Director of Admission, Knight-Hennessy Scholars

🔍 Stanford, California, United States

📁: Student Services

📅   : Mar 14, 2025 Post Date

📅   : 106109 Requisition #

Please include both a resume and cover letter with your application for this position.

Unit Description

Knight-Hennessy Scholars cultivates a diverse multidisciplinary community of emerging leaders from around the world and guides them to collaborate, innovate, and communicate as they prepare to address the complex challenges facing society. Knight-Hennessy Scholars benefit from an experiential leadership development platform, become part of a supportive community of fellow scholars, and receive funding for graduate study at Stanford. The program focuses on broadening knowledge, developing skills, and strengthening character through the King Global Leadership Program, which provides a collection of community experiences, workshops, meetings with leaders, domestic and global study trips, and personal development opportunities.

Our team is small and entrepreneurial. A successful admission process is essential to Knight-Hennessy Scholars, and this role is key to the long-term success of the admission process. If you enjoy collaborating with colleagues across Stanford, relish engaging with varied constituencies around the world, appreciate operations and technology, and value intense periods of reflection, we want to hear from you.

Position Summary

Knight-Hennessy Scholars seeks a Director of Admission to lead the Admission team to attract, recruit, select, and enroll a high-potential cohort of graduate students each year. Reporting to the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Executive Director, the Director of Admission should evince a passion for graduate education and leadership development within a leading research university. Experience leading and managing a team, as well as experience with highly selective admission processes, is required. Domestic and international travel is required.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker, a creative problem-solver, a conscientious colleague, and an enthusiastic team player with a depth of knowledge in assessment, student experience, and team management. They will exhibit intellectual curiosity, solid judgment, an innovative spirit, technical expertise, and a commitment to managing both complex and simple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, start-up-like environment.

In this role, you will be:

Providing coaching and mentoring, managing performance, determining staffing needs, developing and ensuring succession planning within the area of responsibility.
Developing, implementing, and continually assessing the policies and practices for selecting cohorts of Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Representing Knight-Hennessy Scholars to various groups within Stanford University (faculty, department administrators, etc.)
Sharing information about Knight-Hennessy Scholars and Stanford University with various constituents (prospective applicants, alumni, university administrators) throughout the US and around the world, including designing and leading online, off-campus, and on-campus information sessions
Participating in Knight Hennessy Scholars internal academic, administrative, and financial policy development
Working independently to make decisions regarding projects, programs, and initiatives
Managing, interpreting, implementing, and ensuring compliance with legal, financial, university, academic, and administrative policies and external regulations
Defining and revising the criteria for selection, in conjunction with leadership team
Evaluating, engaging in consultative reviews, and rendering decisions on applications
Managing the budget for Admission operations, adhering to the program goals and complying with university policies.
Other duties may also be assigned

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

Bachelor's degree and ten years of relevant experience, or a combination of education and relevant experience.
Strong leadership and strategic management skills
Demonstrated ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information with good judgment
Experience managing people
Creativity in marketing and communication
Ability to establish credibility and effective working relationships across the university
Advanced communication (oral and written) and presentation skills to convey information to diverse audiences
Ability to collaborate with peers and lead cross-functional groups toward a shared goal.
Adaptability to new information, changing conditions, or revised priorities
Appreciation for cross-cultural competencies
Comfort with data analysis

In addition, preferred requirements include:
An advanced degree; terminal degree strongly preferred

Certifications and Licenses:
None

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

Frequently sit, perform desk-based computer tasks
Occasionally stand, walk, twist, use fine manipulation, grasp, use a telephone, write by hand, sort and file paperwork, lift, carry, push, and pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds

* Please note this position will require occasional work on evenings and weekends and up to 25% travel.

WORK STANDARDS:

Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu/

Why Stanford is for You

Imagine a world without search engines or social platforms. Consider lives saved through first-ever organ transplants and research to cure illnesses. Stanford University has revolutionized the way we live and enrich the world. Supporting this mission is our diverse and dedicated 17,000 staff. We seek talent driven to impact the future of our legacy. Our culture and unique perks empower you with:

Freedom to grow. We offer career development programs, tuition reimbursement, or audit a course. Join a TedTalk, film screening, or listen to a renowned author or global leader speak.
A caring culture. We provide superb retirement plans, generous time-off, and family care resources.
A healthier you. Climb our rock wall or choose from hundreds of health or fitness classes at our world-class exercise facilities. We also provide excellent health care benefits.
Discovery and fun. Stroll through historic sculptures, trails, and museums.
Enviable resources. Enjoy free commuter programs, ridesharing incentives, discounts and more.

The expected pay range for this position is $176,583 to $220,000 per annum.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website (https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.

The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact Stanford University Human Resources by submitting a contact form.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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