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Assistant Director of Nursing for Recruitment and Retention
Job Locations US-NY-New York
ID 2026-13537 College TUNY - New York School of Career & Applied Studies Position Type Full-Time Schedule Shift Monday-Thursday 9AM-5:30PM; Friday 9AM-3PM Hours Per Week 36.5 Travel As needed Category Academic/Program Support FLSA Status Exempt Location : Country US
Overview The Assistant Director of Nursing for Recruitment and Retention is a staff member responsible for leadership in ensuring the optimum student experience. The Assistant Director reports to the Director of Nursing and Associate Director of Nursing and is a member of the Nursing Leadership Committee. The Assistant Director is instrumental in recruiting new students for the various nursing programs and for implementing initiatives to retain existing students.
Responsibilities
• Design programs and strategic initiatives to improve student retention after admission.
• Meet with students to design individualized student success plans.
• Coordinate test taking and other workshops to improve the student experience.
• Serve as first point of contact for prospective students about the nursing programs.
• Develop new relationships with external partners, high schools, and other institutions of higher education without nursing programs to recruit new student enrollment in the nursing programs.
• Advise prospective students regarding academic requirements and review transcripts, and related materials.
• Liaise with the Office of Admissions to facilitate onboarding of new students.
• Facilitate necessary testing and other requirements to onboard qualified prospective students.
• Assist admissions staff with implementing, maintaining, and using electronic student admissions systems to track prospective students' progress through the admissions process to onboarding.
• Oversee orientations, career fairs, Bootcamps, and other departmental events.
• Chairs select committee meetings of the faculty in the absence of the Director or as otherwise designated.
• Monitor and maintain policies and procedures.
• Ensure that the nursing programs are in alignment with the institutional, New York State Education Department, or CCNE standards related to student engagement, retention, and recruitment.
• Maintain active, responsive, and positive communication with faculty and staff.
• Other duties as assigned.