Director, Graduate & Divinity School
Top Benefits
About the role
Position Purpose & Summary
The Director, Graduate and Divinity School provides strategic leadership for Graduate and Divinity School recruitment, ensuring the successful achievement of annual and multi-year enrolment goals. As a member of the Enrolment Management leadership team, this role contributes to institutional enrolment strategy and provides cross-functional leadership in recruitment, onboarding, and retention initiatives in collaboration with academic and administrative partners.
Key Areas of Accountability
Strategic Recruitment Planning
- Develop and execute annual and multi-year recruitment plans for Graduate, Seminary/Divinity, and Adult students in alignment with the University’s Strategic Plan, Strategic Enrolment Plan, and Academic Program plans.
- In collaboration with the Executive Director, Recruitment and the Enrolment Management leadership team, produce and oversee a comprehensive recruitment strategy for distribution and implementation across key stakeholder groups.
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead and supervise the Graduate and Seminary/Divinity recruitment teams, including setting enrolment targets, funnel metrics, strategies, and action plans.
- Monitor progress throughout the recruitment cycle, evaluate performance, and initiate timely interventions as needed.
- Build and sustain a high-performing team through hiring, coaching, mentoring, training, and performance management.
- Contribute to shared Enrolment Management goals in support of overall University enrolment objectives.
Enrolment Management & Operations
- Provide leadership, in partnership with department managers, to achieve annual enrolment targets for Graduate and Seminary/Divinity programs.
- Serve as a key Enrolment Management liaison to internal stakeholders, including academic leadership and program teams, on matters related to Graduate and Seminary/Divinity recruitment.
- Work closely with the Enrolment Marketing team to ensure integrated and coordinated marketing and recruitment strategies.
- Play a leadership role in the onboarding of Graduate and Seminary/Divinity students, ensuring effective collaboration across relevant departments and services.
Financial Management
- Manage the Graduate and Seminary/Divinity recruitment budget, including resource allocation, expense forecasting, and accountability for team spending.
Collaboration & Partnership Building
- Collaborate with the Territory Development team to ensure alignment between territory strategies and Graduate, Seminary/Divinity, and Adult recruitment priorities.
- Foster campus-wide collaboration and shared understanding by working closely with internal departments and relevant external partners.
- Serve on institutional committees and maintain strong working relationships across the University as required.
The Person
Skills & Abilities
- Superior organization and detailed management skills; interpersonal skills to facilitate strong working relationships with an ability to achieve sales results through and with people.
- Ability to deal with a wide customer base; public speaking, interpersonal selling, strong MS Office computer skills.
Knowledge
- Ability to meet deadlines; ability to work through stressful situations; setting targets and coaching a team to be accountable, dealing with conflict, and managing customer behaviors is an asset.
Personal
Driven and inspired by the idea of positively impacting the various marketplaces of life through the development of godly Christian leaders by serving the Trinity Western University community.
A dedicated and mature evangelical Christian with an earnest desire to serve in family, church, work, and community. Affirm and support TWU’s mission, values, Statement of Faith, and Community Covenant. Strength of character and reputation, integrity, focused. A winsome personality with a positive and friendly attitude.
Servant-Leader Way of Life
Act in a manner that exemplifies Jesus Christ in all on and off-campus contacts thereby living out the servant leadership mission of the university and contributing effectively towards achieving the institutional and Kingdom goals of the organization.
Key Internal Interactions
TEDS Admissions, Graduate Admissions, Marketing & Communications, Data Services, Enrolment Operations, Financial Aid, Student Life, Academic Faculty areas, Housing, OTR
Reports To:Executive Director, Recruitment
Reports - Direct: Graduate Admissions Manager, TEDS Enrolment Advisor
Reports - Indirect: Graduate Enrolment Advisor
Standards & Requirements
Education & Certifications
- Undergraduate degree in a related field, graduate degree preferred
Experience
- 10 years of direct Enrolment Management experience, with experience at the Graduate level
Duties and responsibilities that do not constitute a major change may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of the supervisor either orally or in writing.
Benefits of Working at TWU:
- A comprehensive benefits package which includes extended health, dental, and insurance and an RRSP matching program.
- Annual statutory holidays (14) with generous vacation accruement.
