North Shore Community College Hiring for Admissions Business Development Specialist at Danvers, MA Full Time

Staff Associate (Business Development Specialist)

Non-Unit Professional (NUP)

Monday – Friday, 9-5

Campus: Lynn, Danvers, Centro Hub

This position is funded
through a Federal Grant and may require some evening and weekend hours. 

The Business Development Specialist (BDS) is
focused on developing and maintaining connections with area businesses and employers in order to open up educational opportunities for
potential NSCC students within these organizations while they continue their employment. This position works closely with the Executive
Director of Admissions and Enrollment as well as other key College stakeholders in order to enhance and develop the connections that the
College has with area employers in order to help their employees obtain a college degree. This position will build a working partnership
with NSCC’s Non-Credit component to leverage existing employer relationships and to recruit and promote both Non-Credit and Credit programs
to employers and potential students.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Evaluate local market segments
   for potential partnership opportunities.
2. Develop relationships with private sector, public sector, and non-profit employers to
   facilitate career opportunities for students seeking an Associate degree and beyond.
3. Nurture North Shore Community College’s
   existing strategic relationships to maximize enrollment opportunities.
4. Partner with internal stakeholders to develop new
   recruitment strategies specifically directed to the adult student population.
5. Identify joint ventures and co-branding opportunities
   with area businesses that directly connect to the academic programs offered by North Shore Community College.
6. Employ strategies
   including cold calling, referrals, text campaigns and the use of social media.
7. Identify employer needs and recommend recruiting
   options, strategies and sponsorship opportunities.
8. Conduct prospective student tours of the campus.
9. Maintain a basic
   knowledge of federal, state, and local Financial Aid options for students.
10. Initiate, coordinate, and implement quarterly networking
    events to facilitate interaction of students and alumni job seekers with corporations seeking to send students to North Shore Community
    College or for these employers to hire students from North Shore Community College.
11. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to
    develop recruitment events specifically for area businesses and their potential students, e.g. ESL credit and non-credit, other non-credit
    program offerings and RAP experience participants.
12. Survey and analyze data that identifies employer needs and prospective student
    needs in order to determine successful recruitment strategies.
13. Attend area college and career fairs.
14. Perform other duties
    as required or assigned by the Executive Director of Admissions and Enrollment.

SUPERVISION
RECEIVED: This position reports to and is supervised by the Executive Director of Admissions and Enrollment

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None

Requirements:

• Masters degree in higher education,
  project management or related field preferred.
• Experience in Business-to-Business (B2B) recruitment; or an equivalent combination
  of education, training, and experience. Community College experience is a plus.
• Knowledge and experience with technology and
  database systems including Ellucian/Banner, Radius, Navigate, Web Extender, SEVIS, Microsoft Office Suite, strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of student recruitment and admissions.
• Strong presentation skills. Outstanding public
  relations and customer service skills.
• Must have the ability to travel and work evenings and weekends for such events as Open
  Houses, College Fairs, community engagements, graduations, etc.
• Must have a valid driver’s license. Local travel will be 80% of the
  time.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to
  effectively to establish interpersonal connection with culturally diverse populations.
• Demonstrated success building relationships
  with local business and community agency representatives.
• Must possess high energy, flexibility and the ability to thrive in a
  fast-paced environment and possess a results-focused approach to student success.
• An individual who is positive, energetic,
  team-orientated, self-motivated and work independently with limited supervision.
• Ability and desire to work effectively within a
  fast-paced, rapidly growing, intense, and multifunctional work environment.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Bilingual preferred.
• Candidates will be required to pass a CORI/SORI and/or a National background check as a condition of
  employment. 

COVID VACCINATION REQUIREMENT:Candidates for employment should be aware that all
North Shore Community College students, faculty and staff are required to be fully vaccinated by January, 2022. Accordingly, initial
employment is dependent upon receipt and verification of full vaccination status records; details of how to fulfill vaccine record
verification requirements will be provided during the hire and onboarding process.

Additional Information:

SALARY: Anticipated salary range is $62,500 to $65,000 annually with a complete fringe benefit package
including competitive health insurance, dental insurance, basic life insurance, long-term disability insurance, paid sick, vacation and
personal leave, educational benefits for employee/spouse/dependents, and excellent retirement benefits. Actual salary calculated in
compliance with MCCC/MTA classification system. 

START DATE: ASAP

Application
Instructions:

Please submit cover letter, resume, and names of at least three professional references.

 A review
of applications to begin on March 21, 2022.