Choate Rosemary Hall seeks a Director of Spiritual Life with a start date for the 2020-21 school year.

The Director of Spiritual Life is an academic year (38 week) administrative faculty position reporting to the Director of Equity and Inclusion. Choate Rosemary Hall's vision of spiritual life recognizes, supports, and affirms that both society and the school are diverse and multifaith. The Director of Spiritual Life supports students and programs in their own tradition, oversees the Spiritual Life Team and all of the programs for spiritual life on campus, and determines how best to support students from all traditions.

The successful candidate will have 3 to 5 years of relevant experience, preferably at the secondary or collegiate level, in spiritual and multicultural practice and community building; been ordained in their faith's tradition; a proven record of working collaboratively with students especially, but also faculty and staff; a history of effective team management; excellent administrative skills; and the competence to support and nurture a multifaith community.

Applicants must be dynamic individuals who are passionate about working with high school students and are eager to promote personal growth while addressing the spiritual needs of all members of our community.

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. 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 faculty 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.

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.