Position Overview

Ultimate Staffing Services is actively seeking an Enrollment Partnerships Manager for a prominent institution located in California. This position plays a critical role in driving student recruitment and enrollment growth for the San Jose campus through building and maintaining strategic relationships with high schools and community colleges.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with high school counselors, administrators, community college counselors, transfer centers, faculty, and community-based organizations.
• Represent the institution at school visits, college fairs, community events, presentations, workshops, and enrollment-focused outreach activities.
• Develop and execute a territory outreach plan designed to increase student inquiries, applications, and enrollments.
• Identify and pursue new partnership opportunities that strengthen visibility and student pipeline.
• Help build this outreach and partnership function from the ground up for the San Jose campus.
• Drive generation of qualified student inquiries, applications, and enrollments through outreach and partnership activities.
• Own and manage an active enrollment pipeline, tracking leads from initial outreach through application and enrollment.
• Monitor and improve conversion rates from outreach activity to inquiry, application, and enrollment.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for prospective students, school partners, and community stakeholders.
• Coordinate outreach presentations and informational sessions for prospective students and referral partners.
• Track outreach activity, partnership development, lead generation, and conversion outcomes using CRM and reporting tools.
• Collaborate closely with admissions and university leadership to align outreach efforts with enrollment goals.
• Provide regular updates on pipeline activity, partnership progress, event outcomes, and market opportunities.
• Identify barriers to enrollment and provide actionable recommendations to improve conversion and outreach effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience in university admissions recruitment, high school outreach, community college outreach, transfer recruitment, college access, or student recruitment partnership development.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining relationships with high schools and/or community colleges.
• Proven ability to translate outreach and partnerships into measurable student interest, applications, or enrollment outcomes.
• Experience planning and conducting recruitment events, presentations, or outreach initiatives.
• Strong communication, follow-up, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage a self-directed outreach territory.
• Strong organizational skills and comfort tracking activity, pipeline, and results.
• Ability to travel locally as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in higher education admissions, enrollment, outreach, or transfer recruitment.
• Existing relationships within the San Jose / Bay Area education community.
• Experience using CRM systems such as Salesforce, HubSpot, or similar tools.
• Experience connecting outreach efforts to measurable enrollment outcomes.

Work Hours

Monday through Friday, first shift.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Additional Details

Salary Range: $65,000 - $85,000 per year

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.