Employment

Mission: Waring School is a co-educational, college preparatory day school of 166 students, grades 6-12 in Beverly, MA. Waring’s mission is “To create and sustain a community of lifelong learners who are working together for the individual and common good.”

Summary: Waring School seeks a creative, charismatic, and collaborative Admissions and Summer Programs Officer who brings the skills and experience necessary to help recruit a diverse array of students into Waring’s program (helping to expand the applicant pool by ~25%)  as well as has the visionary capacity to expand our Summer Program offerings by approximately 50% in scope and enrollment over the next couple seasons. 

The ideal candidate for this position has strong interpersonal skills as well as a passion for learning and the liberal arts; ideally, the candidate has experience in managing Summer Programs (marketing, budgeting, staffing) or similar auxiliary programming,  as well as the creativity and initiative to expand upon an existing model. 

Key Responsibilities include: Assisting the Director of Admissions & Enrollment Management in the annual cycle of admissions & marketing, including composing news stories and blog posts for the school website, and assisting with the general administrative tasks of the enrollment office; taking a management lead in Summer Programming.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent; 
• 2+ years experience working in schools and/or camp programs; Experience in Admissions and/or school Summer Programming preferred 
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills;
• Ability to quickly and clearly write in an organized and eloquent manner
• Experience with Marketing preferred; listed ads, using social media, etc (SEO experience a plus)
• Experience with graphic design preferred (e.g. Canva or Illustrator)
• Familiarity with Google suite, including Google classroom, preferred;

• Attendance at co-curricular aspects of our school program, e.g. All-School Meetings, as agreed upon based on FTE work percentage;
• Participation in Faculty Meetings and Professional Days, as agreed upon based on FTE work percentage;

Application Process:

Interested candidates should email a résumé and letter of interest explaining their background to: Becky Schaeffer, Director of Admissions & Enrollment Management: positions@waringschool.org by January 15, 2024.