Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jacksonville, Florida
Posted: 17-Mar-23
Location: Los Gatos, California
Type: Full Time
Salary: $80,000. - $100,000.
Preferred Education:
Associate Director of Enrollment Management
Start Date: July 1, 2023
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VISION: Inspire students to achieve their dreams and reach beyond themselves to make a difference in the world.
MISSION: Hillbrook provides an extraordinary educational experience that fosters a love of learning in our students and helps them develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to achieve their highest individual potential in school and in life. At Hillbrook, students are known, respected and valued as individuals and every day is a journey of self-discovery, imaginative thinking, creative problem solving, laughter and friendship.
CORE VALUES: Be kind. Be curious. Take risks. Be your best.
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The Position: What Will You Do & How Will We Collaborate
The Associate Director of Enrollment Management is a member of the JK-12 enrollment management team and will oversee the Upper School admission and enrollment process. This position creates the environment for a warm and welcoming experience for prospective families and supports the School’s effort to recruit mission aligned families to join the Hillbrook community. The ideal candidate understands the benefits of an independent school education and can articulate Hillbrook’s unique vision, mission, and extraordinary educational experience in a compelling way. The Associate Director of Enrollment Management manages the day to day operations of the Upper School admission process and assumes responsibility for longer-term projects for the enrollment management team and school as a whole.
The Associate Director of Enrollment Management is based at our upper school campus in San Jose, though duties may occasionally require them to assist with admissions activities at our JK-8 campus in Los Gatos, as well as attend admissions events throughout the Bay Area.
Given the unique opportunities recruiting families to two different campuses offers, the ideal candidate will have direct experience working in a customer-service role, ideally within an independent school or higher-education setting, a commitment to equity and inclusion, and strong interpersonal skills. This role also requires the individual to take on leadership at an administrative level, providing guidance to faculty members on admissions activities and partnering with other administrators on showcasing programs and facilities to prospective families.
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The Hillbrook Faculty Member: Who Are You
Do our Core Values – Be kind. Be curious. Take risks. Be your best. – align with how you show up as an educator? Are you committed to building and bridging inclusive communities? Do you believe learning should be an active and relational process? Do you enjoy nurturing and maintaining best practices and continuity of programs, while also evolving programs in response to new information? Is equity and impact at the forefront of what you do? Are you entrepreneurial? Do you thrive in small collaborative environments? Do you seek opportunities for interdisciplinary, experiential learning? Do you believe that students are capable changemakers at any age and stage? A Hillbrook faculty member will emphatically say yes to each of these questions.
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Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Actively participate in a collaborative employee culture that is committed to being at the leading edge of JK - 12th grade education.
- Oversee all upper school admission events, including planning and executing all aspects of school visits, individual tours, family and student visits, open houses, interviews, applicant screenings, and welcome events.
- Work closely with Hillbrook’s upper school team to design upper school experiences that highlights program differentiators and provide an engaging experience for prospective students and families
- Develop and oversee upper school Parent and Student Ambassador Programs.
- In collaboration with the enrollment management team, maintain Hillbrook’s admission and enrollment database (Ravenna) and process application materials through system.
- Create, monitor, and track new enrollment agreements for new and returning upper school students.
- Strengthen Hillbrook’s partnership with community based organizations, including Breakthrough Silicon Valley, Peninsula Bridge, and Boys & Girls Club.
- Collaborate with the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Director of Enrollment Management to develop long and short term recruitment and enrollment plans and strategies to increase the school’s diversity, particularly the recruitment of Reach Beyond Scholars.
- Work with the enrollment management team to assess and evaluate the admission process and redesign processes as needed.
- Partner with the marketing and communication team, with support from the Director of Enrollment Management, to develop compelling upper school admission materials for prospective families.
- Attend upper school admission fairs and workshops to further marketing and recruiting efforts
- Develop relationships with middle schools in the area to support outreach efforts.
- Other projects, as assigned by Director of Enrollment Management
Qualifications
- Strong passion for the role and the school, and an understanding of how the position supports the school’s ability to meet its mission and vision every day.
- Demonstrated passion for and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion work in independent schools, particularly as regards their role in attracting and retaining a diverse student body.
- Three to five years of relevant professional experience in an external-facing, people-oriented role, experience in an admission or independent school preferred.
- Natural networking instincts that make one adept at building and nurturing relationships with all types of constituent groups, including current and prospective families, education consultants, relocation agencies, feeder schools, local businesses, and others.
