Assistant Director of Admissions & Recruitment
About The Position
The Assistant Director of Admissions advances The Stony Brook School’s enrollment goals through student recruitment, family engagement, marketing, application processing, and application review. The role supports prospective families from initial inquiry through enrollment and represents the school through campus visits, admissions events, and recruitment travel. A significant focus is proactive recruitment and relationship-building across local, domestic, and select international markets. The successful candidate is an exceptional communicator and presenter who is relational, organized, energetic, collaborative, and aligned with the school’s mission. The position is in the Office of Admissions, reports to the Director of Enrollment Management & Financial Aid, and is based at the Memorial office location. The Stony Brook School is an independent college preparatory school for grades 7–12, founded in 1922, with a Christian mission and educational philosophy. The position requires a background check.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Exceptional written, verbal, interpersonal, presentation, and public-speaking skills.
- Strong relationship-building, organizational, time-management, and follow-through skills.
- Proficiency with CRM/enrollment management systems, databases, financial aid platforms, and standard office technology.
- Willingness to travel regularly for recruitment, including local and domestic travel, and international travel.
- Availability for occasional evening and weekend admissions programs.
- Ability to manage confidential student and family information with discretion.
- Ability to engage people from diverse backgrounds and understand, embrace, and effectively represent the Christian mission and educational philosophy of The Stony Brook School.
- Required background check.
Nice To Haves
- 2–5 years of relevant professional experience, preferably in admissions, education, student services, recruitment, marketing, community engagement, or a related field.
- Relational, proactive, collaborative, detail-oriented, and solution-focused approach, with a strong work ethic and enthusiasm for finding and cultivating prospective families.
- Ability to compellingly articulate the value of a Stony Brook education and build authentic relationships with prospective students and families.
Responsibilities
- Guide prospective families from initial inquiry through enrollment, providing responsive and personalized support.
- Conduct campus tours, applicant interviews, and family meetings, and respond to inquiries by phone, email, video, and in person.
- Connect prospective students with appropriate faculty, coaches, students, and programs based on their interests.
- Communicate the distinctive value of a Stony Brook education.
- Recruit students through local, regional, national, and international outreach and travel.
- Represent the school at school visits, admissions fairs, conferences, athletic showcases, receptions, and community events.
- Help expand recruitment in the New York tri-state area, Northeast, South, West, and strategic international markets.
- Develop relationships and recruitment pipelines with schools, counselors, educational consultants, churches, athletic programs, community organizations, alumni, and current parents.
- Review applicant files, including transcripts, recommendations, testing, essays, and interview information.
- Conduct interviews and prepare applicant evaluations and admission recommendations.
- Serve as a voting member of the Admissions Committee and contribute to thoughtful, consistent, mission-aligned decisions.
- Maintain appropriate confidentiality regarding applicant and family information.
- Help plan and execute Open Houses, shadow days, information sessions, admitted student programs, counselor events, athletic showcases, fairs, and receptions.
- Participate in virtual admissions programs and recruitment events.
- Collaborate with faculty, coaches, students, parents, and alumni to create engaging prospective-family experiences.
- Maintain accurate applicant information in the school’s enrollment management systems.
- Track recruitment activity, applications, enrollment outcomes, and family engagement.
- Support admissions research, reporting, marketing, digital communications, and storytelling.
- Help ensure prospective families receive timely, accurate, and engaging communications throughout the admissions process.
- Provide support across Admissions Office functions as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
