St. George’s Independent School seeks a passionate, entrepreneurial, and hard-working individual who is energized by enrollment management work with families to serve as an Assistant Director of Admission, beginning June - August, 2023.

 As an Episcopal School, St. George’s welcomes and respects all religious, racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. We affirm differences as sources of strength that create a culture of transformative diversity, building upon shared experiences that deepen our humanity and enhance the intellectual, social, spiritual and moral development of all students. We believe that valuing diversity and inclusion is sacred and living this value transforms our institution, our people, and the greater community.

 Type: Salary

 Duration: Annual Letter of Agreement

 Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree required; two years of paid professional experience required; knowledge of independent school or collegiate admissions preferred.

 The successful candidate will possess skills and experience that would include the ability to:

• collaborate in larger school-wide strategic design and implementation of the plans to attract, admit, yield, and retain qualified students for St George’s;
• warmly and knowledgeably welcome and engage with prospective families in person, on the telephone, and in written communication in a way that increases the family’s connectivity with the School to increase inquiries, school visits, applications, and enrollment;
• seek out and visit city influencers and connectors in person to share the story of St. George’s to expand the applicant pool for mission-aligned families;
• possess and infectious enthusiasm for St. George’s Independent School and be poised for working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment where innovation, resourcefulness, and new ideas are prized, along with collaboration, teamwork, and good humor;
• work well and collaborate with our team; personal initiative and the ability to plan, organize, and oversee projects and processes independently and collaboratively;
• ensure the quality and success of family visits to the school including our open houses, neighborhood receptions, Student Ambassadors, Parent Ambassadors, Gryphon-For-A-Day, and orientation programs;
• chair the campus specific admission committee and facilitate thorough and expedient evaluation of applicant files;
• collaborate with our teaching and leadership teams to ensure high rates of retention of current students who are capable of remaining in our program;
• develop and sustain professional relationships with feeder schools and programs to educate about the school’s value proposition and drive admission interest in the school;
• have comfort and facility with various applicant assessment instruments used to help evaluate applicants. Familiarity and knowledge of other supplemental psychological assessments, intelligence assessments, and other confidential reports is preferred;
• share an excellent public speaking and communication skillset in representing the School in small and large group settings;
• travel to off campus events and occasionally travel between three campus locations;
• the ability to utilize key communication devices such as Google products, electronic communications, paper communications, extended telephone usage, and admission data in a relational database;
• serve as a member of the Memphis Campus administrative team
• other duties as assigned by the Enrollment Management Team and Campus Director.

 Physical Requirements:    Regularly sit, turn, bend, reach, walk, talk, hear, and to interact with campus visitors as well as others who telephone. Must have the ability to understand and present materials and communicate with constituents and co-workers in a harmonious manner.

 Candidates will embrace the school’s mission and educational philosophy; candidates must be willing to work in a team environment, be positive, inspirational, and family-centered.

To apply, send a cover letter and resume to Angie Simpson, Director of Human Resources, at asimpson@sgis.org or 1880 Wolf River Blvd., Collierville, TN 38017.

About St. George's Independent School

St. George’s Independent School, a coeducational school with three campuses located in the suburbs and city of Memphis, TN, offers an educational model not replicated anywhere else in the United States. Through this distinctive three-campus model and a strategic plan committed to transformative diversity, the school offers financial assistance from prekindergarten (age three) through twelfth grade to students who might not otherwise have logistical or financial access to an independent-school setting. A St. George’s education unites active learning with agile teaching to build disciplined minds, adventurous spirits, and brave hearts. Benefiting from a curriculum that weaves together traditional content with innovative educational techniques, St. George’s graduates are better prepared for a complex and global future because of the real-world learning experiences they have today. Founded in 1959 by parishioners of St. George’s Episcopal Church as a small, coeducational day school in the then rural suburb of Germantown, the original lower school campus developed a reputation for academic excellence and exemplary character education. With strong parent support and interest, the s...chool leadership began a capital campaign in the late 1990s to expand to grades 6-12 by building on land in the rapidly growing suburb of Collierville. Early in the fundraising process, a group of donors encouraged the school to reach into inner city Memphis. These friends of the school, and other supporters, made possible the 2001 opening of our Memphis campus, a PK-5th grade lower school campus mirroring the curriculum of our original Germantown campus and offering substantial scholarship assistance. Bound together by an Episcopal tradition that sees all people as children of God, students and families from our Memphis and Germantown campuses build relationships through cross-campus learning and activities, then unite in middle school at our Collierville campus. Our educational model saw fulfillment in May 2016 when the first cohort of students who started in prekindergarten at the Memphis campus received their diplomas.

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