- A growth mindset, active sense of humor, and warm personality.
- Strong project management skills; ability to work both independently and collaboratively under tight deadlines.
- Exhibit sound judgment related to confidential conversations, projects, and information related to the School or any of its constituents, including effective communication regarding such matters to the appropriate individuals.
- Occasional availability on nights and weekends
- Excellent communication skills, including writing, listening, and public speaking.
- A growth mindset, sense of humor, and warm personality
- Ability to work in a collegial, collaborative environment and to develop the necessary trust and credibility to work with a broad range of constituents.
- Bachelor’s degree
- Mandarin/Spanish proficiency is preferred
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, & Action
As noted in our Statement of Inclusivity, we strive to reflect the extraordinary diversity of Silicon Valley, believing that educational excellence and equity depend on the creation of a diverse and inclusive community where all students, families and employees feel a full sense of membership. To live up to our DEI Teaching Philosophy Statement, all employees contribute to developing culturally competent students and building an educational institution committed to social justice and reaching beyond. We offer a wide range of opportunities for all employees to engage in work that furthers these goals, from personal dialogues that help us understand different perspectives, to pedagogical training designed to support equitable instructional practices and build habits to disrupt bias whenever we see it. Ultimately, we hope that this work helps all of our constituents—employees, students, and families—be more aware, empathetic, globally-minded, and justice-oriented.
A highly collaborative community, we use the following norms to guide our communication with each other:
- Assume good will
- Come from your own experience
- Be more curious than certain
- Hold yourself and others capable
Our commitment to these norms makes it possible for us to partner meaningfully, disagree productively, and lean into conversations that are both challenging and generative.
Each and every day our students will be challenged to live out our Core Values - be kind, be curious, take risks, be your best - as they engage with an exceptional team of educators committed to helping each student reach their highest potential in school and in life. Our program is also guided by the core questions of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship - “What matters to you? What are you doing about it?” Simple yet provocative, these two questions inspire all members of our community as they convey two foundational beliefs: learning must be purposeful and have enduring impact, and leveraging student interest drives both engagement and success. Hillbrook, unlike any other school, not only calls on its students to make the world a better place, but also explicitly prioritizes the skills and habits that prepare them to do so, activating and empowering students to make immediate and lasting social impact during their JK-12 years while launching them into a lifetime of social impact work.
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To Apply
Salaries are competitive. Benefits include: full medical, dental, and vision coverage; ample retirement planning with TIAA-CREF; a generous holiday schedule; religious/cultural holidays following each employee’s faith and background; access to the latest state-of-the-art educational technology; and a strong commitment to engaging and personalized professional development. Hillbrook School is an equal opportunity employer. Opportunities are open to all individuals without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, or handicap.
The annual salary range for this role is $80,000 - $100,000, dependent on years of experience. Please apply by submitting your resume/CV and letter of intent via this application form.
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The School: Who Are We
For more than 85 years, Hillbrook School has been a junior kindergarten-8th grade independent school located on 14 acres of oak woodland in Los Gatos, CA. Founded in 1935, the school remains deeply connected to its historical roots as a place where children are known, learning is authentic and active, and success is measured one child at a time. Over the years, we have grown and evolved from a small boarding school serving wards of the state to one of the leading independent schools in the Bay Area, and yet our vision remains the same—to inspire children to achieve their dreams and reach beyond themselves to make a difference in the world.
We are now embarking on one of the school’s most ambitious strategic initiatives ever: the expansion to a JK-12 with the addition of a new high school in downtown San José. We are driven by a foundational belief - that our 8th graders and other students deserve an extraordinary educational experience in high school that builds upon the exceptional foundation we provide our JK-8 students. The core differentiators for our current program - the placement of choice and engagement at the center of the learning experience, integrated, real world education that challenges students to reach beyond and make a difference, and a deep commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion - will translate seamlessly into a 9-12 environment, allowing us to extend our innovative approach into a market in need of a new model of secondary school education.
Location
Hillbrook has two campuses located in Los Gatos and San Jose. These locations in the heart of Silicon Valley are 35 minutes south of Stanford University, 30 minutes north of Santa Cruz, and 1 hour south of San Francisco. The Bay Area is home to world-class universities, museums and restaurants, farmers markets and wineries, and outstanding outdoor opportunities for biking, hiking, surfing and more.