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SalaryStart Date: August 2024
Reports to: Director of Lower School Admissions
Job Summary:
BB&N is seeking a full-time ten-month Admissions Assistant to join the admissions team beginning in August 2024. The Admissions Assistant provides administrative support for the Lower School admissions office and its outreach and recruitment efforts. This is a critical role, in part, because the Admissions Assistant is often the first point of contact for families inquiring about the admissions process. This role comprises three major areas: administrative support, information management, and event coordination.
Skills and Competencies:
The ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of general administrative/admissions experience and an understanding of the function of enrollment at educational institutions, preferably independent schools. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
In addition, the Admissions Assistant will demonstrate the following competencies:
- Experience working in a fast paced environment, attention to detail, and strong organizational skills
- Working knowledge of and experience with the Microsoft suite of products, databases, data entry, and management of data; experience with Veracross/Axiom preferred
- Ability to handle a high volume of communications and tasks
- Ability to juggle several projects/responsibilities simultaneously and meet expected deadlines
- Strong customer service orientation toward several constituencies (i.e. applicant families, current parents, faculty/staff, etc.)
- Event planning and event management experience
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Good written and oral communication
- Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends
Salary: $30.00 - $32.00 per hour
Compensation for full-time employees includes a 403(b) plan with up to a 10% match of salary and other competitive benefits offerings. Benefits offered to eligible employees include health & dental insurance; commuter benefits; long-term disability insurance, and more.
To Apply:
Please visit the Careers at BB&N page to complete your online application. Please upload your Cover Letter, Resume, Personal Statement, and/or Teaching Philosophy and Reference List.
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any non-job related physical or mental disability. We welcome candidates who will increase our diversity; we encourage candidates of color and all diverse candidates to apply.
Buckingham Browne & Nichols Schools takes the health and safety of its community members very seriously. Because we serve students, we strongly encourage all employees to receive at least one of the Pfizer, or Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccines before commencing employment.
About Buckingham Browne & Nichols:
Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Buckingham Browne & Nichols is a day school that engages students in grades Pre-K through 12 in a rich and invigorating educational experience of the highest quality. The school excels at helping students discover their unique talents and passions and develop those strengths to the fullest. The curriculum is challenging, forward-thinking, innovative, and flexible, designed to help qualified students, from a range of backgrounds and with a wide spectrum of talents and interests, reach new levels of accomplishment. Co-curricular opportunities in athletics, the arts, community service, and other areas add important dimensions to students’ learning. Students learn on three age and developmentally-appropriate campuses. At every grade, BB&N takes full advantage of the range of opportunities its locations afford.
BB&N is committed to becoming an anti-racist institution. This commitment is integral to the mission and vision of the School. BB&N is an academically excellent, diverse, and inclusive community where students develop into lifelong learners who lead with kindness, curiosity, and integrity. We prepare students to be responsible and open-minded as they engage with the world around them. Our school is guided by the core values of:
- Inquiry, in which we promote curiosity and critical thinking to inspire a lifelong love of learning. Integrity, in which we strive to be honest, conscientious, and accountable in our actions even when no one is watching.
- Belonging, in which we foster a culture of respect, well-being, and connection that values all individuals and empowers them to discover and be their authentic selves, and
- Kindness, in which we strengthen our communities by recognizing our common humanity and treating ourselves and others with respect and compassion.
The vibrancy and vitality we feel in the classrooms, hallways, stages, and playing fields of BB&N derive from the people who are here. At its root are the varied interests and experiences, the different backgrounds, cultures, religions, views, and perspectives that our students and faculty bring to their classes and families bring to myriad activities. Each of us adds to the richness of another’s experience. Working and playing together teaches us lifelong lessons about appreciating, knowing and understanding, and learning from each other.
