School Community Engagement Officer

Job Description

SJI Northern Virginia Community Engagement Officer

Saint Jerome Institute operates an internationally-recognized high school in the Catholic Liberal Arts tradition in Washington, DC.

We seek an entrepreneurial Catholic leader to help expand our educational vision to a second location in northern Virginia.

Role of the Community Engagement Officer

The Community Engagement Officer (CO) at St. Jerome Institute (SJI) will build, manage, and further meaningful relationships with prospective parents and partners through meaningful interactions, primarily in-person and individually.

Responsibilities of the Community Engagement Officer

Reporting to the President, the CO will identify and visit families who would like to be meaningfully involved in the mission and vision of SJI; cultivate meaningful relationships between those families and SJI for the purpose of building a solid pipeline of enrollment and support for our mission.

Creating and implementing a meaningful engagement plan for each assigned donor, and collaborating with the SJI School President, leadership, and volunteers in these efforts.

Tracking all interactions in database/relationship management software.

Providing a regular summary to the President of meaningful interactions, including past and upcoming interactions.

Requirements & Qualifications:

Active Catholic with a commitment to SJI's mission and passion for liberal education

Passion for people and interacting individually with them
Strong ability to converse with others of various ages, backgrounds and viewpoints

Virtue of humility and the ability to be coached
Ability to regularly set and conduct donor visits in a methodical and disciplined manner

Excellent listening, public speaking, and verbal persuasion skills

Energetic self-starter with positive, optimistic attitude, and a strong sense of initiative

Collaboration, planning and implementation skills

Please submit your application, resume, and cover letter here https://forms.gle/oap6au7wa3PoYmub8

About the Employer

St. Jerome Institute (SJI) is a classical liberal arts high school that reinvented traditional education to meet the challenges of our time.

Our curriculum opens the most fundamental questions of the human heart at the very moment when young men and women are longing to understand themselves and their place in the world.

Shoulder to shoulder with great thinkers, writers, artists, and saints, and led by the light of the Catholic intellectual tradition, we embark on a grand journey of academic excellence and joyful self-discovery.