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Founded in 1961, Sandy Spring Friends School is a progressive, coed, academically-rigorous day and boarding school serving approximately 600 students from age three through 12th grade. The campus is located on 140 acres in the historic Sandy Spring area of Montgomery County, Maryland, and the School is approved by the Maryland State Board of Education and accredited by the Association of Independent Maryland Schools.
SSFS offers an inquiry-based college preparatory program that emphasizes deep understanding throughout the curriculum while encouraging collaboration, instilling confidence, fostering practical experience, and cultivating respect for others. The School's teachers help students internalize a process we call "QRA” —Question, Reflection, Action—which ensures that they think critically, integrate new knowledge, and apply what they learn. We help students develop their individual sense of purpose as they become caring citizens of the world.
Our school’s culture, rooted in the idea that collaboration engenders achievement, can be traced to our Quaker heritage and abiding belief in the Quaker values of simplicity, equality, honesty, stewardship of the environment, and peaceful resolution of conflict. Our teachers are lifelong mentors and strive to identify and cultivate each student’s intellectual, extracurricular, and social passions. In doing so, we help shape students whose actions speak volumes and whose lives become exemplars—not only among their peers and families today but also in their personal, educational, and professional communities long after high school. Sandy Spring Friends School students are taught to act upon what they learn. This call to action propels their accomplishments as graduates, in college, and beyond.  

2023 - 2024: Director of Enrollment Management, Full Time, 12 month, Exempt

Summary: The Director of Enrollment Management is principally responsible for providing the strategic vision and plan for the school’s long-term and short-term enrollment goals and overseeing all aspects of admissions, domestic and international recruitment, boarding and day enrollment, retention of current families, and the financial aid process. From inquiry to enrollment and re-enrollment, the Director is responsible for and accountable to a data-informed, mission-aligned approach. The Director is the primary strategist for robust, mission-appropriate enrollment PS-12th grade.  Reporting directly to the Head of School as part of the Administrative Council, the Director works closely with the Chief Financial Officer, Division Heads, Assistant Head of School, Director of Marketing and Communications, and other school leaders to fulfill the mission, vision, and brand of the school.

Responsibilities: 

• Developing and implementing a comprehensive strategic enrollment management plan to differentiate the school’s unique brand and position in the market

• Partner with the Director of Marketing and Communications, Assistant Head of School to articulate and promote the school’s brand and to develop a marketing and communications plan for recruitment and retention of our day and boarding programs domestically and internationally 

• Work with the Head of School, Board of Trustees, Chief Financial Officer, Division Heads, and other school leaders to assess optimal school size and student body composition, define and articulate the profiles of mission-appropriate students, and engage in constituent relations internally and externally to support the school’s strategic goals and direction 

• Supervises, mentors,  and evaluates the admission staff composed of a Director of Middle and Lower School Admission, Director of Upper School Admission, Director of Financial Aid, and Admission Assistant.

• Collaborate with the Chief Financial Officer and Head of School to create the annual operating budget by using historical data and projections to propose student enrollment for the upcoming year and to make informed predictions about enrollment over a 3-5 year period

• As a member of the Financial Aid Committee comprised of the Head of School, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Financial Aid, steward the school’s financial aid resources and processes

• Partner with the Head of School and Director of Advancement to support the school’s giving and stewardship programs

• Partner with the Director of the Office of institutional Equity, Justice, and Belonging to support the school’s efforts in sustaining and extending our culture of belonging

• Advise the Head of School and Board of Trustees on external market trends and trends in independent schools to ensure informed decision-making and strategic planning for short-term and long-term enrollment.

• Serve as the lead for boarding enrollment, designing and implementing a plan to ensure full boarding enrollment that reflects a diversity of international and domestic students

• Collects and communicates admission and enrollment data; maintains statistics regarding inquiries, visits, applications, diversity, and enrollment; presents regular reports to the Board of Trustees summarizing attrition and describing strategy, goals and activities; and reports school enrollment and annual statistics to appropriate agencies and associations.

• Represent the school locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally in networks and associations relevant and important to admissions and enrollment. 

Commitment to Diversity: Sandy Spring Friends School embraces the Quaker testimony of Equality and seeks applicants who represent all backgrounds and demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We greatly value our diverse student population with 42% of students self-identifying as people of color and 89 international students representing 21 different countries. We actively seek faculty representatives of our students’ diversity. Click to learn more about diversity at Sandy Spring Friends School. Special consideration may be given to members of The Religious Society of Friends.

Sandy Spring Friends School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or a person's status as a qualified candidate with a disability in administration of its educational program, admission policies, financial aid program, staff hiring, and other school-administered programs.

Please provide a cover letter, resume, a completed application, and three professional references by selecting the link.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree

• Demonstrated success with leadership in admissions and marketing in an independent school setting 

• Knowledge of revenue-based enrollment management

• Experience working with international populations in an enrollment context preferred

• Experience with research, data collection, and analysis

• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

• Proficiency in technology, particularly technology that supports the enrollment process such as Veracross, FinalSite, and School Admin

About Sandy Spring Friends School

SSFS offers an inquiry-based college preparatory program that emphasizes deep understanding throughout the curriculum while encouraging collaboration, instilling confidence, fostering practical experience, and cultivating respect for others. The School's teachers help students internalize a process we call "QRA” —Question, Reflection, Action—which ensures that they think critically, integrate new knowledge, and apply what they learn. We help students develop their individual sense of purpose as they become caring citizens of the world. Our school’s culture, rooted in the idea that collaboration engenders achievement, can be traced to our Quaker heritage and abiding belief in the Quaker values of simplicity, equality, honesty, stewardship of the environment, and peaceful resolution of conflict. Our teachers are lifelong mentors and strive to identify and cultivate each student’s intellectual, extracurricular, and social passions. In doing so, we help shape students whose actions speak volumes and whose lives become exemplars—not only among their peers and families today but also in their personal, educational, and professional communities long after high school. Sandy Spring Frie...nds School students are taught to act upon what they learn. This call to action propels their accomplishments as graduates, in college, and beyond.

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