Choate Rosemary Hall seeks a candidate for the Director of Financial Aid with a start date of July 1, 2021. This position is a full time (46-week) administrative faculty position reporting to the Director of Admission. The Director of Financial Aid assumes overall responsibility for the administration of the financial aid program at Choate. The Director of Financial Aid is a member of the Admission team and as such assists with all aspects of the admission and recruitment process, working closely with the Director and the Financial Aid Committee.

The successful candidate will have a bachelor's degree or higher; at least five years of administrative and leadership experience in admission, financial aid, and enrollment management at the secondary or collegiate level; a proven track record as a highly collaborative individual with strong interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills; and familiarity with independent, boarding school or residential college environment.

Applicants must be dynamic individuals who are passionate about working in a high school environment, are collaborative and innovative in their approach to their job, and embrace and support the diversity of our community. Choate is committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. Candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

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Working at Choate: Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational, independent secondary school located in central Connecticut with 850 boarding and day students and over 300 employees. Choate serves intellectually gifted and motivated students of diverse backgrounds from across the globe whose commitment to serious study is enhanced in an academically challenging and personally supportive setting.

Choate provides students with transformative and meaningful experiences that instill lifelong habits of learning, leadership, and service, shaped by innovative and passionate educators. Teaching faculty at Choate are innovative, collaborative, and committed to our students' intellectual, social, emotional, and character development. Our faculty understands that each of our students has the potential for growth and works to encourage students to develop their own ideas and voices in learner-centered environments.

For its students and employees alike, Choate strives to be a diverse and inclusive community where all feel valued and embraced. On our campus, principled individuals from diverse backgrounds are united through common purpose, active engagement, and mutual respect. We celebrate difference and the richness of our varied backgrounds and experiences. Recognizing that living in an inclusive community can also present challenges, we embrace those challenges through ongoing dialogue and interaction, enhancing empathy and appreciation for those whose perspectives differ from our own.

Choate also believes that great teachers are great role models both in and out of the classroom. Choate expects its faculty to embrace the ethos of a growth mindset throughout their careers by actively developing their abilities as teachers and mentors at a residential school. The School supports faculty growth throughout the year, both on and off campus, through a variety of opportunities.