Assistant or Associate Director of Admissions

National Association of Independent Schools; New Hope (Bucks County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Solebury School seeks a highly qualified Assistant or Associate Director of Admissions to join its team. The ideal candidate will help build an applicant pool, manage admissions processes, and foster relationships across diverse markets. A Bachelor’s degree and substantial admissions experience are essential, along with excellent communication skills. The role involves both local and international travel, offering a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Medical & Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

403 (b) retirement plan

Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)

Disability and life insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in Independent schools or Colleges and/or working with teenagers.
• Significant Admissions experience required.
• Ability to travel internationally for up to three weeks.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop applicant pool from domestic and international markets.
• Oversee the application process for students.
• Follow up with families throughout the application process.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communications

Relationship building

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Veracross

Job description

Solebury School (New Hope, PA) seeks a highly qualified Assistant or Associate Director of Admissions to join the Admissions team at a growing boarding/day high school. This person will work with a strong Admissions team to achieve the school's enrollment goals and support the school's mission. Our goal is to hire someone soon and for them to start sometime the Summer 2025.

Essential Functions

• Identify potential international and domestic markets and develop a strategic plan for building applicant pool from each of them
• Travel to international and domestic markets to recruit students while also building a network of contacts
• Cultivate and maintain effective relations with consultants and key contacts in various markets
• Oversee the application process for students, updating the students, families, and consultants as needed
• Work with admission team to develop travel plan, an admission process and calendar that supports the school’s mission and development goals
• Meets with parents individually and/or in groups to provide information, answer questions and secure the admission of qualified students
• Meets with prospective students to be able to report impressions of them to the admissions committee
• Follow up with families throughout the application process to recruit, answer questions, and provide assistance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience in Independent schools or Colleges and/or in working with teenagers
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Significant Admissions experience
• Comfort in using database systems, particularly Veracross, is a significant plus
• Experience in the financial aid process is a plus
• Ability to work well as part of a team
• Be able to laugh a bit - that’s the kind of office we are

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Works in a highly stressful environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and a varied and diverse array of contacts
• May work at a desk and computer for extended periods of time
• Be able to occasionally lift up to 30 pounds
• Work primarily in a traditional climate controlled office environment
• Work intermittently in outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and cold
• Ability to travel internationally for up to three weeks at a time

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Solebury School offers competitive wages and comprehensive benefits to all eligible employees, including:

• Medical & Vision Insurance (free option for employees and employee plus children)
• Dental Insurance
• 403 (b) defined contribution retirement plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and School Holidays
• Short and Long Term Disability insurance, life insurance

As part of the terms for employment and in accordance with state law, all employees undergo national, state and local background checks before starting. Employment is also contingent on the ability to establish eligibility for employment in the United States by providing appropriate documentation to complete the I-9 form and required certifications. All employees must have reliable transportation to and from school, and a valid driver's license is required.

Please submit resume and cover letter to Staci Freer, Special Projects Manager via email to [e-mail]. Resumes will be accepted until the position is filled. Interviews will be on a rolling basis.

Since its founding in 1925, Solebury has been a leader in progressive education. By eschewing pretension, Solebury breeds a culture of warmth and acceptance where people can be themselves, where teachers and students interact in a culture of mutual respect, and where learning is a joint venture. It has a wide ranging academic program that allows for students to take as challenging a course load as they are ready for and get the level of support they need to be successful. It has a daily schedule that allows for wide exploration. The combination of these traits results in students having a heightened sense of their passions and talents and an increased ability to maximize them. Students at Solebury find a community that will embrace them, challenge them, and cheer them on. They will find an environment that supports creativity in thought and deed. They will find the ability to have agency in their lives and a voice all over campus. They will find the freedom to develop their own path academically and extracurricularly. We are located in New Hope, PA, giving us the benefits of a spacious, 140 acre, rural campus with NYC an hour and a half away and Philadelphia less than an hour away.

Programs of particular excellence are:

• Our Academic Program which has the ability to work with a variety of students - we offer both a variety of AP and honors classes and excellent support classes for students with language based and math learning differences or with executive functioning difficulties.

• Our Arts programs - visual, music, theater, and dance. Classes are taught by practicing artists, and the schedule is designed so that all students have daily access to a variety of arts offerings. This includes our newly established Dance Conservatory Program in Partnership with the Roxey Ballet Company.

• Our Academic Concentrations in STEM, Global Education, Social Justice, and the Arts which allow students to dive deeply into a specific area of interest and do significant work inside and beyond the classroom.

Since its founding in 1925, Solebury School has been a leader in progressive education.We are an all-gender boarding and day school serving more than 255 students in grades 9-12.

Solebury is an Equal Opportunity Employer.