Associate Director of US Admissions

Description:The Associate Director of Upper School Admissions is an integral part of the team that directs the admissions process for families interested in applying to Head-Royce School for grades 9-12 (Upper School). The person in this role counsels prospective families through the admissions process, which begins with the family’s initial contact with Head-Royce through the admission decision and, ultimately, until enrollment. This includes advancing the school mission, promoting strategic priorities, and supporting the School’s reputation in the larger community.
Duties and Responsibilities:The Associate Director of Upper School Admissions helps guide the admissions practices that encourage ninth- through twelfth-grade families to consider Head-Royce, determine students’ eligibility for admission, and encourage accepted families to enroll. The Associate Director is also part of the admissions team that ensures information about Head-Royce, including the school’s mission, is appropriately and accurately represented to the community at-large. 

Responsibilities

• Family visits and tours: Coordinate all aspects of family visits to Head-Royce. This includes, but is not limited to; group tours, individual family visits, and Upper School open houses. 
• Interview Days: Coordinate all aspects of the Upper School Interview Days that serve to determine appropriate students and families for Head-Royce. 
• Upper School Admissions Committee: The Associate Director is an integral part of the Upper School admissions committees and attends all meetings. In addition, the Associate Director helps organize (with the Senior Associate Director of Enrollment Management and the Director of Enrollment Management) meeting schedules, presentations of data, and admissions decisions. 
• Other Duties: Work with daily operations support staff to evaluate, update, and provide quality control over admission print information and online application forms. Track the stages of admission folder completion, including communication with families. Work with the admissions team to plan tours and open houses. Attend and assist in organizing all K-12 Open HousesProvide support for and/or supervise short-term projects necessary to the success of the Admission Office.

Skills

• Work within a professional community that expects collegiality and open communication
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Strong background and training in cultural competency
• Proficiency with admissions databases (Ravenna and Blackbaud)
• Excellent public speaking, telephone, and writing skills
• Self-motivated, flexible, willing to work beyond traditional office hours, including evening and weekend events

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• 3-5 years of admissions experience in independent schools or in a college/university setting required.
• 2+ years of financial aid experience preferred.

To Apply:
Interested candidates are asked to submit a letter of interest as well as a current resume. Application materials should be submitted through our website.
Located on a 22-acre campus in Oakland, California, Head-Royce (HRS) is a pre-eminent, co-educational, independent, K-12 day school with a 137-year history. Our mission is to inspire in our students a lifelong love of learning and pursuit of academic excellence, to promote understanding of and respect for diversity that makes our society strong and to encourage active and responsible global citizenship.
Head-Royce enrolls 900 students in the three separate divisions—Lower, Middle and Upper—and provides a dynamic, whole-child education to every student.
Please note - HRS is unable to provide immigration sponsorships such as H1B Visas.
Head Royce is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions including but not limited to employment, training, promotion, demotion, transfer, leaves of absence and termination based on qualifications and without regard to protected status. We will not discriminate based on age, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin or ancestry, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, registered domestic partner status, physical or mental disability, a medical condition including genetic characteristics, military or veteran status, reproductive health decision making or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws Head-Royce School seeks to be a community in which every individual is treated with sensitivity, courtesy and respect.