Who We Are:

Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology (Franklin Cummings Tech) is a private, non-profit, two-year technical college located in Boston. Founded in 1908, the college proudly continues a long tradition of educating students for high-demand technical careers in a variety of industries, including automotive, advanced manufacturing, computer technology, engineering and construction management. With a mission to deliver transformative technical and trade education that leads to economic advancement, our unique mixture of 1, 2, and 4-year programs are delivered both in-person and on-line to appeal to student's demand for flexible program delivery.

Our graduation and job placement rates are among the best in the nation among two-year colleges. Because of our impact and outcomes, Franklin Cummings Tech recently received the largest gift in its history: $12.5 million from the Cummings Foundation to continue to advance its leading-edge work in creating technical career pathways for students typically underrepresented in post-secondary education.

In FY22, Franklin Cummings Tech was the academic home to almost 900 learners. Half of those learners were students enrolled in traditional credit-bearing programs. The balance enrolled in a combination of continuing education and contract education programs. In the coming years, the College seeks to boost the number of students in credit-bearing courses, while also expanding continuing education and contract education so that we are educating more than 1,000 learners a year.

Position Summary:

The Dean/Associate Dean of Admissions (depending on experience) will be a data-informed, confident, innovative and focused leader, who is deeply invested in the mission of the college. They will lead the critical areas of enrollment planning, admissions oversight, registration and revenue innovation at the college. We seek a stickler for implementation who holds a broad-based understanding of the complex issues facing higher education and has an optimistic outlook despite the headwinds. They will have a demonstrated record of achieving growth at complex institutions as well as enthusiasm and excitement about ideas that they will be responsible for bringing to life.

As part of the senior leadership team of the college, called the Performance and Accountability Council (PAC), the selected candidate will be responsible for providing inspired leadership to the team responsible for raising innovation funding to launch new products, program enhancements, or process improvements that generate revenue. They will be a leader-coach to their team and a beacon of positivity on campus. They will take pride in keeping current on key aspects of academic programs, support services, while improving existing enrollment processes, procedures, and policies, in order to actively build robust incoming classes. Ideal candidates will be detail-oriented, possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, and can spark enthusiasm and work collaboratively with other academic leaders and staff members both within the senior leadership team and across the institution in support of student recruitment, retention, and success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership and budget management for a team of seven professionals: Director of Admissions, Admissions Counselors (3), Admissions Marketing Coordinator, Registrar, and Admissions Operations Associate.
• Generate ideas that lead to programmatic or admissions-related resources for the college and pursue those opportunities with relentless tenacity.
• In close partnership with the CFO and Director of Financial Aid, leverage the institution's $1-2 million annual financial aid budget to boost yield by utilizing predictive modeling to connect scholarships to enrollment goals.
• Optimize available federal, state, and institutional resources on the recruitment and retention of students while ensuring campus compliance with all federal and state agencies' regulations, policies and reporting requirements. Note: At Franklin Cummings Tech, the Financial Aid function reports to the CFO.
• Oversee an effective Admissions Marketing program with the Marketing Coordinator and a contracted outside firm.
• Leverage the college's CRM to effectively deliver communications, track engagement, and analyze digital behavior to inform data-driven decisions for the outreach and recruitment of students.
• Periodically provide data-informed feedback to the President, Admissions team, PAC colleagues, and institution in general on approaches to recruiting strategies being implemented.
• Formulate, develop, and assist in the administration of college policies and procedures relative to student admissions and registration; ensure compliance with accreditation, state, and federal laws and regulations pertaining to the functions they and their direct reports oversee.
• Oversee the timely development and management of articulation agreements with other organizations and colleges to create student pipelines of prospective undergraduate students.
• Build even strong relationships with faculty to leverage their ideas to cultivate the number of students required to ensure strong enrollment in all academic units.
• In close collaboration with the Dean of Academic Affairs, oversees the Office of the Registrar and Institutional Reporting to ensure efficiency, quality customer service, and best practices in enrollment, federal reporting, record maintenance services aligned with institutional policy, federal regulations, accrediting bodies, and the academic mission.
• Develops and leads efforts to work across the college with faculty and the Office of Student Affairs to deliver the optimal and sustainable enrollment plan for the college to meet its short- and long-term goals.
• Represent the institution on a local, regional, and national scale and perform other duties as assigned.
• While the college maintains hybrid course delivery, all senior team members have a regular on-site presence. This student-facing role requires an on-campus presence 4 days a week.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree.
• Master's degree preferred.
• A demonstrated sensitivity to understanding the needs and concerns of a diverse urban student population, as well as justice involved populations, many of whom are first generation college students, is essential to the incumbent's success.
• At least seven years of successful management and program implementation experience at a higher education, workforce development, or youth-serving organization.
• Proven leadership and team management in environments requiring collaboration among multiple constituencies including faculty, staff, students, and members of the local community.
• Superb oral and written communication skills and strong presentation skills with demonstrated ability to develop interpersonal and organizational relationships.
• Self-motivated and oriented toward a fast-paced team-focused environment while still paying attention to detail.
• Excellent leadership and teamwork skills with the ability to work independently, determine priorities, and meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• The successful candidate must be a highly motivated self-starter who engages effectively and respectfully with staff and faculty, as well as advocates and community-based organizations in ways that drive toward student success.
• Preferred Qualifications include:
• Fluency in a language spoken by many of our students and their families is a plus (Spanish, Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole, or Arabic)

Application Process:

Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and the names, titles, telephone numbers, and email addresses of two professional references. Review of applications will begin immediately. Cover letter should be addressed to Aisha Francis Ph.D. President and CEO.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement: Franklin Cummings Tech complies with all state and federal guidelines that pertain to Covid-19. All employees must be fully Covid-19 vaccinated upon hire. Employees are expected to comply with current Covid precautions which are subject to change.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Franklin Cummings Tech is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee on any grounds protected under federal, state, or local law, including race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, pregnancy, disability (including those related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other characteristic or activity protected under federal, state or local law.

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