Simmons University Benefits Overview

Manages graduate admissions for designated programs, including application review, committee coordination, applicant communication, funnel analysis, recruitment strategy, email campaigns, webinars, events, and recruitment fairs. Uses Slate and other systems to manage communications, reports, forms, and data integrity. Collaborates with academic leaders and staff on admissions and marketing initiatives while supporting enrollment goals and a positive applicant experience.

Conduct prospect research, capacity and affinity analysis, relationship mapping, and research briefings for university fundraisers and leadership. Coordinate prospect management workflows, portfolio assignments, pipeline tracking, moves management, database updates, dashboards, and recurring reporting. Identify major and principal gift prospects, monitor prospect activity, support events and campaign initiatives, and provide actionable insights for qualification, cultivation, and solicitation strategies.

Leads the University's financial aid office and oversees federal, state, and institutional aid administration, compliance, budgeting, awarding, reconciliation, reporting, and systems. Advises senior leadership on aid strategy, regulatory changes, enrollment, and financial implications. Supervises staff, manages audits and program reviews, maintains data integrity and controls, and partners across campus to deliver student-centered financial aid services and remove financial barriers.