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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in higher education strategy and institutional planning, with a strong focus on enrollment management, stakeholder engagement, and performance management frameworks. Proven ability to lead strategic initiatives and facilitate collaboration among diverse governance bodies.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Higher Education StrategyEnrollment ManagementStakeholder EngagementStrategic PlanningFacilitation Skills
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Institutional PlanningPerformance Management FrameworksFunnel AnalysisYield AnalysisRecruitment OperationsRetention OperationsFinancial Aid StrategyEnrollment AnalyticsImplementation RoadmapsClear Written Deliverables
Soft Skills
Strong FacilitationIndependent Consulting
Tools & Technologies
CRMSlate
Industry Keywords
State Higher-Education PlansPublic University System GovernanceAccreditationInstitutional EffectivenessHealthcare Planning
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead enterprise or system strategic planning for universities and colleges, including environmental scans, stakeholder engagement, goals, KPIs, and implementation roadmaps
- Support state higher-education plans through governance assessment, policy-lever analysis, and performance-management frameworks
- Run enrollment strategy discovery, including funnel and yield analysis, recruitment and retention operations, CRM such as Slate, and process review
- Facilitate sessions with presidents, cabinets, boards of trustees/regents, faculty senates, and students
- Write the plan and implementation scorecard
- Present to governing boards
- Contribute approach and past-performance narratives to proposals when naming is authorized
Requirements
What you’ll need- 8+ years in higher education strategy, institutional planning/effectiveness, or enrollment management, at a leadership or consulting level
- Led or co-led at least one institution- or system-wide strategic plan through adoption, including the institution, year, and role
- Hands-on enrollment management experience in admissions, recruitment, retention, financial aid strategy, or enrollment analytics
- Strong facilitation with boards and senior leadership
- Clear written deliverables
- Comfortable as an independent consultant on a project basis
- State higher-education commission or system office experience (nice to have)
- Public university system governance (nice to have)
- Accreditation or institutional effectiveness experience (nice to have)
- Healthcare / academic medical center planning (nice to have)