Assistant Director of Admission

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.