Enrollment Recruiter

Job Description: Enrollment Recruiter

Performance Academies

Location: Columbus, Ohio

About Performance Academies LLC:

Over 25 years Performance Academies LLC has become Ohio’s highest academically performing K-8 charter school organization, providing high-quality education to students throughout Ohio. Our mission is to help students develop strong minds and bodies through a program of extra math and reading, an enhanced sports and fitness program, and good citizenship, in an extended school day. Our sixteen schools across Ohio provide a positive, structured learning environment where students thrive.

Position Summary:

The Enrollment Recruiter role requires the personality, dignity, and enthusiasm of an ambassador, and the concern of a good friend. 

A successful Enrollment Recruiter understands what parents seek in a school, why they choose charter schools, and is familiar with important neighborhood organizations like churches, gyms, local businesses, and health and social services. The Enrollment Recruiter develops relationships with school age families, cultivates productive enrollment channels, and shepherds students through the enrollment process at the school site.

Responsibilities:

• Enroll Families: Create and implement targeted recruitment strategies to meet enrollment goals for each school.
• Develop Community Enrollment Channels: Build and maintain strong relationships with community organizations, neighborhood leaders, faith-based institutions, businesses, and other groups to promote the neighborhood Performance Academy school.
• Neighborhood Outreach: Actively engage one-on-one with families and prospective students in designated neighborhoods through personal in-person contact, digital communication, community events, and local partnerships.
• Information Sessions and School Tours: Plan and conduct engaging information sessions for prospective families and coordinate school tours to showcase our programs and facilities.
• Application Assistance: Guide prospective families through the application process, answer questions, gather documents, and fill out the forms (paper or online).
• Data Tracking and Reporting: Always know your data, use company systems to report and maintain accurate records of recruitment activities, track families’ progress towards enrollment, and provide regular reports to leadership.
• Collaboration with School Teams: Work closely with school principals, admissions staff, and marketing teams to ensure a cohesive and effective enrollment process.
• Represent Performance Academies: Serve as a knowledgeable and enthusiastic representative of Performance Academies at community events, school fairs, and other recruitment opportunities.
• Knowledge: Explain the benefits of the Performance Academy charter schools and our truly unique offerings.
• Stay Informed: Remain current on local school choice options, activities of nearby charter schools, and relevant community demographics.
• Develop Recruitment Materials: Collaborate with the Marketing Manager to develop effective recruitment materials, including online and paper enrollment forms, flyers, brochures, and social media content.

Qualifications:

• Two years of experience in enrollment recruitment, preferably with charter schools.
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation for local travel.
• Completion of FBI/CBI background check
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, to attend community events and meet with families.
• Proficient in standard computer applications and data entry.
• Demonstrate strong connections and established relationships within diverse neighborhoods.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to connect with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Self-motivated, highly organized, and able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Very desirable to be conversational in non-English languages spoken amongst area immigrant families.

Rate of Pay: $18.00/hr

Enrollment Bonus: Enrollment Recruiter earns an Enrollment Bonus of $75 when a new student enrolls and attends his or her first day of school, and a Retention Bonus of $75 when the same student remains continuously enrolled for 6 months. Earned bonuses are verified on the last day of each month and paid in the following month.

Position Status: Regular, Part-time; 10-20 hours per week

Benefits: This part-time position is not eligible for Performance Academies’ health, dental, and vision insurance; paid time off (vacation, sick leave, holidays); retirement plan with employer contribution; life insurance; disability insurance.

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.