Clinton Foundation Looking for Admissions Manager, CGI U at New York, NY Full Time

About the Opportunity
The CGI U Manager of Admissions will report to CGI U’s Director of External Affairs. They will interpret and implement global admission policies and procedures; manage the CGI U team’s recruitment strategies and execution; and advocate for, build, cultivate, monitor, and grow a virtual community of CGI U commitment makers from over 90 countries, representing 400+ institutions. This individual will also identify, build, and manage relationships with university partners worldwide that have institutional priorities that are consistent with CGI U’s mission. The CGI U Manager of Admissions will also work collaboratively across the CGI U team ensuring diverse, equitable, and inclusive engagement opportunities for prospective and current students.
Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) is a dynamic community of young leaders committed to developing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. CGI U is a unique opportunity to connect aspiring leaders with leading experts in business, technology, and social impact. Each year, thousands of undergraduate and graduate students from across the country and around the world apply to participate in CGI U’s year-round community of learning, leadership, and action — beginning with a global meeting where participants, topic experts, and high-profile innovators convene to support and learn from each other. Learn more here.

Core Responsibilities
In this role you will work on:
Admissions

• Execute and manage global yield and retention cycles by designing, implementing, overseeing, and analyzing recruitment plans, timelines, tasks, and meeting objectives for a diverse student body and university partners.
• Assist Senior Partnerships Manager with application and enrollment support for partner programming.
• Work in partnership with CGI U Programs team to drive social impact curriculum and develop, expand and execute strategies for student orientation and retention.
• Design marketing and digital content strategies from a student engagement and retention perspective. Optimizing content delivery strategies by tailoring content to specific outlets and targeting prospective student audiences.
• Further cultivate and strengthen recruiting relationships with university personnel, department contacts, faculty, fellowship advisors, young professional organizations, current and prospective students, and alumni.
• Collaborate with an incredible group of colleagues representing CGI U at activities and events, meetings, and conferences.

Selection & Enrollment

• Serve as the primary point of contact for CGI U’s application vendor, working to design and test the application with an external team of project managers and provide feedback (annually).
• Develop and disseminate the general application rubric to internal and external application evaluators.
• Manage external evaluation process through application system for University Network and sponsors. Segment audiences within system for more targeted and strategic communications to increase applicant numbers.
• Review, summarize, and evaluate CGI U student applications. Collaborate with colleagues on internal vetting processes for student applications, particularly as it’s tied to sponsor priorities and student diversity and inclusivity metrics.
• Analyze, organize, and manage applicant data to inform CGI U and partner programming selection.
• Manage the scheduling, planning, and execution of an applicant interview process with multiple senior external stakeholders.
• Selection, enrollment, and onboarding of new students onto the CGI U virtual curriculum and other online community platforms, as needed.
• Prepares data import and creates constituent identifications for accepted students and commitments for Blackbaud CRM and Every Action

Special Projects

• Develop content for monthly email newsletter to send to CGI U community members.
• Coordinate student grant logistics with university staff and faculty for partnership programs.
• Develop, design, and lead engagement opportunities for the CGI U community (students, alumni, and community curated by sponsors) for year-round events and the CGI U Annual Meeting.
• Assists CGI U team in the coordination and production of in-person and virtual events, including managing registration forms, organizing attendee lists, event set-ups, scheduling, and liaising with co-organizers and attendees as needed.

Internal CGI U Team Management

• Delegating and overseeing digital communications projects, as it relates to student recruitment, community engagement, social media, website, email campaigns, and event platforms.
• Oversee key dates and deadlines for CGI U student recruitment cycles.

Minimum Qualifications
What we’re looking for:

• Bachelors Degree and 4-6 years of student enrollment experience required
• Experience having responsibility for a small program or discreet piece of a larger program
• Experience with relevant youth engagement and entrepreneurship programs
• Experience working on programs related to civic engagement, higher education, social impact, social entrepreneurship, and diversity, equity and inclusion will be favorably viewed
• Knowledge of Blackbaud CRM systems, MSOffice Suite, and Internet required
• Knowledge of admissions platforms and enrollment processes required
• Strong knowledge of Excel and data analysis required
• Strong knowledge of virtual networking platforms strongly preferred

Compensation & Benefits
Our best estimate of the compensation range for this opportunity is $60 – 65K annually, depending on the experience you bring. This range is based on NYC market rates and may be adjusted if you will be working remotely. We look forward to discussing our compensation pricing strategy, and your expectations, throughout the interview process. Please also note, the Clinton Foundation prides itself on offering a generous benefits package at little to no cost to employees – take a look at our benefits page, so you can get a full picture of our total rewards offerings.

About the Clinton Foundation
Building on a lifetime of public service, President Clinton established the Clinton Foundation on the simple belief that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. For nearly two decades, that premise has energized the work of the Foundation in overcoming complex challenges and improving the lives of people across the United States and around the world.
As an operating foundation, we work on issues directly or with strategic partners from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire civic engagement and service. Our programs are designed to make a real difference today while serving as proven models for tomorrow. The goal of every effort is to use available resources to get better results faster – at the lowest possible cost.
We firmly believe that when diverse groups of people bring resources together in the spirit of true cooperation, transformative ideas will emerge to drive life-changing action.
The Clinton Foundation is committed to public health and to the safety and wellbeing of our colleagues, visitors, and volunteers. As such, we have adopted a policy requiring all employees whose positions require them to be on site to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to meet the legal guidelines for an exemption.
Learn more at http://www.clintonfoundation.org, on Facebook at Facebook.com/ClintonFoundation and on Twitter @ClintonFdn.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 – $65,000.00 per year