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Sewickley Academy is currently seeking to hire a Visitor Center Coordinator. The ideal candidate will be a key and vital role for the Admissions Office.  As the first touch point for visiting students, families, and guests, this individual needs to provide high-level customer service to ensure that all Sewickley Academy visits start and end well.  This position is responsible for coordinating all aspects of visitor services, including campus tours, admissions support, Blackbaud lead, and customer engagement. 

ABOUT SEWICKLEY ACADEMY

Distinguished by its rigorous academics, outstanding faculty, and highly motivated students, Sewickley Academy is Pittsburgh’s longest-standing coeducational independent PreK-12 day school. Our mission is to inspire and educate students to engage their hearts, minds, and hands to cultivate their full individual and collective potential in the service of a greater good. At the Academy, every child is challenged to explore and excel to their highest ability and encouraged to arrive each day with their authentic selves.

With the recent completion of state-of-the-art computer science and robotics classrooms and new athletic facilities, the Academy is poised for the continued expansion of our STEM and athletic programs.  We believe strongly in the importance and value of a well-rounded education in academics, the arts, athletics, and community service.  Our faculty and staff from all departments and divisions work together to create an environment of encouragement and support by inspiring students to reach their goals and develop a love of learning. 

This position offers a competitive salary plus excellent benefits and work/life balance programs including a premium-free health plan option, an excellent retirement plan, generous leave time, and tuition benefits programs. Are you searching for a workplace where a diverse mix of talented people come together to serve our students? If so, apply for this today!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide high-level customer service to all guests.  Greeting them in a professional and welcoming manner. Utilizing the Raptor system to log who is in the building at what time.  Responding to inquiries in a timely manner, reporting any issues that may arise to the appropriate teams/offices, assisting with event registration.
• Represent Sewickley Academy to prospective families and community members via phone, email, virtually, and in-person at select admissions events.
• Oversee the campus tour program.  This includes scheduling and coordinating campus tours and shadow days.  Training and overseeing student tour guides.  Monitoring the tour schedules so that it aligns with the school’s schedule.  
• Become an expert in Blackbaud (CRM) with the ability to create pages, maintain application information, generate data, schedule events, etc.  Manage the collection, reporting, and dissemination of all admissions and financial aid data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, hospitality, communication, or a related field (preferred)
• High-level customer service with a proven experience in customer relations
• Demonstrate ability working in a demanding, fast paced environment and adaptability to change situations to meet current needs and ability to reprioritize
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, including PivotTables and CRMs or SIS 
• Strong and proven attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to exercise judgment, diplomacy, and confidentiality

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM?

All interested applicants applying for this position should submit their resume, cover letter, and salary requirements. 

Sewickley Academy is committed to having an inclusive community where all members are treated with dignity and respect. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Academy does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of gender/gender-identity, sex, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, genetic information, family or marital status, sexual orientation, or any other protected class.

About Sewickley Academy

ABOUT SEWICKLEY ACADEMY As Pittsburgh’s longest-standing independent coeducational school (Pre-K through Grade 12), Sewickley Academy is distinguished by not only its rigorous academics and outstanding faculty, but also by its student-centered approach to learning and teaching, in which every child is challenged to explore and excel to his or her highest ability. Sewickley Academy faculty and staff help to create an environment of encouragement and support by inspiring students to reach their goals and develop a love of learning. We value and encourage different voices and opinions.

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