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Associate Director of Admissions (Lower and Middle Schools)

Head-Royce School
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Apr 2026

About the role

Associate Director of Admissions (K-8)  to start July 1st

Head-Royce School seeks a strategic and collaborative admissions professional to serve as the Associate Director of Admissions with focus on the K-8 admissions process. This position works closely with the entire admissions team in order to best position Head-Royce within a competitive marketplace. 

Responsibilities

  • Lead all aspects of the K-8 admissions process including tours and both the student and parent experience.

  • Manage the pipeline of K-8 applicants including customer experience.

  • Strategize with the Director of Enrollment Management, other administrators, and the Communications team to develop specific and targeted marketing plans. 

  • Communicate with applicants/families regarding admissions decisions, including the waitlist process. 

  • Organize and lead the K-8 admissions committee process. 

  • Organize the K-8 open house along with the larger admissions team.

  • Run K-8 assessment processes and 6-8 activity day.

  • Manage K-8 file reading and processes.

  • Review and report on analytics in both a rolling and summative manner. 

  • Survey families at the end of season in order to develop new outreach initiatives and better our processes. 

  • Organize administration of ISEEs. 

  • Attend events as determined by the Director of Enrollment Management. 

  • Participate in campus activities in order to gain a thorough understanding of Head-Royce’s programs and traditions.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of three years in admissions, with particular emphasis on Kindergarten processes. 

  • Strong communicator with excellent organizational skills. 

  • Positive presence with applicants and in the larger school community.

Located on a 22-acre campus in Oakland, California, Head-Royce School (HRS) is a pre-eminent, co-educational, independent, K-12 day school with a 138-year history. Our mission is to develop students of character, intellect, and creativity. We deliver on our mission by living our values:    * Students First: We prioritize student learning, development, and well-being. * Academic Excellence: We pursue knowledge and assess our learning to better ourselves and our community. * Diversity: We embrace our different perspectives, backgrounds, experiences and identities to expand and enrich what we can learn and do together. * Belonging: We create the conditions in which everyone thrives and brings their authentic selves. * Civic Engagement: We connect students to the local community and beyond to enhance their academic experiences and foster genuine engagement.   Head-Royce enrolls approximately 920 students in the three separate divisions—Lower, Middle and Upper—and provides a dynamic, whole-child education to every student. We envision a future where education unlocks the promise and purpose of every student to better the world.   HRS is unable to provide immigration sponsorships such as H1B Visas. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States and be willing to undergo both Livescan background check and TB screening as part of the hiring process. Employment is also contingent upon successful completion of background checks and compliance with California SB 848, which requires prior educational institution employers to disclose credible complaints, substantiated investigations, or discipline involving egregious misconduct.   Head-Royce provides equal employment opportunities on the basis of merit, fitness, qualifications, and experience. The school’s commitment to equal employment opportunity extends to all job applicants and employees and to all aspects of employment. Head-Royce makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breastfeeding), reproductive health decision-making, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, citizenship, military or veteran status, age, or other categories defined by state law, federal law or local ordinance. Head-Royce prohibits discrimination or harassment based on these classifications. Discrimination and harassment based on a perception that anyone is in any of these protected classifications or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as being in any of these protected classifications, are also prohibited. Head-Royce School seeks to be a community in which every individual is treated with sensitiv

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