Lower School Director Of Admission

Date Posted: January 2022 Date available: Summer 2022 Department: Office of Admission, Lower School Job SummaryBB&N is seeking a full-time Director of Admission at the Lower School to begin July 1, 2022. The BB&N Lower School consists of Pre-K (called Beginners) through Grade 6.Primary responsibilities include managing all aspects of admissions operations at the Lower School in order to advance BB&Ns mission. Essential duties focus on annually recruiting and enrolling mission appropriate candidates and welcoming families into the Beginners through 6 community.In addition, the Lower School Director of Admission is responsible for: leading and motivating the Lower School admissions team to recruit new students/families and ensure that enrollment goals are met; planning virtual and on-campus recruitment outreach including but not limited to: campus tours, school visits, school fairs, interviews, Open Houses, panels, admitted family programming, and other special events; partnering with the Director of Enrollment Management on comprehensive marketing plans for the Lower School; monitoring and assessing data to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment and marketing efforts including social media engagement, digital marketing outcomes, and other emerging technologies that enhance application conversion and yield with prospective students and their families; providing comprehensive statistical and data-informed analyses necessary to make sound policy decisions; developing and building strong and effective relationships with area nursery schools, pre-schools, and community based organizations. Ensuring internal constituents understand and embrace the customer service orientation necessary for successful enrollment and retention outcomes managing and directing the evaluation of applications for all grade levels at the Lower School; leading the Lower School admissions team and Lower School faculty in collaborating on evaluation efforts; coordinating the sibling and faculty/staff admissions process for Beginners and Kindergarten; selecting, training, and deploying parent volunteers throughout the admissions cycle in order to highlight a variety of voices from across the parent community; partnering with and informing the Lower School faculty on admissions trends/needs; providing tools, plans, and frameworks for faculty to participate in recruitment events and application evaluation; evaluating and improving the practices of the student enrollment experience, including timely, effective and positive engagement with students and families throughout the entirety of their experiences with Lower School admissions, financial aid, and matriculation; collaborating with the Lower School Campus Director, the Director of Enrollment Management, and the rest of the Senior Leadership Team to provide the vision for optimizing enrollment opportunities and marketing strategies for grade levels across the Lower School.