Associate Director of Admissions
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Associate Director of Admissions building recruitment partnerships and applicant pipelines for Institute for Nonprofit Practice’s fully funded social-impact leadership programs. Managing outreach, admissions advising, interviews, and Salesforce data.
Responsibilities:
- Build, cultivate, steward, and expand recruitment partnerships with nonprofit, public sector, and social impact organizations
- Manage an assigned portfolio of regional and national recruitment partnerships
- Collaborate with the Advancement team to cultivate prospective applicants from funder grantee portfolios
- Consult organizational leaders on staff development needs and position INP programs as a retention and leadership pathway
- Represent INP at relevant community gatherings, conferences, and stakeholder convenings
- Drive recruitment campaigns through direct outreach, one-on-one discovery calls, and relational follow-up
- Lead program information sessions for prospective students
- Manage the recruitment email inbox and provide high-touch admissions advising
- Review applications and conduct candidate interviews
- Establish and achieve recruitment targets with the Director of Program Admissions & Impact
- Maintain accurate, real-time partner and pipeline records in Salesforce
- Coordinate targeted outreach campaigns with Marketing & Communications
- Activate alumni and faculty referral networks with Program and Alumni teams
- Report to the Director of Program Admissions & Impact
Requirements:
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience in recruitment, admissions, executive search, relationship management, partnership cultivation, or community outreach
- Demonstrated track record of meeting recruitment targets, building pipelines, and converting prospective leads into active applicants
- Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills to engage senior nonprofit leaders, funders, and frontline community advocates
- Strong candidate stewardship skills and commitment to a welcoming, responsive, participant-centered admissions experience
- Experience using Salesforce or a comparable CRM to log outreach, manage pipeline data, and track conversion milestones
- Comfort leveraging modern workplace tools and AI applications
- Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to facilitate engaging presentations and lead one-on-one discovery calls
- Deep cross-cultural competence and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Motivation by social justice and strengthening social-sector leaders
Benefits:
- Employer-covered health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) for all team members
- Eleven paid holidays
- Winter and summer breaks for collective rest and restoration
- 401(k) with a 3% employer match of employee contributions
- Paid, timed trial project during the application process
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