Director of Enrollment and Family Engagement

Title: Director of Enrollment and Family Engagement 

Reports to:  Principal

Location:  Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School | Sarasota, FL

Classification: Salaried/Exempt 

Overview

Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School seeks a mission-centered, relational, and strategic professional to lead student recruitment, admissions, enrollment, retention, and family engagement. The Director manages the prospective-family journey from first inquiry through enrollment, strengthens relationships with current families and partner communities, and uses data, communications, and personal outreach to support sustainable enrollment.

Job Responsibilities

• Enrollment Strategy: Develop and execute an annual recruitment, admissions, yield, and retention plan with measurable enrollment goals and regular reporting.
• Admissions & Recruitment: Lead the inquiry-to-enrollment process and coordinate Open House, Cougar Experience Days, tours, testing, information sessions, and other recruitment experiences.
• Family Engagement & Retention: Create intentional onboarding, communication, feedback, and engagement strategies that strengthen family connection and student retention.
• Partner-School, Parish & Community Outreach: Build strong relationships with principals, school communities, pastors, parishes, and community partners that expand the prospective-family pipeline.
• Marketing & Storytelling: Partner with Communications & Marketing to develop compelling, consistent recruitment messaging, campaigns, materials, website content, and family communications.
• Data & Enrollment Management: Track and analyze inquiries, applications, acceptances, yield, enrollment, retention, feeder-school trends, and event effectiveness; use findings to guide strategy.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with the Principal and the Advancement & Enrollment team, as well as Academic Services, Student Life, Campus Ministry, Athletics, and the Business Office.
• Other duties as assigned. 

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or relevant professional certification preferred.
• Experience in admissions, enrollment management, family engagement, marketing, communications, education, or a related field preferred
• Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, writing, organizational, and customer-service skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships, manage events and projects, interpret data, and use technology effectively.
• Commitment to Catholic education and the ability to articulate and advance the mission of Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School.

Please note: State of Florida law requires fingerprinting and clearance through the Florida DOE Background Screening Clearinghouse for all school-based positions. For informational purpose only:  https://info.flclearinghouse.com/