Director of Enrollment

Director of Enrollment About Democracy Prep Public Schools Democracy Prep educates responsible citizen-scholars for success in the college of their choice AND for lives of active citizenship. In close partnership with families, we empower young people with the skills and values to flourish as community leaders who will strengthen our American democracy and change the world! With direction from the Chief Operating Officer, our Director of Enrollment sets the strategy for all student recruitment, enrollment, and retention efforts for the 10 schools in the Democracy Prep Public Schools network. Through their project management and data analytics skills, along with their solutions-oriented mindset, attention to detail, and stellar partnership abilities, the Director of Enrollment will lead the charge to make sure that families in our communities apply to our schools and that we are hitting our enrollment, student retention and family satisfaction targets every year at every campus. Who You Are: You are a highly motivated collaborator who identifies problems, understands root causes, and proposes potential for change. You are an enthusiastic teammate with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars. You are an organized, data-driven project manager that utilizes your content-matter expertise to partner with teams, schools, and other leaders to develop strong systems and solutions. You have a demonstrated record of achieving aggressive results and the ability to establish meaningful metrics to support data-driven decisions. You are a strong communicator (written and oral) who adapts to fit the needs of the audience in order to build a sense of shared purpose and progress forward. You bring maturity, humility, a strong work ethic, and a sense of humor to DPPS. You are highly responsive to and think critically about feedback and work to implement change in the right ways at the right time. You believe deeply in engaging families in school communities in meaningful ways, knowing that family involvement and investment is key to maintaining a thriving school system. You have the ability to reflect on school-facing systems using varied data from diverse sources, and challenging the status quo when necessary. 5+ years of operational leadership experience, ideally with community organizing, marketing, and charter school student recruiting and enrollment (preferred) and are a graduate of a Bachelor’s degree program (required). What You’ll Do: Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Enrollment is a key leader in the operational function of the organization. The Director of Enrollment directly supervises the work of the Enrollment Team which consists of 2 teammates and several contractors responsible for maintaining strong enrollment across the organization. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Enrollment Strategy, Management & Execution: Design and implement a dynamic, multi-faceted, year-round enrollment strategy that yields year-over-year exceptional results. Collaborate with the Chief Schools Officer, Deputy Superintendents, and all School Leaders to ensure enrollment strategy is appropriate for the context of each school. Provide strategic oversight for student enrollment. Lead enrollment strategy meetings and coach and prepare a member of the enrollment team to do the same in your stead. Lead cross-functional efforts on implementation of enrollment strategy, including managing the enrollment budget, managing external partners and contractors, and ensuring a robust marketing strategy to support enrollment in partnership with the Chief Operating Officer or their designee. Manage, train, and coach our central office enrollment and canvassing team, with dotted line oversight during enrollment season of members of our school-based operations teams who are directly involved in their school’s enrollment processes. Lead partnership with t