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Position: Full-time, 12-month, staff (TEAMS) position
UF Title: Admissions Officer III
Date of Expected Hire: As soon as possible
Salary: $55,000 with a comprehensive and highly competitive leave and benefits package
Join the Center for Arts in Medicine at the College of the Arts as our Graduate Recruitment Specialist! In this pivotal role, you’ll help shape the future of our graduate and combination degree programs by developing and executing innovative recruitment strategies that attract exceptional students and increase enrollment.
The Center for Arts in Medicine is dedicated to advancing the arts in healthcare, public health, and community, creating meaningful change through education, research, and practice. As part of our team, you’ll play a vital role in connecting passionate students with programs that empower them to make a difference in the field. You’ll serve as a trusted resource for prospective students, offering guidance on academic programs, financial aid, and career pathways, while supporting faculty and staff throughout the admissions process. Beyond recruitment, you’ll strengthen our community by coordinating alumni engagement initiatives and leading the student mentorship program—creating lasting connections that enrich the student experience.
We’re seeking a candidate with proven experience in recruitment and a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, someone who is passionate about building relationships and driving student success. Apply today and help us transform lives through the power of the arts!
The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating foundational shifts in the arts and beyond. As business and academic professionals, artists, scholars, advisors, and teachers, we, the staff of the College, embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our colleagues, students, and faculty to respond to and shape that experience fearlessly through critical thinking, creativity, constructive questioning, and respectful dialogue. We seek a colleague who engages with openness and enthusiasm for the work and the mission of the college. We seek a colleague who possesses skills in designing and facilitating work that advances curiosity, respect, open intellectual discourse, and the welcome incorporation and well-being of all in an environment of complex differences. We seek a colleague who identifies as a trusted steward of resources, balancing institutional requirements and the demand for innovative solutions.
The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution.
Responsibilities:
Graduate Student Recruitment
- Oversees and coordinates all of the day-to-day operational aspects of graduate student recruitment.
- Coordinates and implements graduate student recruitment efforts for combination degrees and graduate programs.
- Develops and executes strategies for recruiting students from high schools and combination degree programs.
- This includes interacting with prospective students, running tabling events, producing social media content, phone calls, emails, and student group outreach.
- Coordinates and executes other student recruitment activities on campus and in local, state, and national communities. Host virtual and in-person information sessions.
- Analyzes market research trends to inform program creation and engagement while staying current on national trends and best practices in graduate recruitment. Identify appropriate markets for potential Center graduate student recruitment, including feeder programs.
- Engage faculty, staff, students, and alumni in recruitment activities.
- Works closely with the Center Director and Academic Program Specialist to establish a student recruitment plan and goals that align with the Center and College’s strategic plans.
- Serve as primary point of contact for admissions inquiries, providing accurate information and excellent customer service.
Graduate Student Admissions
- Provides information to prospective students, faculty, and others in areas such as academic programs, admissions, financial aid, and career planning.
- Assists students in applying to the graduate program.
- Oversees the processing of applications and records for a variety of programs, including admissions.
- Reviews and updates policies and procedures related to admissions and student enrollment rates.
- Manage and monitor CAM Admissions email.
- Coordinate the admissions committee.
- Assist the Academic Program Specialist and the Graduate Student Advisor, as needed.
Alumni and Mentorship Programs
- Coordinate and maintain alumni newsletters.
- Oversee distribution, planning and analysis of alumni surveys.
- Create, coordinate, and implement alumni engagement opportunities (social events, webinars, guest lecturers, social media features, etc.).
- Oversee the Center’s student mentorship program.
Schedule: Normal working hours are Monday through Friday 8am – 5pm with an hour lunch
CENTER FOR ARTS IN MEDICINE: Housed in the College of the Arts, the Center for Arts in Medicine (CAM) is committed to advancing research, education, and practice in the arts in health, locally and globally. The Center facilitates research, education, and training in the use of the arts to enhance health in healthcare and public health contexts. The Center provides a framework for interdisciplinary collaboration among University of Florida faculty and students, healthcare providers, clinical artists, and our local and global communities. The Center develops and effects interdisciplinary research studies through its two research labs, and educational curricula on all levels. The Center serves as a national model for the arts in health research, education, and training. The Center provides certificate and degree programs, including MA and graduate certificates in Arts in Medicine and Arts in Public Health, and undergraduate certificates across disciplines. For more information, visit www.arts.ufl.edu/cam.
THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: The College of the Arts is an engine of transformation that generates paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond, while nurturing adaptability, innovation, and excellence. We foster an environment where novel creative practice, leading research, and experiential learning thrive. Our students, faculty, and staff interrogate and respond to the ever-changing relationship between technology and the human spirit. We prepare future leaders in artistic professions and creative industries, while developing student capacity for interdisciplinary scholarship that serves and engages local and global communities. The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1,600 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 150 faculty members in its three accredited schools— the School of Art + Art History, the School of Music, and the School of Theatre + Dance, and in the Center for Arts in Medicine, the Digital Worlds Institute, and the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the college comprises the University Galleries, and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami.
The University of Florida: The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation. We are The Gator Nation, a community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than 50,000 students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the University and the community comprise the educational, medical and cultural center of North Central Florida.
In addition to salary, the University of Florida (UF) offers low cost State Health plans, a number of Dental plans to fit you and your family’s needs, and Vision. Domestic partner coverage through GatorCare is also available. Optional plans such as life, disability, legal and accident insurance are also available.
UF provides a variety of leave programs including vacation, sick leave, 11 paid holidays, personal leave days, and family medical leave. TEAMS employees accrue approximately 22 vacation days annually, 13 sick days annually, and 4 personal leave days, typically used during the holiday closing period (accruals based on full-time employment). UF also provides you the flexibility to deal with life’s challenges by offering paid family leave, eight full weeks of leave over a 24-month period.
Build a retirement roadmap with competitive pension plans, investment accounts and a host of voluntary add-ons, such as 457 deferred compensation and 403(b) plans.
UF Employees are also eligible for the GatorPerks discount program, which provides big savings at various business and retailers!
Explore UF’s plethora of benefit options here: TEAMS Benefits
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