Posted: 12-Jun-25
Location: Wilton, New Hampshire
Type: Full Time
Salary: commensurate with experience
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Preferred Education:
The Assistant Director of Admissions - High School is responsible for supporting the success of the school’s admissions and enrollment program for grades 9-12. This role supports the Enrollment office and participates in the ongoing support of students and families in all ways related to admissions matters. This position is supervised by the Director of Enrollment and Communications, and is part of a small team focusing on enrollment.
Responsibilities include:
- Participates in setting, implementing, and achieving the school’s admissions’ strategic aims.
- Effectively handles inquiries, applications, and ongoing communications with families, from initial contact through enrollment.
- Develops and maintains relationships with prospective and current families to support enrollment.
- Actively manages retention of students; communicates regularly about potential attrition.
- Works with school leadership to cultivate a diverse student body.
- Positively presents the school to prospective students and parents through tours, interviews, and communications.
- Collaborates with marketing and other stakeholders on the pedagogical design of events related to current and prospective parents, education consultants, and feeder schools.
- Collaborates with marketing and communications to create materials to present a consistent and compelling story about High Mowing School.
- Keeps abreast and knowledgeable of trends and industry standards in admissions procedures, student development, and financial aid.
- Assists and participates in the preparation of school fairs and activities for recruitment purposes.
- Identifies local and international opportunities, along with Waldorf communities, for outreach.
- Attends and represents HMS Admissions during school functions and events.
- Assists in the identification, coordination, planning, and hosting of on-campus open houses and public events, off-campus fairs and school visits, virtual admissions and enrollment events, and other functions as needed.
- Maintains accurate records in designated shared systems; all activity should be entered at least weekly for reporting to the Head of School.
- Maintains a visible, on-campus presence during school hours; a partial remote schedule may be possible during the summer and school vacation with a manager’s prior approval.
- Assists in the creation of relevant statistics pertaining to admissions and enrollment
- Utilizes all tools and software needed to fulfill the assignments and stays abreast of updated features for core tools and software.
Our preferred candidate is experienced in school admissions and warmly connects with families, intuiting each family’s particular interests. They seek to actively contribute to a committed school community of faculty, staff, parents, and students in a rural setting permeated by natural beauty. They seek a challenging yet supportive, home-like school environment where their demonstrated experience will help them achieve their ambitious goals.
- An appreciation for, and understanding of, Waldorf education.
- Waldorf teacher training and/or experience preferred.
- At least 2 years of admissions counseling and outreach experience, or equivalent
- Competency with Google Workspace apps and databases
- Willingness to travel and ability to work some nights and weekends
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and use good judgment in making independent decisions with a high degree of tact and diplomacy.
Interested candidates should email HMS hiring team at hiring@highmowing.org with a resume, letter of interest, and an HMS Employment Application. More Information on HMS website at highmowing.org/employment. HMS will respond to qualified candidates only.