Details
Posted: 06-Mar-24
Location: Washington, D.C.
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Admissions
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
From the top of Mount St. Alban, St. Albans School looks up to the Washington National Cathedral and out to the United States Capitol. Our location serves as an embodiment and constant reminder of the School’s motto: Pro Ecclesia et Pro Patria, for the Church and for Country. The School was established in 1909 by the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation (PECF). Our mission is to
prepare boys in grades 4 through 12 to develop and use their spiritual, intellectual, artistic, and physical gifts not for themselves alone, but in service of the greater community. As an Episcopal school, we welcome and embrace boys of all faiths and backgrounds to this caring community that learns, prays, plays, sings, and eats together. We are committed to a diversity among students, faculty, and staff that shapes and enriches our shared experiences.
As part of the PECF, St. Albans, the Cathedral, the National Cathedral School, and Beauvoir benefit from strong ties and collaboration.
Job Description
Broadly stated, the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid’s primary responsibility is enrollment management and managing financial aid for tuition. The most external-facing office in the school, the Admissions Office is the “front door” to St. Albans. Attracting the most qualified candidates and curating a diverse student body are primary goals.
Specifically, areas of responsibilities include the following:
- Represent St. Albans and serve as the face of the school to the school and broader community and with prospective families while communicating the mission.
- Manage day-to-day operations in the office, to include daily tour groups, prospective student evaluations, Upper School shadow days, and larger events.
- Lead and develop a communications plan with prospective families to move them from inquiry to enrollment.
- Communicate effectively with area schools and families on the admissions process.
- Coordinate systematic and efficient handling of applications and communications with parents of student applicants so that the process supports and honors the student and their family.
- Manage parent and student expectations and deliver admissions decisions in a manner that is honest, caring, and diplomatic.
- Manage enrollment needs and retention from year to year by working with Division Heads.
- Coordinate enrollment in line with budget targets.
- Manage financial aid for tuition within budget.
- Liaise with the business office on contract issues, as well as working directly with families on the allocation of financial aid.
- Manage an early admission process with Beauvoir Elementary School.
- Oversee all decisions from the admissions funnel, including ongoing efforts to diversify all elements of the school and community.
- Present to the Governing Board two times per year for annual updates.
- Conduct interviews for candidates for admission to the school.
- Coordinate diagnostic testing for specific grade levels, as well as in-school admissions testing.
- Update literature and marketing materials from year to year.
Reporting: Reports to the Headmaster of St. Albans
Minimum Experience: Minimum of 5-7 years of school administrative, staff supervisory, and budgetary management experience
Minimum 4-year undergraduate degree
Education: Advanced degree preferred
Certifications: N/A
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous work in admissions;
- Strong financial acumen and experience with financial aid processes;
- Highly organized and detail-oriented;
- Excellent understanding of principles and techniques of enrollment activities;
- Demonstrated ability to exercise absolute confidentiality and professionalism in appearance, attitude and presentation;
- Excellent planning skills - organized, communicates, follows through, evaluates;
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to adapt to changing environments and priorities;
- Strong interpersonal, organizational, networking, facilitation and management skills;
- Work both independently and within a team-oriented structure;
- Energic and enthusiastic individual with a customer service and marketing orientation;
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills as well as a proven ability to work with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels;
- Outstanding judgment and maturity;
- Accessible and approachable;
- Previous work within an Independent School.
About St. Albans School
Located in Washington D.C., St. Albans School is a private, all boys day and boarding school. For more than a century, St. Albans has offered a distinctive educational experience for young men in grades 4 through 12. While our students reach exceptional academic goals and exhibit first-rate athletic and artistic achievements, as an Episcopal school we place equal emphasis upon moral and spiritual education.
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