Assistant Director Of Admissions And Recruitment

The Stony Brook School; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 55.000 - 85.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Stony Brook School is seeking an enthusiastic, relationship-driven Assistant Director of Admissions & Recruitment to join our Admissions team. The role advances enrollment goals through student recruitment, family engagement, marketing, application processing, and review, from inquiry through enrollment.

The successful candidate will be a strong communicator, organized, energetic, and mission-aligned. A significant focus is proactive recruitment across local, domestic, and select

Formación

• Bachelor's degree required; 2–5 years of relevant professional experience preferred in admissions, education, student services, recruitment, marketing, community engagement, or a related field.
• 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, domestic, and international travel.
• Availability for occasional evening and weekend admissions programs.
• Ability to manage confidential student and family information with discretion.

Responsabilidades

• 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.
• Clearly and authentically communicate the distinctive value of a Stony Brook education.
• Actively recruit students through local, regional, national, and international outreach and travel.
• Represent SBS at school visits, admissions fairs, conferences, athletic showcases, receptions, and community events.
• Help expand recruitment throughout the New York tri-state area, Northeast, South, West, and strategic international markets.
• Develop relationships and new 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 within 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.

Conocimientos

Relationship-building

Public speaking

Time management

Organization

Interpersonal skills

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

CRM systems

Enrollment databases

Financial aid platforms

Office software

Descripción del empleo

Founded in 1922, The Stony Brook School is an independent, Christian college preparatory school for grades 7–12, located on the scenic North Shore of Long Island. Our mission is to challenge young men and women to know Jesus Christ as Lord, to love others as themselves, and to grow in knowledge and skill so that they may serve the world through their character and leadership.

Our community is committed to academic excellence, spiritual growth, and preparing students for lives of significance and service.

Position Summary

The Stony Brook School is seeking an enthusiastic, relationship-driven Assistant Director of Admissions & Recruitment to join our Admissions team!

The Assistant Director of Admissions advances the School's enrollment goals through student recruitment, family engagement, marketing, application processing, and application review. The position supports prospective families from initial inquiry through enrollment while representing SBS 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 will be an exceptional communicator and presenter who is relational, organized, energetic, collaborative, and aligned with the mission of The Stony Brook School.

Core Responsibilities

Family Engagement & Admissions

• 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.
• Clearly and authentically communicate the distinctive value of a Stony Brook education.

Recruitment & Community Outreach

• Actively recruit students through local, regional, national, and international outreach and travel.
• Represent SBS at school visits, admissions fairs, conferences, athletic showcases, receptions, and community events.
• Help expand recruitment throughout the New York tri-state area, Northeast, South, West, and strategic international markets.
• Develop relationships and new recruitment pipelines with schools, counselors, educational consultants, churches, athletic programs, community organizations, alumni, and current parents.

Application Review

• 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.

Admissions Events

• 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.

Data, Marketing & Operations

• Maintain accurate applicant information within 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 2–5 years of relevant professional experience preferred in admissions, education, student services, recruitment, marketing, community engagement, or a related field.
• 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, domestic, and international travel.
• Availability for occasional evening and weekend admissions programs.
• Ability to manage confidential student and family information with discretion.

Preferred Characteristics

The successful candidate will be relational, proactive, collaborative, detail-oriented, and solution-focused, with a strong work ethic and enthusiasm for finding and cultivating prospective families. The individual should be comfortable engaging people from diverse backgrounds and able to understand, embrace, and effectively represent the Christian mission and educational philosophy of The Stony Brook School.

The ideal candidate understands that successful admissions work is fundamentally relational - finding right‑fit Stony Brook students, developing authentic relationships with their families, and moving those relationships from initial interest to application and enrollment.

Above all, this person will be a collaborative Admissions colleague who can compellingly articulate why a Stony Brook education matters and invite families into a community committed to Character Before Career.

Join Our Team!

If you are passionate about building relationships, connecting with families, and making a meaningful difference in the lives of young people, we invite you to explore this opportunity to join The Stony Brook School community!

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at The Stony Brook School will be based on merit, qualifications, experience, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on race, color, sex, national origin, age, citizenship, genetic predisposition, or any characteristic protected by law.