2026-2027 Director of Student Recruitment

Ednovate

$125K — $160K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Proven experience managing teams and operational systems.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
  • Preferred experience in developing enrollment strategies for K-12 schools.
  • Experience with CRM systems like SchoolMint is a plus.
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the implementation and management of enrollment and demand systems across the network.
  • Conduct thorough market and demographic analysis to inform recruitment strategy and school positioning.
  • Manage the enrollment operations, including CRM systems and registration processes.
  • Lead the network enrollment team by providing coaching and professional development.
  • Collaborate with various teams to enhance family engagement and improve enrollment analytics.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with a fully-paid option for employees and families.
  • Paid family leave, short-term disability, and life insurance benefits.
  • Access to fitness and entertainment discounts.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays.
  • 403b retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Opportunity for personal and professional growth within the organization.
Full Job Description
Director of Student Recruitment

As the Director of Student Recruitment at Ednovate, you will lead the implementation and continuous improvement of Ednovate's Enrollment and Demand systems to ensure schools meet enrollment, retention, and long-term sustainability goals. You will oversee enrollment operations, forecasting, enrollment trend analysis, conversion systems, and centralized enrollment team management in close collaboration with principals, marketing, operations, and network leadership. You will also inform enrollment strategy through market analysis, competitor analysis, and enrollment data insights. This is a full-time, exempt role that reports to the Chief of Schools.

What You'll Do
  • Oversee student recruitment and enrollment data and systems. Lead the implementation and management of network-wide Enrollment and Demand systems, ensuring schools meet enrollment targets aligned to long-term financial sustainability goals. Oversee enrollment forecasting, pacing analysis, yield tracking, enrollment trend analysis, cost-to-yield analysis, and reporting systems to support data-informed decision-making and continuously improve enrollment outcomes across the network.
  • Develop and implement student recruitment and enrollment strategy. Conduct market analysis, competitor analysis, demographic reviews, and enrollment pattern analysis to help inform enrollment strategy, school positioning, and long-term enrollment planning. Manage enrollment operations including CRM systems, lottery execution, registration processes, onboarding systems, transfer procedures, and enrollment data integrity.
  • Lead and develop the network enrollment team. Provide coaching, accountability systems, operational planning, professional development, and clear accountability and performance management aligned to network enrollment priorities to all staff supporting enrollment.
  • Collaborate across teams. Partner cross-functionally with principals, marketing, operations, data, and network leadership teams to strengthen family engagement, improve lead conversion systems, enhance enrollment analytics, and support school sustainability planning.

Who You'll Be
  • Mission-driven professional passionate about increasing college attainment for historically under-represented students
  • Social justice champion committed to promoting educational opportunity for all students and families
  • Entrepreneurial spirit who thrives in a workplace characterized by autonomy, flexibility, transparency and accountability
  • Collaborative team player who works well with others from diverse backgrounds, uplifts and celebrates our teammates and engages in healthy debate and feedback to get the best results for students and families
  • Resourceful, persistent learner with a growth mindset, constantly seeking to • find a way or make one• to master your craft and improve results.

We're Looking For
  • Bachelor degree, or 4+ years of relevant work experience, required
  • Experience managing teams, operational systems, and cross-functional projects, required
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills, including experience analyzing data, forecasting trends, and managing performance metrics, required
  • Experience collaborating with school leaders, leading enrollment strategy or operations across multiple K-12 campuses and using enrollment, demographic, or market data to inform strategic decision-making, strongly preferred
  • Experience with SchoolMint or comparable CRM/enrollment management systems, preferred
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish), strongly preferred

We're Committed To Giving You
  • A competitive and transparent salary ($125,000 - 160,000, depending on background and experience)
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage - including a fully-paid medical and dental option for employees and their families - and flexible spending account options
  • Paid family leave, short-term disability and life insurance benefits
  • Fitness and entertainment discounts
  • Generous paid time off and holidays
  • 403b retirement savings plan, with company match
  • A place to grow, learn and be a part of the Ednovate family

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