Employment

Positions at ESR

JOB DESCRIPTION

DIRECTOR OF RECRUITMENT AND ADMISSIONS

Title: Director of Recruitment and Admissions

Reports to: Dean of Earlham School of Religion

General Description:

As Director of Recruitment and Admissions for ESR, the person occupying this position operates within Admissions Policy as set by the Dean and Faculty, and bears primary responsibility for identifying and recruiting quality students for the school.

Major Responsibilities:

  1. Develop and maintain a written strategic plan for student recruitment in cooperation with the Dean including components of demographics, goals for contacts, applications, admits, and enrolled students, and recruitment activities.
  2. Work cooperatively with the Director of External Relations to create a unified plan of communication and engagement with constituents. Research and develop effective strategies for recruiting graduate students via the Internet, visitation, and print media that will support the goals for contacts and applications.
  3. Create a first impression of authentic hospitality with persons interested in ESR, practicing active listening and questioning in an effort to help the discernment process of prospective students.
  4. Coordinate all aspects of the admissions process, beginning with mailing of admissions information, and extending through the referral of confirmed students to the Director of Academic Services. This includes, but is not limited to:
    • Conduct recruitment and admission activities within the approved budget for expenditures.
    • General supervision of the Admissions office activities, and specifically of the Assistant to the Director of Admissions, and of the AHA workers.
    • Supervise the use of the electronic prospective student database.
    • Contact and cultivate relationships with identified prospective students, accurately representing the mission and purpose of ESR as a Christian seminary committed to preparation for ministry of all qualified students willing to study within the context of ESR’s stated mission and purpose.
    • Coordinate on-campus visits for interested potential students.
  5. Within the Financial Aid policy and in consultation with the Dean and Business Manager, select Cooper Scholarship recipients.
  6. Take responsibility for planning new student orientation. When appropriate, this will include working with peers at Bethany for a joint orientation.
  7. Be an active, visible member of the ESR community.

Qualifications:

The Director must understand the value of theological education, the diversity of Friends and the wider Church, and the Quaker understanding of universal ministry.  The Director must be outgoing, available for frequent travel, and at ease in unfamiliar public settings. Creativity, strong organizational, communication, and personal skills are essential.  He/she should be a self-starter and good listener, speaker, and writer. In addition, he/she should be able to work independently while being part of a team effort.  A bachelor’s degree is required. A Master of Divinity or Master of Ministry degree is strongly preferred.

Applications should be sent to Jay Marshall, 228 College Ave., Richmond, IN 47374 or to <marshja@earlham.edu>

Ministry Positions

Jobs are listed in the campus newsletter TWIC each week. For a listing of jobs at Quaker organizations, see the Quaker Information Center job page.

ESR maintains a file of ministry opportunities which can be viewed by asking at the receptionist's desk in the Barclay Center.

See also Earlham College Employment Opportunities