Associate Head of School for Advancement

Héroux-Devtek Spain; Tyler (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Grace Community School in Tyler, Texas, invites applications for an Associate Head of School for Advancement. This senior leader will unify admissions, development, and Marketing & Communications into a single Advancement function, reporting to the Head of School and serving on the Senior Leadership Team.

The ideal candidate blends strategic vision with relational leadership, has a proven track record managing directors, budgets, and cross-functional teams, and will advance enrollment,

Qualifications

• Track record of managing directors, budgets, and cross-functional teams.
• Blend strategic and relational leadership to drive mission.
• Experience aligning admissions, development, and marketing.

Responsibilities

• Unify and lead enrollment, fundraising, and brand efforts under a single, coordinated Advancement function.
• Oversee Admissions, Development, and Marketing & Communications departments.
• Provide oversight and guidance to Head of School, Board, and the Advancement team.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Relational leadership

Job description

Associate Head of School for Advancement

Located in Tyler, Texas, Grace Community School (Grace) is a private, Christ-centered, college-preparatory school committed to assisting Christian families in educating, equipping, and encouraging their children to influence the world for Christ. Serving students from early education through twelfth grade, Grace integrates academic excellence with spiritual formation through a biblical worldview. Across every division, students are known and supported within a relational community that cultivates faith, develops character, encourages the discovery of God-given gifts, and prepares them to pursue lives of purpose, service, and influence.

Grace Community School seeks a strategic, mission-driven Associate Head of School for Advancement to unify and lead the school’s enrollment, fundraising, and brand efforts under a single, coordinated vision. Reporting directly to the Head of School and serving as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, this role provides direct oversight of the Admissions, Development, and Marketing & Communications departments, aligning inquiry generation, donor engagement, and storytelling into one integrated Advancement function.

This leader will be responsible for improving on an already-healthy, high-performing Advancement division that grows enrollment, deepens philanthropic investment, and protects and elevates the Grace brand of “Teaching Jesus–Living Grace” in service of the school’s Christ-centered mission. The ideal candidate will blend strategic and relational leadership with a track record of managing directors, budgets, and cross-functional teams, and will offer sound judgment to the Head of School, the Board, and the Advancement team regarding how and where each should lead.

Grace has engaged NextEd to provide support with this hire. Compensation will be competitive with comparable private schools in the area. All candidates will be treated with the utmost confidentiality and discretion.