Reporting to the CMO/Director of Admissions, the Assistant/Associate Director of Admissions would provide leadership and support in the development and implementation of the school's admissions activities, oversee key strategies and assist the Director of Admissions in administration of the Office of Admissions. The candidate would work closely with the management, faculty, marketing and other departments to deliver a coordinated and focused approach to meet the admissions objectives.

Responsibilities of the role include:

1. Operationalizing strategic plans supporting the school's admissions objectives

2. Ensuring effective processes and procedures for admissions are developed, implemented, monitored and reviewed

3. Leading and managing the admissions team towards understanding the ever changing trends in student interest and admissions and ensuring a high performance, results driven culture

4. Managing the end-to-end admissions process for the prestigious full time MBA programs including shortlisting/filtering of thousands of applications, managing the interview processes across the country and declaration of results

5. Managing executive/ part-time mba admissions from leads to final conversions including enquiry handling, counselling and customer support activities

6. Identifying high priority areas for improvement, initiating and managing change in a timely manner, and communicating change effectively

7. Working with the marketing team to fine tune marketing plans related to admissions and executing them

8. Planning and execution of offline events such as conferences, seminars or road shows

9. Develop MIS / Admissions reports for decision making

10. Managing team performance planning, review, appraisal and promotion exercise through developing, coaching, counselling and motivating employees to enhance their performance and contribution towards the school

- Qualifications, Experience and Competency Requirements :

1. Bachelor's degree from a good school; Masters/ MBA would be an added advantage but not necessary

2. Demonstrated ability to meet targets with a keen eye on planning and execution

3. Should possess strong analytical skills

4. Should have excellent knowledge and experience of working on Microsoft excel

5. Should have flawless English writing and public speaking skills

6. 10-15 years of Experience in sales/handling teams/familiarity in developing collaterals / communication content

7. Strong interpersonal skills, enthusiasm and positive attitude

8. Should be self-driven and well organized

Remuneration :

Compensation as per industry standards

Benefits would be detailed in the final offer

About Great Lakes Institute of Management : 

- Great Lakes is one of India's leading business schools ranked among the top 10 by Business Today, Outlook and Careers 360 magazines and CNBC-TV18. In 2014, Great Lakes became the youngest school in India to receive the globally reputed AMBA accreditation, only the 7th in India and 210th in the world. Great Lakes currently has two campuses, one in Chennai and the other in Gurgaon. Its 27 acre fully residential world class flagship campus in Chennai is India's first LEED platinum rated campus.

- Great Lakes offers full-time management programs, part-time programs for executives and working professionals and domain focused programs in the domain of Business Analytics, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence. It also continually innovates in terms of developing new programs and learning solutions based on unmet market needs and offers them across multiple geographies and through online learning. Students graduating from Great Lakes are recruited by renowned organizations both in India and overseas.

Great Lakes has a culture driven by :

- Innovation and of challenging the status quo - which has enabled it to develop and launch a variety of programs to meet the requirements of the market

- Customer Centricity - pro-actively learning and understanding the evolving requirements of its key stakeholders and responding to them

- Mutual respect and Empowerment - where team members are empowered and expected to achieve organizations objectives with minimal supervision and mutual accountability

- More information on Great Lakes and its various programs can be found at www.greatlakes.edu.in

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