Dean Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Loves learning and loves children
• Actively engaged in the life the local Church
• Committed to professional growth
• Passionate about the mission and vision of The Ecclesial School
• Undergraduate degree (B.A. or B.S.) from an accredited institution
• Experience working in highly social and relational contexts
• At least 5 years of prior experience in admission, guidance, or another related field that requires managing relationships with families and students
• Experience in cross-cultural communication
• Experience with technology such as Microsoft suite and/or Google applications

Nice To Haves

• Works in Veracross and can report out of Veracross on admission and enrollment

Responsibilities

• Oversee family recruitment, admission, and enrollment, providing input to ensure we are visible to potential families that are looking for a school through their relationships (trusted sources of information) and technology (researching your school online)
• Manage a cycle of admission events — including scheduling family tours, assessments and interviews
• Connect with prospective parents utilizing phone, email, mail and other non-face-to-face interactions
• Educate prospective families to ensure mission alignment and timely communication with families regarding acceptance, interest list, or denial of admission.
• Maintain a proactive stance towards retention and re-enrollment at each campus and in every grade, keeping an informed sense of school culture
• Maintaining ongoing awareness of a family’s status and progress through the admissions and enrollment process.
• Directing the admissions process from initial parent contact through completion of enrollment, coordinating with assistant dean, school administrator, and bus director as needed.
• Provide a warm experience for families in all interactions with the school
• Collaborate with the advancement team with internal marketing strategies that promote word of mouth through current parents, students, faculty, and staff
• Work with deans and leadership to ensure internal messaging is consistent with our mission and vision.
• Oversee the invitation, coordination, and welcome of families throughout the period of connection and admission
• Deepen the engagement between admission and campus leadership while on-boarding new families and their children.
• Cultivate families as school partners, developing their commitment beyond tuition to volunteering and even giving
• Ensure retention and “re-recruitment” of the child each year – specifically identifying the value proposition for their families
• Help move the family from a transactional stance (I pay for a product) to a mission stance (we are partnering with school for the good of our children)
• In either stance, ensuring that each year’s academic offerings, including shares of tuition required, is not just presented but “marketed” to the family
• Support and prepare the family as it plans for next level of education, especially
• Be proactive in family relationship management, especially by managing potential conflict with families, seeing them as partners, clients.
• Works closely with the Enrollment Coordinator to ensure data is managed properly (e.g., numbers of students in grade levels on each campus)
• Works in Veracross and can report out of Veracross on admission and enrollment

Benefits

• Weekly one on one meetings with Engagement Director to measure progress toward goals/objectives
• Quarterly performance reviews and annually renewable work agreement