Bates College

Lewiston, Maine

Dean of Admission and Financial Aid

Bates College, one of the nation’s finest liberal arts colleges, seeks a dean of admission and financial aid. Reporting to newly-appointed president-elect Clayton Spencer and serving as a member of her senior staff, the successful candidate will be the first to assume this role at Bates and will join the college at a time of tremendous momentum and promise, partnering with a president, faculty, senior team and staff devoted to access and to the transforming power of liberal education.

The new dean, together with the staffs of the newly combined offices of admission and financial aid, will lead the college’s efforts to recruit and enroll the most talented and diverse students to Bates, playing a critical role in shaping the future of the college. The dean will lead strategic direction, planning, coordination, execution and analysis for admission and student financial services. He or she will work with Bates senior leadership, using both strategy and vision to analyze and understand the competitive landscape of liberal arts education nationally and globally.

Bates’ new dean of admission and financial aid will be an experienced admission and student aid professional with strong analytical skill and great talent and finesse as a strategist and leader. He or she will be a practiced and nuanced communicator with an ability to work effectively with all the college’s many audiences. He or she will be familiar with both areas reporting to this post and have a proven record of achievement. An engaging, open and affirming personal style with an understanding of the essential relationship among diversity, inclusiveness and educational excellence is required. The ability to build bridges and work inclusively and productively with a wide variety of people and offices is essential.

Bates was founded in 1855 by Maine abolitionists, and Bates students and graduates have always included men and women from diverse racial, ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds. Bates is a rigorous, supportive and nurturing academic community with a global reputation for excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, dedicated to strengthening the intellectual capacity and maximizing the potential of each student. With a ten-to-one student-faculty ratio, the Bates experience features close collaborations in classrooms and laboratories and a tradition of student-faculty research. Co-curricular life is rich; most students volunteer in the community, participate in club or varsity athletics, and participate in one of more than 110 student-run clubs and organizations.

Bates is located in Lewiston-Auburn, twin cities of about 60,000 people in the heart of Central Maine. The beautiful 109-acre campus is midway between the coast and the mountains and 140 miles northeast of Boston.

This search is being conducted quickly and with the utmost respect for confidentiality. Recruitment is already underway and will continue until the position is filled. Nominations, expressions of interest and applications (including a cover letter and resume) should be submitted via email to BatesDAFA@wittkieffer.com.

Inquiries and questions concerning this position may be directed in confidence to the consultants supporting Bates’ search, Robin Mamlet and Amy Crutchfield, through the office of Kelly Torres at 630-575-6118.

Bates does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital or parent status, age or disability in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its educational policies and programs, or in the recruitment and employment of its faculty and staff.