Choate Rosemary Hall seeks a candidate for an Assistant Director of Admission with a start date of Summer 2025. The Choate Admission Office is composed of a Chief Enrollment Manager and eighteen professionals in a range of positions who work in collaboration with other members of the Choate community including form deans, department heads, teaching faculty, and coaches. This position is a year-round associate faculty position reporting to the Chief Enrollment Manager. This admission professional is a member of the Admission team and as such assists with all aspects of the admission and recruitment process. The position is unhoused and may require contributions to co-curricular commitments as determined by the Dean of Faculty, in consultation with the Chief Enrollment Manager.
To fulfill these responsibilities the Assistant Director:
- conducts interviews with prospective candidates and their families.
- reads, reviews, and evaluates candidates for admission.
- travels out of state on behalf of the School and plans itinerary, marketing, advertising, and logistics for each trip.
- supports and counsels prospective families throughout the admission process.
- works some evenings and weekends as assigned.
- assumes regional responsibility for a portion of the applicant pool: gather and analyze demographic research, leverage current relationships in territory, identify and grow potential markets, offer highly personalized communication with prospective families in territory throughout the application cycle.
- builds and maintains relationships with secondary school counselors at established and potential feeder schools and community-based organizations.
- represents the School at receptions, fairs, information sessions, and on-campus events to effectively communicate the value of a boarding school education.
- works with Ten School Admission Organization (TSAO) peers to coordinate group travel efforts such as fairs and panels.
- collaborates with the admission team to plan and implement all Choate Rosemary Hall admission events and initiatives on and off-campus: Spring Visits, Counselor/CBO visits, student ambassador programs, virtual events, yield activities, etc. for prospective students and their families.
- visits classes, school events (athletic/artistic/academic), and other functions to keep current on life at Choate.
- attends professional development opportunities including but not limited to Enrollment Management Association, The Association of Boarding Schools, and cultural competency training.
- coordinates with on-campus departments and committees (i.e. arts or athletics) to recruit and yield candidates with special interests
- chairs and serves on admission committees as assigned by the Chief Enrollment Manager.
- takes on other duties as assigned by the Head of School or Chief Enrollment Manager.