Admissions/Marketing Coordinator

The Admissions/Marketing Coordinator represents Calhoun to prospective families and supports their admissions process. This is a unique opportunity that combines student and parent-facing admissions work with contributing to our social media presence and storytelling This position also manages the Calhoun social media presence and serves as the liaison between the admissions and communications departments to optimize Calhoun’s social media engagement.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES/TASKS

There is a unique duality of responsibilities with this position, connecting admissions activities with marketing and social media content contribution:

Admissions Liaison:

• Answer phone calls from prospective families and speak knowledgeably and professionally about Calhoun
• Facilitate campus tours, execute admissions-related events, and build relationships within and beyond Calhoun
• Enter and manipulate data in our Finalsite database
• Schedule tours and interviews; coordinate and communicate weekly schedules for multiple constituencies
• Organize, manage, and track prospective student files, physical and electronic
• Support admissions events, including occasional evening and weekend events
• Manage day-to-day operations of the admissions office
• While experience in a school setting is not specifically required, must be capable of communicating with people of various ages and backgrounds
• Describe Calhoun's commitment to diversity and equity to prospective families
• Greet and interact with students and parents

Marketing/Social Media Content Contributor:

• Coordinate social media content and collaborate on strategy with admissions and communications teams
• Coordinate and execute mailings and emails
• Ability to write well, enjoys brainstorming creative ideas, and ability to gather content via phone and video

SPECIAL POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Requires occasional evening and weekend work participating in events at Calhoun.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally on the telephone and in person
• Experience creating engaging content for social media platforms
• Ability to collaborate with multiple teams to strategically curate creative content for social media platforms
• Experience with data entry and database manipulation
• Experience with spreadsheets
• Experience managing multiple internal and external schedules
• Experience with organizing physical and digital files
• Experience as a contributing member of a collaborative, open-spaced office
• Experience supporting institutional diversity/equity work
• Ability to complete tasks independently
• Ability to check and edit work for accuracy
• Ability to engage and communicate with students, faculty and administration in a preschool-12th grade setting
• Ability to understand multiple perspectives and life experiences
• Bachelor’s degree

SUCCESS FACTORS/JOB COMPETENCIES

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Time management – the ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
• Dedication to equity, diversity and inclusion

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK REQUIREMENTS

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk up stairs, stand, sit, walk, talk, hear and see. Requires occasional carrying of admissions materials up to 10 pounds.

Time demands: The job requires occasional evening work and occasional weekend work.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY WORK

Calhoun is committed to addressing issues of social justice, diversity, equity, and anti-bias education in our curriculum and in our community. Employees must be willing learners and participants in supporting this work.

Calhoun is committed to recruiting, hiring and supporting a diverse staff and welcomes applicants of all gender, sexuality, religious, ethnic, racial and cultural identities. Calhoun does not unlawfully discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of one’s actual or perceived race; color; religion; sex/gender (including gender identity); creed; sexual orientation; marital status; pregnancy; ethnicity; national origin; ancestry; age; disability.