Reporting to the Executive Director of YYGS & YYAS, the Associate Director of Admissions serves a key leadership role in the development of YYGS & YYAS and is responsible for a wide range of activities and initiatives related to admissions, need-based financial aid, and marketing, including: managing two direct reports who are responsible for marketing, technology, operations, and data management; providing the strategic vision for admissions from recruitment through enrollment; serving as a liaison with Yale Conference & Events for coordinating how enrolled students are served by peer departments (such as Housing, Dining, Accessibility, and so on); conceptualizing infrastructure to increase operational efficiencies, including implementation of new technology to manage large amounts of data; analyzing program data to help inform data-driven decision making; reading applications of high school students from around the world applying to YYGS & YYAS; supporting efforts to recruit, hire and train a team of internal and external application readers; building and maintaining relationships with the admissions community at Yale; and maintaining a critical and front-facing leadership role during the summer. Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS, https://africanscholars.yale.edu/ ) is the premier academic enrichment and leadership development program of its kind for African high school students planning to pursue university education and who wish to make a meaningful impact on the continent.