Job description
Job ID: 32336
Location: Hunter College
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
POSITION DETAILS
The Enrollment and Strategic Initiatives Division encompasses Undergraduate Admissions, Graduate Admissions, Financial Aid, Registrar, International Student Services, College Now/Dual Enrollment initiatives, CUNY Reconnect/Adult Learners, Student Communications, Enrollment Data/Analytics, and all related enrollment technology/CRM functions.
Position Overview
Reporting to the President and serving as a member of the senior leadership team, the Vice President for Enrollment and Strategic Initiatives is the College’s chief enrollment officer and a key contributor to its student success agenda. This is a highly visible role requiring vision, strategic acumen, and a deep commitment to equity and access. The Vice President carries institutional responsibilities that extend beyond enrollment, including active participation in campus-wide strategic planning and leadership of initiatives that advance the College’s mission and long-term sustainability.
Enrollment Management
The Vice President serves as the principal architect of the College’s enrollment management plan, setting strategic direction for undergraduate and graduate recruitment in alignment with institutional priorities, market conditions, and financial goals. The Enrollment and Strategic Initiatives Division encompasses Enrollment, Admissions, Financial Aid, Registrar, International Student Services, College Now, CUNY Re-Connect, and Student Communications and Marketing. The Vice President provides executive direction for the development of bold, data-informed recruitment marketing strategies, working in close partnership with the College’s Communications and Marketing unit to ensure that the College’s message, and outreach are compelling, tailored to different communities, and positioned to advance enrollment goals across all student populations, both undergraduate and graduate, and across all of our program areas, from social work to health professions and nursing and education and arts & sciences. The Vice President is the key, outward-facing leader and liaison for Hunter’s engagement with community-based organizations and schools that become our feeders for prospective students, as well as a central partner with the Office of the Provost in working with national organizations to develop new programs to attract new enrollment.
Community Partnerships and Articulation Agreements
The Vice President is responsible for cultivating and sustaining the external relationships that advance the College’s access mission and enrollment goals. This includes establishing articulation agreements with community colleges, high schools, and educational partners that create clear pathways to the College, and forging partnerships with employers, workforce development agencies, and community organizations that connect the College’s academic offerings to regional need and opportunity. The Vice President will play a significant role, in collaboration with our area-specific offices, such as our Transfer Student Success Center, our newly formed Impact Justice Center (for students impacted by the justice system), and our community-engaged anchor institution liaison in the Office of the Provost, in forging new community-based alliances and articulation agreements. The Vice President will be a key outward-facing partner with national education course-work organizations as we continue to develop and recruit students for new on-line programs, especially with our graduate and professional schools.
Retention, Persistence, and Degree Completion
The Vice President partners with Academic Affairs and Student Affairs to advance shared institutional goals around student retention, persistence, and degree completion. By contributing enrollment data, strategic perspective, and divisional resources to this collaborative effort, the Vice President ensures that the full arc of the student experience, from recruitment through graduation, reflects a coherent and coordinated institutional commitment. The Vice President will be a key representative of the College, participating for Hunter in national programs to advance access, equity, and student success, and collaborating with our Office of Institutional Advancement to raise funding to support innovative programming in student access and success.
Divisional Leadership
The Vice President builds and sustains a high-performing division, setting clear expectations, investing in staff development, and fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and data-informed practice. The Vice President manages the divisional budget in alignment with institutional priorities and will represent the College at CUNY and before relevant external partners, professional associations, and community stakeholders.
Additionally, the Vice President provides executive direction and oversight of the orientation committee and onboarding activities for new incoming undergraduate students and families.
QUALIFICATIONS
This position is in CUNY’s Executive Compensation Plan. All executive positions require a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and eight years’ related experience.
CUNY TITLE
Vice President
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Salary commensurate with education and experience ($210,000-$230,000).
CUNY’s benefits contribute significantly to total compensation, supporting health and wellness, financial well-being, and professional development. We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study and generous paid time off. Our staff also benefits from the extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs on our campuses and the opportunity to participate in a lively, diverse academic community in one of the greatest cities in the world.
How to apply
Applications must be submitted online by accessing the CUNY Portal on City University of New York job website www.cuny.edu/employment or https://cuny.jobs/ and following the CUNYfirst Job System Instructions. Current users of the site should access their established accounts; new users should follow the instructions to set up an account. To search for this vacancy, click on Search Job Listings, select More Options To Search For CUNY Jobs and enter the Job Opening ID number.
Click on the “Apply Now” button and follow the application instructions. Please have your documents available to attach into the application before you begin. Please note that the required material must be uploaded as ONE document under CV/ Resume (do not upload individual files for a cover letter, references, etc.). The document must be in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf, or text format- and name of file should not exceed ten (10) characters – also DO NOT USE SYMBOLS (such as accents (é, è, (â, î or ô), ñ, ü, ï
, –, _ or ç)).
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Please include:
Cover Letter
Curriculum Vitae/ Resume
Statement of scholarly interests
Names and contact information of 3 references
Upload all documents as ONE single file– PDF format preferred.
CLOSING DATE
The search will remain open until the position is filled.
JOB SEARCH CATEGORY
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.
