NSCAD University

• Answers questions regarding: admission criteria and deadlines, academic programs, and general enquiries.
• Refers prospective students to Recruitment staff for meetings as appropriate. Updates contact records and helps maintain automatic correspondence protocols through a CRM.
• Assists with the application and admission process, including dissemination of information, receiving application materials and fees, ongoing correspondence with applicants throughout the application process, data entry.
• Assists with the creation and maintenance of digital records for applicants and students using ezRecruit and leadsquared CRM/application and Elucian Colleague.
• Assists in the coordination of virtual and in-person events related to admissions and recruitment.
• Assists with NSCAD Tours, including monitoring the online tour booking system.
• Reception, responding to inquiries, appointments, screening mail, telephone messages, and faxes.
• Prepares correspondence, and other materials using word processing, spreadsheet and database applications.
• Provides general office support as needed

Bachelor's degree required and at least two (2) years of related experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience) is required. Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office is required. Experience using the administrative functions of a student information system (Colleague, Banner, Datatel, PeopleSoft, etc.) or similar enterprise database system, and experience in the use of a CRM is preferred. Excellent organizational skills, ability to work independently, meet deadlines and provide information accurately and quickly upon request is required. Experience in a post-secondary setting is preferred.

NSCAD University and Halifax are in Mi'kma'ki, on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq Nation. NSCAD University is committed to reconciliation and to building respectful relationships with Indigenous peoples and with the African Nova Scotian communities that have been enriching this region for 400 years. As a small school with three urban campuses, and programs across a range of fine arts, craft, design, and media arts, NSCAD University is an incubator for talent and an active contributor to the arts scene in Canada's fastest-growing city. Since 1887, NSCAD has been a leader in visual arts education in Canada, with distinguished alumni building careers all over the world. This is an exciting time to join us, as we have recently welcomed a cohort of 10 BIPOC faculty members who bring valuable perspectives, ways of thinking, and lived experience to all of our work, and as we look forward to a consolidated waterfront campus in 2030.

The University will begin considering applicants on December 7, 2022 and continue until the position is filled. We appreciate all applicants, however only those selected to move forward in the competition will be contacted. Please note that this is a temporary position expected to work 35 hours per week until approximatly March 31, 2024. This position is being advertised internally and externally concurrently. Bargaining unit employees for NSGEU Local 82 are given first consideration.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority in this search. NSCAD university encourages applications from Indigenous persons, racially visible persons, persons with a disability, women, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.