About DVFriends

Delaware Valley Friends School is a national leader educating bright students in grades 1-12 who have reading, writing, and other related learning differences. The school attracts students from across the Philadelphia area and is in the midst of several years of program expansion and enrollment growth. Students receive a comprehensive, evidence-based, college preparatory curriculum, individualized instruction, cutting-edge assistive technologies, and successful college placement, with an emphasis on metacognition and self-advocacy within a community based on Friends (Quaker) values.

About you and the role

The Director of Enrollment Management will join a collaborative and dynamic leadership team and report to the Head of School, to begin no later than July 2023. You are a people-oriented professional who brings empathy, expertise, and high emotional intelligence to prospective families and others. You are also adept in managing and taking lessons from data, as well as adept at utilizing the school's web-based enrollment management system. You are (or are eager to become) an advocate for bright students who learn differently and you implement best practices for independent school enrollment management.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Oversee all aspects of the schools admission and recruitment processes.

• Work as an integral part of a collaborative senior administrative team.

• Supervise and partner closely with the Assistant Director of Admission/Director of Financial Aid. 

• Establish relationships of trust with prospective, enrolled, and alumni families.

• Forge positive relationships with evaluators, attorneys, advocates, admissions professionals, and leaders of feeder schools.

• Closely track and strategically utilize data at all points of the admissions pipeline, from the inquiry stage through enrollment and retention.

• Provide regular reports to the head, Board of Trustees, and peer administrators.

• Lead open houses/info sessions and tours of the school.

• Clerk (chair) the Admissions Committee of each division.

• Partner with the marketing and communication office to develop collateral and initiatives for enrollment and retention.

• Oversee and establish budgets related to enrollment management work, in conjunction with the finance & operations director.

• Pursue ongoing professional development relevant to the position

Qualifications:

• You know yourself well, faults and strengths, and approach others with empathy and generosity of spirit.

• You’re good at building trust with external and internal stakeholders and have a strong customer service orientation.

• You are highly organized and an excellent communicator in written and spoken forms.

• You are a strategic and generative thinker.

• The mission of a school that serves bright students who learn differently is highly appealing to you, and previous experience with students who learn differently is a plus.

• The values of Friends education resonate with you. Previous experience in Friends education is not essential but is also a plus.

• You have a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice work.

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree at a minimum, and preferably a master’s degree in a relevant discipline 

Benefits

You’ll benefit from:

• A competitive salary that is benchmarked against other independent schools in the region

• A robust health insurance plan, including a school contribution that covers the employee cost and a portion of the cost for a partner and dependents.

• Generous time-off policies, including 21 vacation days and 14 holidays a year.

• Employer match of retirement plan contributions up to 6% of salary.

To Apply

DVFriends has partnered with Applied to ensure an application process that is equitable and free of implicit bias. Review of candidates will continue on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Interested candidates are encouraged to complete their applications before that date.

DVFriends is an equal-opportunity employer.

DVFriends is working to create a community that recognizes the strength of diversity and aspires to create an inclusive, respectful, and just community. We welcome people of any race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender, gender identity and expression, age, military or veteran status, family structure, marital status, disability, citizenship status, and socioeconomic status to join our community. DV does not discriminate on the basis of these characteristics in our policies or practices.