Sweet Briar is a liberal arts college for women with a long history of forging female leaders.  The US News and World Report repeatedly name Sweet Briar College as one of the most innovative liberal arts colleges in the nation. Sweet Briar College is growing rapidly, attracting students who are drawn to it for its excellent liberal arts program, coupled with distinctive programs in women's leadership, engineering, sustainability, arts, and its legendary equestrian program. Its finances are robust and validated by a balanced budget and positive bond ratings.

It is located in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, approximately 12 miles north of Lynchburg and 54 miles south of Charlottesville. Its campus is one of the nation’s most spectacular, with nature sanctuaries, lakes, forests, trails, and, most recently, vineyards, apiaries, and greenhouses.

The College boasts a modern core curriculum focused on women's leadership in the 21st century, undergraduate programs in the arts, sciences, and humanities, and a Master of Arts in Teaching. It is one of only two women’s colleges in the United States with an ABET-accredited engineering degree. The women’s leadership core curriculum is innovative and energizing.

When students graduate, they are persuasive communicators who know how to think on their feet and bring people together. Sweet Briar women are prepared to lead, no matter what they study or where they go. The campus community is a family of faculty, staff, coaches, and alumnae who support and encourage students and each other. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, students lead research, ask questions, and forge supportive relationships with faculty that can last for decades.

Slate CRM Manager

Classification:  Exempt

Reports To:  Director of Admissions

Job Summary/Objective:  The Slate Manager supports business processes that allow staff to work smarter and more efficiently to support critically important department and college goals. This position will document Slate functionality and business processes for use by a broad constituency within the college, including college partners across campus and Admissions staff. The Slate Manager will keep the entire Slate team current on known issues and relevant discussions.

Essential Responsibilities:

Overall administrator and contact for Slate instance:

• Build and maintain the Slate and Common App application
•  Process external deposit payments
•  Respond to requests from colleagues, escalating as necessary
•  Solve Slate issues for department staff.
• Run routine data exchange with third-party vendors via Slate
• Monitor Slate forums on behalf of the Slate Team to keep colleagues aware of known issues
• Review audit queries to ensure data integrity
• Maintain queries for campus partners
• Produce weekly and monthly reports for campus leadership
• Maintain online forms
• Update and improve datasets
• Build communications in email and SMS formats

Maintain & Document the Admissions undergraduate instance of Technolutions Slate:

• Support admissions staff and campus partners by documenting day-to-day functionality within Slate
• Develop user manuals
• Provide Slate training to admissions team members and other campus partners

Ensure data integrity in Slate:

• Responsible for the process of data exchange with third-party vendors
• Clean and import data into Slate on demand
• Inform stakeholders of changes in the data structure to align campus reporting mechanisms
• Collaborate with colleagues to troubleshoot data integrations with the student information system
• Support office record consolidation processes in Slate during peak times

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Admissions Operation Coordinator

Required Qualifications:

• Strong attention to detail
•  Excellent oral and written communication skills
•  Ability to prioritize and multitask
• Bachelor’s degree
• 3 or more years of progressive Slate experience and responsibility
• Previous Banner experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Technolutions SLATE
• Experience with ELLUCIAN (BANNER) System

Work Environment:

• Traditional office environment, primarily indoors.

Physical Demands:

• Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling objects that weigh up to 10 pounds; ability to move about the building and campus. Extensive computer use and typing are required, and extended periods of sitting/standing may also be necessary.

Travel:

• Less than 10% for travel and/or conference attendance or training

Other Duties: 

• Attend the annual Slate Summit conference, webinars, and other professional development opportunities
• Develop knowledge of the Sweet Briar College instance of Slate, with expertise in position-specific areas (e.g. Reader construction, event building, college partner data queries, etc.)
• Stay current on standard processes as an active member of the Slate community
• Prepare slide presentations for campus leadership meetings, including ETF (Enrollment Task Force) and board meetings.

Deadline for Submission: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

To Apply:  Submit your application here.

All applications should include a cover letter and resume.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Sweet Briar College is committed to enhancing our community and encourages applications from qualified individuals with varied backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who would increase the college's diversity.