- Tuition Benefit for TWU undergraduate and graduate level courses to enhance knowledge and professional competency.
- Torch tuition scholarship for dependents of eligible employees attending TWU.
- Free access to TWU’s fitness/gym facilities and the Norma Marion Alloway Library.
- Discounts and perks for the on-site Trinity Western Outfitters Campus Store cafeterias and bookstore, as well as shops and restaurants in Fort Langley.
- Wellness benefits (i.e., counselling, sick days, personal days, and health/wellness spending account).
- Free recreational equipment rentals (e.g., paddle boards, snowshoes, kayaks, etc.).
- Free employee parking on campus.
- Special community events throughout the year.
- Employee and Family Assistance Plan (EFAP).
- A positive Christian fellowship environment.
Trinity Western University encourages applications from all eligible candidates who are able to commit to the University’s mission, values, and Christian identity as articulated in its Statement of Faith and Community Covenant. We are committed to an ethic of inclusion and to the equal treatment of all persons without discrimination in accordance with human rights law.
We particularly invite applications from indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and visible minorities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations during the application process should contact Human Resources.
Trinity Western University is located on the traditional ancestral territory of the Sto:lo people.
About Trinity Western University
Trinity Western University is a Christian University of the arts, sciences, and professions, legislated by British Columbia to serve the public. Recognized for quality, TWU is consistently ranked among the top two universities in Canada for Educational Experience by the National Survey of Student Engagement; holds three Canada Research Chairs; wins National Championships in U SPORTS; and emphasizes experiential learning to prepare graduates to make a global impact. TWU offers 42 bachelor’s degrees, 16 graduate degrees, and adult degree-completion programs. A vibrant community committed to educating the whole person, TWU has been developing leaders of character and competence for 50 years.
The mission of Trinity Western University, as an arm of the Church, is to develop godly Christian leaders: positive, goal-oriented university graduates with thoroughly Christian minds; growing disciples of Jesus Christ who glorify God through fulfilling the Great Commission, serving God and people in the various marketplaces of life.
Located in Langley, British Columbia, Trinity Western University is Canada's premier Christian liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies university.
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Director, Graduate & Divinity School
Top Benefits
About the role
Position Purpose & Summary
The Director, Graduate and Divinity School provides strategic leadership for Graduate and Divinity School recruitment, ensuring the successful achievement of annual and multi-year enrolment goals. As a member of the Enrolment Management leadership team, this role contributes to institutional enrolment strategy and provides cross-functional leadership in recruitment, onboarding, and retention initiatives in collaboration with academic and administrative partners.
Key Areas of Accountability
Strategic Recruitment Planning
- Develop and execute annual and multi-year recruitment plans for Graduate, Seminary/Divinity, and Adult students in alignment with the University’s Strategic Plan, Strategic Enrolment Plan, and Academic Program plans.
- In collaboration with the Executive Director, Recruitment and the Enrolment Management leadership team, produce and oversee a comprehensive recruitment strategy for distribution and implementation across key stakeholder groups.
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead and supervise the Graduate and Seminary/Divinity recruitment teams, including setting enrolment targets, funnel metrics, strategies, and action plans.
- Monitor progress throughout the recruitment cycle, evaluate performance, and initiate timely interventions as needed.
- Build and sustain a high-performing team through hiring, coaching, mentoring, training, and performance management.
- Contribute to shared Enrolment Management goals in support of overall University enrolment objectives.
Enrolment Management & Operations
- Provide leadership, in partnership with department managers, to achieve annual enrolment targets for Graduate and Seminary/Divinity programs.
- Serve as a key Enrolment Management liaison to internal stakeholders, including academic leadership and program teams, on matters related to Graduate and Seminary/Divinity recruitment.
- Work closely with the Enrolment Marketing team to ensure integrated and coordinated marketing and recruitment strategies.
- Play a leadership role in the onboarding of Graduate and Seminary/Divinity students, ensuring effective collaboration across relevant departments and services.
Financial Management
- Manage the Graduate and Seminary/Divinity recruitment budget, including resource allocation, expense forecasting, and accountability for team spending.
Collaboration & Partnership Building
- Collaborate with the Territory Development team to ensure alignment between territory strategies and Graduate, Seminary/Divinity, and Adult recruitment priorities.
- Foster campus-wide collaboration and shared understanding by working closely with internal departments and relevant external partners.
- Serve on institutional committees and maintain strong working relationships across the University as required.
The Person
Skills & Abilities
- Superior organization and detailed management skills; interpersonal skills to facilitate strong working relationships with an ability to achieve sales results through and with people.
- Ability to deal with a wide customer base; public speaking, interpersonal selling, strong MS Office computer skills.
Knowledge
- Ability to meet deadlines; ability to work through stressful situations; setting targets and coaching a team to be accountable, dealing with conflict, and managing customer behaviors is an asset.
Personal
Driven and inspired by the idea of positively impacting the various marketplaces of life through the development of godly Christian leaders by serving the Trinity Western University community.
A dedicated and mature evangelical Christian with an earnest desire to serve in family, church, work, and community. Affirm and support TWU’s mission, values, Statement of Faith, and Community Covenant. Strength of character and reputation, integrity, focused. A winsome personality with a positive and friendly attitude.
Servant-Leader Way of Life
Act in a manner that exemplifies Jesus Christ in all on and off-campus contacts thereby living out the servant leadership mission of the university and contributing effectively towards achieving the institutional and Kingdom goals of the organization.
Key Internal Interactions
TEDS Admissions, Graduate Admissions, Marketing & Communications, Data Services, Enrolment Operations, Financial Aid, Student Life, Academic Faculty areas, Housing, OTR
Reports To:Executive Director, Recruitment
Reports - Direct: Graduate Admissions Manager, TEDS Enrolment Advisor
Reports - Indirect: Graduate Enrolment Advisor
Standards & Requirements
Education & Certifications
- Undergraduate degree in a related field, graduate degree preferred
Experience
- 10 years of direct Enrolment Management experience, with experience at the Graduate level
Duties and responsibilities that do not constitute a major change may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of the supervisor either orally or in writing.
Benefits of Working at TWU:
- A comprehensive benefits package which includes extended health, dental, and insurance and an RRSP matching program.
- Annual statutory holidays (14) with generous vacation accruement.
- Tuition Benefit for TWU undergraduate and graduate level courses to enhance knowledge and professional competency.
- Torch tuition scholarship for dependents of eligible employees attending TWU.
- Free access to TWU’s fitness/gym facilities and the Norma Marion Alloway Library.
- Discounts and perks for the on-site Trinity Western Outfitters Campus Store cafeterias and bookstore, as well as shops and restaurants in Fort Langley.
- Wellness benefits (i.e., counselling, sick days, personal days, and health/wellness spending account).
- Free recreational equipment rentals (e.g., paddle boards, snowshoes, kayaks, etc.).
- Free employee parking on campus.
- Special community events throughout the year.
- Employee and Family Assistance Plan (EFAP).
- A positive Christian fellowship environment.
Trinity Western University encourages applications from all eligible candidates who are able to commit to the University’s mission, values, and Christian identity as articulated in its Statement of Faith and Community Covenant. We are committed to an ethic of inclusion and to the equal treatment of all persons without discrimination in accordance with human rights law.
We particularly invite applications from indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and visible minorities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations during the application process should contact Human Resources.
Trinity Western University is located on the traditional ancestral territory of the Sto:lo people.
About Trinity Western University
Trinity Western University is a Christian University of the arts, sciences, and professions, legislated by British Columbia to serve the public. Recognized for quality, TWU is consistently ranked among the top two universities in Canada for Educational Experience by the National Survey of Student Engagement; holds three Canada Research Chairs; wins National Championships in U SPORTS; and emphasizes experiential learning to prepare graduates to make a global impact. TWU offers 42 bachelor’s degrees, 16 graduate degrees, and adult degree-completion programs. A vibrant community committed to educating the whole person, TWU has been developing leaders of character and competence for 50 years.
The mission of Trinity Western University, as an arm of the Church, is to develop godly Christian leaders: positive, goal-oriented university graduates with thoroughly Christian minds; growing disciples of Jesus Christ who glorify God through fulfilling the Great Commission, serving God and people in the various marketplaces of life.
Located in Langley, British Columbia, Trinity Western University is Canada's premier Christian liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies university.