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Job Title:                                  Director Tuition Assistance/Associate Director of Admissions

FLSA Classification:                Exempt

Responsible To:                      Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management

Last Revised:                           April 2022

Position Summary: The Haverford School is searching for a Director of Tuition Assistance/Associate Director of Admissions. The Director of Tuition Assistance will be an energetic, ethical, and collaborative professional with a team approach to problem solving and have the proven communication, presentation, leadership, and planning skills necessary to collaborate productively with staff, faculty, students, and the community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversees all aspects of the school’s tuition assistance program, managing an annual budget in excess of $11,000,000
• Supervises the tuition assistance office processes
• Analyzes and calculates tuition assistance grant requests
• Manages all data for tuition assistance, including spreadsheets and reports
• Serves as primary point of communication with families regarding their grant requests and will also explain The Haverford School’s tuition assistance policies and application procedures to families
• Works closely with the Business Office to coordinate and create status reports
• Works closely with Directors of Admissions so that enrollment goals are coordinated with the allocation of tuition assistance
• Coordinates information with other areas of the school, as needed
• Responsible for admission office activities such as:
  • recruiting, interviewing, touring, and evaluating prospective students
  • representing Haverford at school fairs and functions
  • presenting in small group sessions with parents
  • corresponding regularly with prospective parents and participating on the Admissions Committee. 

• Possesses an understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion and the implementation of those principles in independent schools.

• Other duties as responsibilities as assigned by the Director of Admission and Enrollment Management

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Three to five years admission and tuition assistance experience
• Exceptional analytical skills
• A commitment to diversity and an understanding of and commitment to single-sex education and the all-boy experience are essential

• Understanding of independent school admission marketing challenges and a demonstrated commitment and affinity for working with prospective and current families
• Experience with SSS (school and student services) system

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Excellent public speaking, telephone and writing skills

• Strong technological skills, proficient with Mac or PC systems: Word, Excel, and data base management; willingness to learn new technologies
• Self-motivated, flexible, willing to work beyond traditional hours, including evening and weekend events.

• Proclivity for innovation

• Commitment to upholding the Essential Qualities + Principles of Community of The Haverford School
• Commitment to fulfilling the mission of The Haverford School, and an appreciation of single-sex independent school education
• Sense of humor, enthusiastic and happy; high ethical professional standards, and multicultural perspective

Desired Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• Independent school and supervisory experience

Required Physical Characteristics

• Works in an environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and a varied and diverse array of contacts
• May work at a desk and computer for extended periods of time
• Be able to occasionally lift up to 15 lbs.
• Work primarily in a traditional climate-controlled office environment