Location: Cheshire, Connecticut

Type: Full Time exempt

Summary:

The Coordinator of Admissions, Advancement, and Social Media is responsible for the strategic advancement of enrollment, fundraising, alumni engagement, and marketing for St. Bridget School. This position plays a key role in the promotion and sustainability of the school by overseeing admissions outreach, coordinating development and fundraising initiatives, and managing all digital communication platforms. This role requires a proactive, creative, and mission-driven individual with strong organizational and interpersonal skills. In addition, as Coordinator of Social Media, this employee will maintain/create/coordinate all aspects of Social Media, including Facebook, Instagram, Website, and MyParish App.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Coordinates and performs guided tours of the school on a regular basis for interested families
  • Seeks ways to advertise the school in the local community to increase enrollment
  • Build relationships with prospective, new, and current families to foster a welcoming school community.
  • Plans and implements a comprehensive annual fund to raise significant operating funds for the school
  • works with the Pastor and Principal to establish annual fund goals; develops a strategic action plan, budget, and timetable for annual fund solicitations
  • Creates solicitation materials for direct mail
  • Integrates updated methods of online solicitation into action plan
  • