New York Manhattan School of Music invites applications for a senior position, Dean of Admissions, reporting directly to the President. The Dean will oversee the management of several departments including admissions, financial aid, and registrar. Areas of responsibility focus on recruitment activities, strategic use of institutional financial aid funds to achieve enrollment goals, departmental budget management, and participation in senior staff strategic planning.
Professional travel is required.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working as a senior admissions officer in a university or conservatory, a degree in music or a related field, and with a high level of computer literacy. Manhattan School of Music, founded in 1918, is an international, independent conservatory of music with a student body of 800 students in bachelor, masters, and doctoral degree programs in both classical and jazz performance and composition. The student body comes from more than 40 states and more than 40 countries. The faculty includes members of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, and New York City Opera, as well as renowned solo, chamber, and jazz musicians. Learn more about Manhattan School of Music by visiting its home page.