Pacific Palisades, California
Concord, Massachusetts
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pacific Palisades, California
Posted: 14-Apr-23
Location: Wallingford, Connecticut
Type: Full Time
Required Education:
Additional Information:
Choate Rosemary Hall seeks a candidate for an Assistant Director of Admission with a start date of Summer 2023. The Choate Admission Office is composed of a Chief Enrollment Manager and eighteen professionals in a range of positions who work in collaboration with other members of the Choate community including form deans, department heads, teaching faculty, and coaches. This position is a year-round administrative faculty position reporting to the Chief Enrollment Manager. This admission professional is a member of the Admission team and as such assists with all aspects of the admission and recruitment process. The position includes school housing and some combination of residential responsibilities and other extracurricular commitments as determined by the Dean of Faculty, in consultation with the Chief Enrollment Manager.
To fulfill these responsibilities the Assistant Director:
- conducts interviews with prospective candidates and their families.
- reads, reviews, and evaluates candidates for admission.
- travels out of state on behalf of the School and plans itinerary, marketing, advertising, and logistics for each trip.
- supports and counsels prospective families throughout the admission process.
- works some evenings and weekends as assigned.
- assumes regional responsibility for a portion of the applicant pool: gather and analyze demographic research, leverage current relationships in territory, identify and grow potential markets, offer highly personalized communication with prospective families in territory throughout the application cycle.
- builds and maintains relationships with secondary school counselors at established and potential feeder schools and community-based organizations.
- represents the School at receptions, fairs, information sessions, and on-campus events to effectively communicate the value of a boarding school education.
- works with Ten School Admission Organization (TSAO) peers to coordinate group travel efforts such as fairs and panels.
- collaborates with the admission team to plan and implement all Choate Rosemary Hall admission events and initiatives on and off-campus: Spring Visits, Counselor/CBO visits, student ambassador programs, virtual events, yield activities, etc. for prospective students and their families.
- visits classes, school events (athletic/artistic/academic), and other functions to keep current on life at Choate.
- attends professional development opportunities including but not limited to Enrollment Management Association, The Association of Boarding Schools, and cultural competency training.
- coordinates with on-campus departments and committees (i.e. arts or athletics) to recruit and yield candidates with special interests
- chairs and serves on admission committees as assigned by the Chief Enrollment Manager.
- takes on other duties as assigned by the Head of School or Chief Enrollment Manager.
Summary
Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational, independent secondary school located in central Connecticut with 850 boarding and day students and over 350 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 differences and the richness of our varied backgrounds and experiences. Recognizing that working 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 prohibits in all its programs, including hiring and employment practices, discrimination against or harassment of any member or group based upon age, gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other category protected by Connecticut or federal law, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Minimum three years of relevant admission experience preferred in either an independent school or college/university.
- Proven track record as a highly collaborative individual in a team-based environment with strong interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills both in person and online.
- Ability to visualize, plan, and execute long-term projects.
- Has experience leading, coordinating, and supporting colleagues in a team-based environment.
- Candidate must have high energy and the interest and ability to travel independently and strategically on behalf of the school.
- Exhibits a growth mindset and willingness to learn new skills and grow professionally.
- High degree of comfort utilizing a range of technologies associated with large and dynamic admission offices.
- Driver’s license and appropriate background checks are required.