Manager, Domestic Student Recruitment

**Work type**:Continuing
- Full time, Continuing
- Located at Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus
- Drive recruitment activities of high quality domestic undergraduate students to achieve the strategic goal

**About the position**

Domestic Student Recruitment is responsible for implementing an acquisition and conversion strategy on behalf of the University in order to achieve its strategic goal of recruiting high quality undergraduate applicants. This includes management of, key high schools, events, facilitation of direct admissions and alternative entry schemes and the delivery of undergraduate student recruitment.

**Some of your duties will include**:

- Performs high level strategic planning and management to deliver effective undergraduate student recruitment across the University, involving high level liaison with internal and external stakeholders, including framing relevant internal consultation and negotiation strategies.
- Makes significant high-level creative, planning or management contributions.
- Reviews undergraduate student recruitment performance over time and compare it to best practice elsewhere, identifying areas of improvement in structure, practices, policies and technology, reporting where appropriate.
- Identify trends, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and risks within undergraduate student recruitment that may have an impact on the University to enable appropriate and timely action to be administered, reporting where appropriate.
- Develops, motivate and mentor the domestic undergraduate recruitment team to improve their capability to better meet current and future requirements.

**Skills and Experience**:

- A degree, extensive management expertise and supporting experience, or postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience, or an equivalent alternate combination of relevant knowledge, training and/or experience.
- Successfully engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation of the student recruitment undergraduate strategic plan. Key internal stakeholders include representatives from the Schools within the University, Marketing, and Admissions. External stakeholders include Career Practitioners from account High Schools and other stakeholders such as TAFE’s and partner organisations.
- Manage and prioritise undergraduate student recruitment activity within an agile working environment managing expectations and delivering excellence.
- Work with and influence senior management across the division and wider portfolio in various marketing and recruitment segment planning groups, and sprints to ensure the undergraduate recruitment priorities are being considered alongside competing priorities.
- Oversee the successful implementation of La Trobe Open Day, Annual Career Practitioners Conference and annual High School expos.
- Manage the undergraduate student recruitment budget allocating funds and resources accordingly and review regularly
- Please refer to the Position Description for other duties, skills and experience required for this position._

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**Benefits**
- 17% employer contributed superannuation
- On site child care facilities
- Flexible work arrangements
- Discounts for staff and their family members to study a range of La Trobe courses

**How to apply**
- Cover Letter;
- An up-to-date resume; and
- Response to the Key Selection Criteria which can be located in the PD.

**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants**

**_ Why La Trobe: _**
- _Develop your career at an innovative, global university where you’ll collaborate with community and industry to create impact. _
- _Enjoy working on our inspiring and stunning campuses - the perfect hub for industry, students and academics _
- _Help transform the lives of students, partners and communities now and in future_

**_All La Trobe University employees are bound by the Working with Children Act 2005. If you are successful, you will be required to hold a valid Victorian Employee Working with Children Check prior to commencement_**.