Regional Vice President, Admissions

Position yourself at the forefront of the education revolution

Drive the growth of one of Americas most successful for-profit education companies. Were Kaplan Higher Education Campuses , a thriving division of Kaplan, Inc.,  and The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). Our high professional standards have resulted in tremendous success at our more than 70 campuses across the United States.

We seek an energetic, resourceful Admissions leader to partmer with the local Directors of Admissions, Regional VP of Operations, Executive Directors, other regional team members and the National Admissions Office to achieve start goals and admissions objectives. The RVP of Admissions and Marketing monitors, reviews and analyzes admissions metrics, identifies performance opportunities and delivers feedback and training designed to improve conversions and assist a school in meeting and/or exceeding its starts, revenue goals and strategic objectives.

Some specific responsibilities are:
- Ensure that schools operate within prescribed regulations and standardized Kaplan procedures with the highest integrity and business ethics.
- Conduct weekly calls with each DOA to review prior week performance versus goal.
o Establish action plans to improve performance if weekly/monthly activity is below goal.
o Assist DOA in creating and implementing motivational and compliant techniques designed to improve performance and boost morale.
- Review and monitor admissions activity and ratios for appointments set, interviews conducted, enrollments, PDL generation, show rate and achievement of start goals.
- Forecast new student starts weekly for the next three months for each school in the region.
- Participate in the development, review, and analysis of annual operating budgets as it relates to sales and achieving start goals.
- Schedule regular visits to the schools and observe, coach, and train admissions staff on: front desk processes, weekly accountability meetings, standard use of the Kaplan Admissions Tool (KAT) and student recruitment, managing performance activity, lead distribution, enrollment events, etc.
- Other duties as required.

- Bachelors degree required
- 5+ years of admissions management experience
- Multi-site oversight experience preferred
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs and database programs
- Excellent interpersonal, conflict resolution, and oral communication skills
- Ability to interface with Kaplan Higher Education Campus executive team
- Extensive travel
- Able to manage multiple projects and meet associated deadlines
- Possess strong organizational skills and computer literacy

Kaplan Higher Education, is a division of Kaplan, Inc, and The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). Presently, we are providing post-secondary education at more than 70 college campuses nationwide.

Kaplan Higher Education is a unit of Kaplan, Inc., a worldwide education services provider and a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO)