Director of Admissions and Community Engagement

Lafayette, CA (On-site)

$60K/yr – $90K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end admissions lifecycle, drive enrollment retention initiatives, and build a community-facing outreach program that expands CCJDS visibility and strengthens partnerships with families and local organizations.

  • Admissions & Onboarding: identify prospects, manage applications, host tours, coordinate interviews, and train ambassadors.
  • Community Engagement & Marketing: raise school visibility, partner with preschools and local groups, and create aligned digital/print materials.
  • Enrollment Retention & Communications: monitor attrition, support re-enrollment, and coordinate welcome communications with teams and families.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end admissions lifecycle, drive enrollment retention initiatives, and build a community-facing outreach program that expands CCJDS visibility and strengthens partnerships with families and local organizations.

  • Admissions & Onboarding: identify prospects, manage applications, host tours, coordinate interviews, and train ambassadors.
  • Community Engagement & Marketing: raise school visibility, partner with preschools and local groups, and create aligned digital/print materials.
  • Enrollment Retention & Communications: monitor attrition, support re-enrollment, and coordinate welcome communications with teams and families.
Requirements
  • A bachelor’s degree or higher
  • Three of more years of professional experience in admissions or a relevant marketing and customer service role. Classroom teaching experience may be considered as fulfilling some of this requirement
  • Effective time management, strong organizational ability, and excellent follow-through.
  • Excellent relationship building skills
  • Demonstrated leadership and facilitative skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • A friendly and professional personality, good listening skills, and the ability to connect with a diverse group of parents, students and colleagues
  • The ability to be welcoming and inclusive of all, and to treat all current and prospective community members with respect.
  • The ability to treat all information relating to prospective and current families with the utmost of confidence.
  • A strong commitment to the mission of CCJDS, including our whole-child educational philosophy and our commitment to building an inclusive, diverse Jewish community.
  • Knowledge of or willingness to learn about our diverse Jewish community and the Jewish traditions and values that are a part of the CCJDS experience
  • A commitment to developing professionally and supporting the development of others
Benefits
  • 100% Health and Dental insurance for a full-time employee
  • School contribution to TIAA-CREF 403B Retirement Plan
  • Support for Professional Growth
  • Generous tuition remission for employee with student(s) enrolled at CCJDS.
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Contra Costa Jewish Day School

The Contra Costa Jewish Day School is a K-8 independent school with approximately 175 students, accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. We welcome students of all backgrounds, from throughout the East Bay. We are committed to providing them with extraordinary teachers, individualized learning, and a vibrant, supportive environment where they develop into critical thinkers and effective communicators. Our academic and social-emotional curricula integrate the core Jewish values of kindness, service, justice and respect for others, preparing our students to make the world a better place.

Founded in 2001
Lafayette, California, USA
28 employees (1 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
21.7%
Direct
57.4%
Referral
5.5%
Social
14.1%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~28