Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions

Job Title: Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions

Job Description

The Assistant Director serves as a key point of contact for prospective students throughout the admissions process and contributes to recruitment initiatives, admissions operations, outreach, events, and enrollment management efforts.

• Develop a travel itinerary to represent the University at various events and recruit prospective students.
• Attend and recruit at local, regional, and national graduate fairs.
• Build relationships with counselors at colleges and universities.
• Deliver admissions presentations to individuals and groups of prospective graduate students.
• Maintain contact with prospective students through phone, email, and marketing materials to help them create a pathway to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
• Actively monitor enrollment goals and respond to progress throughout the recruitment cycle.
• Process and review applications and render admission decisions for prospective students.
• Use the student information system to conduct personalized outreach to prospective graduate students.
• Conduct individual counseling appointments, information sessions, presentations, webinars, and outreach campaigns.

About us

For over 100 years, Embry-Riddle has been the world's leading aviation and aerospace university, educating more than 30,000 students across residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, as well as through a global network of Worldwide locations and online programs. With more than 165,000 alumni around the world, our impact reaches every corner of the aerospace, aviation, defense and technology industries.

Today, our faculty, researchers and professional staff are advancing innovation across aviation, space, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, autonomous systems and next-generation engineering. Working alongside industry leaders, government agencies and innovators, they are solving real-world challenges and shaping the technologies that will define tomorrow.

Whether you are an educator, researcher, administrator, technologist or industry professional, your work at Embry-Riddle will contribute to something bigger than a job. Join a community driven by discovery, purpose and excellence—and help shape the future of aerospace.

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy up to 18 days of paid leave in your first year, including 3 days granted upon hire and 15 days accrued throughout the year. You'll also receive 9+ paid holidays, including the day after Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.

• Tuition Coverage: Get 100% tuition coverage for yourself for one undergraduate and one graduate degree, and discounted rates for your spouse and dependent children up to age 26.

• Retirement Contributions: ERAU contributes 6% of your base salary to your retirement plan and offers a 4% matching contribution – with no vesting period.

• Personal Leave: Relax with 15 days of personal leave for non-exempt employees or 18 days for exempt full-time employees in your first year.

Qualifications

• Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least one year of admissions or related experience preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal, public relations, and active-listening skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Self-motivated, confident, and able to manage projects through successful completion.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and follow-up skills.
• Knowledge of information systems and proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and internet-based applications.
• Valid driver’s license with a good driving record.
• Willingness to travel extensively, approximately 8–10 weeks per academic year.
• Availability to work evenings, weekends, and occasional holidays as required.