Strategic Enrollment & Family Engagement Director

Diocese of Venice, Inc.; Sarasota (FL); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School in Sarasota, FL seeks a mission-centered Director of Enrollment and Family Engagement to lead recruitment, admissions, and retention, while strengthening relationships with families and partner communities.

You will use data, strategic communications, and personal outreach to guide the prospective-family journey from inquiry to enrollment, collaborate with school leaders, and ensure a sustainable enrollment pipeline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or relevant certification preferred.
• Experience in admissions, enrollment management, family engagement, marketing, communications, education, or a related field preferred
• Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, writing, organizational, and customer-service skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships, manage events and projects, interpret data, and use technology effectively.
• Commitment to Catholic education and the ability to articulate and advance the mission of Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School.

Responsibilities

• Enrollment Strategy: Develop and execute an annual recruitment, admissions, yield, and retention plan with measurable enrollment goals and regular reporting.
• Admissions & Recruitment: Lead the inquiry-to-enrollment process and coordinate Open House, Cougar Experience Days, tours, testing, information sessions, and other recruitment experiences.
• Family Engagement & Retention: Create onboarding, communication, feedback, and engagement strategies that strengthen family connection and student retention.
• Partner-School, Parish & Community Outreach: Build relationships with principals, school communities, pastors, parishes, and community partners to expand the prospective-family pipeline.
• Marketing & Storytelling: Collaborate with Communications & Marketing to develop compelling recruitment messaging, campaigns, materials, website content, and family communications.
• Data & Enrollment Management: Track and analyze inquiries, applications, acceptances, yield, enrollment, retention, feeder-school trends, and event effectiveness; use findings to guide strategy.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with the Principal and the Advancement & Enrollment team, as well as Academic Services, Student Life, Campus Ministry, Athletics, and the Business Office.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Relationship building

Event planning

Project management

Data interpretation

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Writing skills

Organizational skills

Customer service

Data analysis

Technology savvy

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree or certification

Job description

Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School in Sarasota, FL seeks a mission-centered Director of Enrollment and Family Engagement to lead recruitment, admissions, and retention, while strengthening relationships with families and partner communities.

You will use data, strategic communications, and personal outreach to guide the prospective-family journey from inquiry to enrollment, collaborate with school leaders, and ensure a sustainable enrollment pipeline.