Asheville School is an intentionally small, coed 9-12 boarding school nestled on a beautiful 300-acre campus in Asheville, North Carolina. Surrounded by woods, our historic campus offers 350,000 total square feet of academic, athletic, residential, and specialty activity facilities along with athletic fields, outdoor learning areas, and hiking trails.

Asheville School is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding employees through a competitive total compensation package. Our full-time regular employees enjoy a salary that is commensurate with the successful candidate’s skills and experience They enjoy a generous benefits package, which includes a 403(b)-retirement plan with employer contribution plus match and a leave program that is aligned with student school breaks. This position may also include campus housing.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Effectively communicate the vision, mission and values of Asheville School with prospective and current families and the community at large
• Manage the admission and enrollment processes and policies, successfully yielding approximately 110 new students each year
• Collaborate with administrators and program leadership to enhance recruitment, enrollment and retention processes
• Provide a vision for recruitment strategies that reflects both the domestic and international markets
• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications Department to develop and implement a multichannel marketing and admission communications strategy
• Track, manage, analyze and report on all admissions process elements and retention
• Analyze need with regard to financial aid awards to prospective students
• Stay aware of current trends in boarding and independent school admissions
• Travel domestically and internationally recruiting students and fostering collaborative relationships and partnerships with feeder schools and educational consultants
• Serve as a member of the school’s senior administrative team
• Manage the personnel in the office of admission
• Manage the admissions budget and partner with the Business Office to manage financial aid budget
• Other duties as assigned by the Head of School
  

Minimum Job Requirements

• At least 5-7 years of experience in independent school administration.
• High level of cultural competence and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
• A willingness to take informed risks and experiment with new strategies and techniques.
• A high degree of comfort with implementing and managing change in an admission setting.
• Excellent oral, written, and organizational and managerial skills with great attention to detail.
• Ability to receive and respond positively to critical feedback, as well as to have difficult conversations.
• Experience successfully leading complex strategic initiatives and translating high aspirations into achievable and measurable goals and accomplishments.
• Commitment to personal and professional growth.
• A leadership style marked by integrity.
• Sensitivity, discretion, and a healthy sense of humor.
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's or Doctorate degree preferred.
  

Condition of Employment
Successful candidates must submit to pre-employment and on-going background checks.

Work Setting & Environmental Factors
Depending on the assigned/selected afternoon activities, this position may require work in a variety of indoor settings as well as outdoors and travel may be required on a seasonal basis.

Typical Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to:

• Stand, sit, and move around the classroom.
• Move from place to place within the classroom building.
• Talk and hear.
• Use close vision, peripheral vision, and color vision, and be able to adjust focus.
• Use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls.
  

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to:

• Reach with hands and arms.
• Move between buildings on campus.
• Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  

Application Information & Applicant Notice
Email cover letter and resume to hiring@ashevilleschool.org

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified applicants with disabilities to apply for this position and/or for qualified employees to perform the essential duties. To request a confidential application process or job accommodation evaluation, contact the Director of Business Operations at 828-254-6345 ext. 4011.

Asheville School is committed to enhancing workplace diversity and fostering a climate of equity and inclusion. In addition, the School makes employment decision based on objective criteria and does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.