing school relationships.
- Develop relationships with prospective HS juniors and seniors.
- Travel when necessary to visit mission fit partner schools, meet with administrators and prospective students.
- Act as a relationship manager for Catholic high schools and coordinate their visits to the Catholic University campus in DC.
- Assist in the onboarding and implementation of dual enrollment at partner High Schools and other program sites.
- Assist with maintaining the database of all dual enrollment partner and prospective schools as well as respective contacts and begin tracking of prospective CUA students at each school.
- Support, articulate, and represent Catholic University’s mission, academic, student life, research, athletics, etc. to prospective students and their families.
- Assist the admissions counselors by amplifying the Busch School’s presence and reach in key markets and in select high schools.
- Assist with Busch School summer programming.
- Provide student-centered customer service at every opportunity via in-person, email, and phone correspondence with prospective students and families.
- Advocate for students to submit applications and follow up on applications to help improve yield.
- Log student and family connections and review performance metrics (primarily school visits and #s of applications).
- Manage and execute other outreach and yield efforts for the Busch School, as necessary.
- Assist with the execution of comprehensive yield plans with Busch School undergraduate programs and the Office of Undergraduate Admission.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree.
- 0-2 years of experience in a recruiting or marketing role.