Director of Financial Aid/Associate Director of Admissions - Connecticut, United States - Westminster School

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Director of Financial Aid/Associate Director of Admissions
Director of Financial Aid/Associate Director of Admissions

July 1, 2024 Westminster School, one of the leading small independent boarding schools in the country, is a diverse, co-educational high school, a close-knit community of 95 faculty and 430 students (75 percent boarding, 25 percent day students) set on a 200-acre campus in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Since its founding in 1888, Westminster School has been committed to the core values of community, character, balance, and involvement.

Our motto – virtute et numine – by grit and grace – defines and distinguishes the Westminster experience, our community and our alumni.

The Director of Financial Aid oversees and manages the School's financial aid program, managing need-based aid in excess of $6,500,000.

A thorough understanding of and experience with need-based financial aid is required.

In addition, this position will include Admissions Office responsibilities such as recruiting, interviewing, and evaluating prospective students, traveling to represent Westminster at school fairs and functions, and participating on the Admissions Committee.

This full-time faculty position includes one season of coaching, evening duties in our residential community, student advising, evening and weekend duties, and other responsibilities as needed.

A bachelor's degree, background in Admissions work and three years of Financial Aid experience is required; the employment package consists of excellent benefits and housing is provided.

Westminster School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from candidates of color.

Westminster School reaffirms its long-standing nondiscriminatory policy and employs individuals of any race, color, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin ancestry and/or disability to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available at Westminster.

Westminster does not discriminate in its hiring, educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs, or athletic and other school-administered programs Notice of Nondiscriminatory Policy as to Students

In keeping with our support for a diverse community, Westminster abides by all applicable federal and state laws and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including race, color, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national and ethnic origin, ancestry and/or disability in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.