ApplyBoard simplifies the study abroad application process by connecting international students, international student advisors, and educational institutions on one personalized platform. For more than a decade, ApplyBoard's team members have been dedicated to breaking down barriers to international education, while thriving at a company that invests in their career growth. Our six core values guide us in our mission to educate the world, and are the foundation of our company culture. As an organization built on diversity, our team members are representative of the students we support.
The Opportunity:
We are hiring a Slate Administrator who will be accountable for configuration, data integrity, integrations, communications delivery, security, and the day to day operational health of the platform that carries every prospective student from first inquiry through enrollment.
This is a technical position. The incumbent writes queries, builds source formats, maintains the Slate rules engine, and owns the integration between Slate and Ellucian Colleague. The position has no direct reports.
What You’ll Be Doing Every Day:
Platform Configuration and Ownership
Configure and maintain Slate application forms, events, portals, decision letters, materials, checklists, and status workflows.
Build and maintain the Slate rules engine, including population rules, field maintenance rules, and workflow automation.
Administer Slate Reader, including bins, review steps, scoring, and committee workflow for application review.
Administer datasets, prompts, custom fields, and configurable joins, and enforce a documented field governance standard so the schema remains supportable.
Manage sandbox and test instances, release testing, and controlled promotion of configuration changes to production.
Evaluate Technolutions quarterly releases and recommend adoption of capabilities that reduce institutional effort.
Data, Integration, and Reporting
Own the bidirectional integration between Slate and Ellucian Colleague, including student record creation, program and term mapping, and financial aid touchpoints.
Build and maintain source formats and inbound feeds, including Common App, test scores, transcript services, search names, National Student Clearinghouse, and international partner files.
Author and maintain queries, exports, and scheduled jobs supporting daily operations and executive reporting.
Own record matching, deduplication, and merge logic, and maintain the documented data dictionary and funnel stage definitions.
Produce funnel and yield reporting that reconciles to the student information system, and resolve discrepancies before they reach Cabinet or Board reporting.
Partner with the data and analytics team so that Slate data lands correctly in the University reporting environment.
Communications Delivery
Administer Slate Deliver for email and text messaging, including templates, campaigns, deliverability, authentication records, suppression lists, and bounce management.
Execute and maintain the migration of student text messaging to Slate Deliver, including opt in records, consent history, and number provisioning.
Maintain compliance with CAN-SPAM, TCPA, and University communication governance standards.
Enforce message frequency and audience governance so that students are not over contacted across communication platforms.
Security, Compliance, and Governance
Administer role based permissions on a least privilege basis, and execute quarterly access reviews and same day offboarding.
Maintain FERPA compliance in all configuration, reporting, and third party data sharing.
Maintain configuration documentation, change logs, and recovery procedures for the platform.
Support information security review of new Slate integrations, connectors, and vendor data exchanges.
Support, Training, and Project Delivery
Serve as tier 2 and tier 3 support for Slate users across Admissions, Enrollment, Financial Aid, and Athletics.
Develop and deliver training and…