Posted: 12-Mar-25
Location: Wallingford, Connecticut
Type: Full Time
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Required Education:
Additional Information:
Choate Rosemary Hall seeks a candidate for an Admission Officer 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 administrative faculty position reporting to the Chief Enrollment Manager. It is an entry-level, 2-3 year position, responsible for several tasks that are critical to the successful operation of the Admission Office. The position includes school housing and some combination of residential responsibilities and other extracurricular commitments as determined by the Dean of Faculty, in consultation with the Chief Enrollment Manager.
To fulfill these responsibilities the Admission Officer:
- conducts interviews with prospective candidates and their families.
- reads, reviews, and evaluates candidates for admission.
- plans itinerary and travels out of state on behalf of the School.
- supports and counsels prospective families throughout the admission process.
- works some evenings and weekends as assigned.
- 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.
- 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.
- takes on other duties as assigned by the Head of School or Chief Enrollment Manager
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Proven track record as a highly collaborative individual in a team-based environment with strong interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills both in person and online.
- Candidate must have high energy and the interest and ability to travel independently and strategically on behalf of school.
- High degree of comfort utilizing a range of technologies associated with large and dynamic admission offices.
- Driver’s license and appropriate background checks are required.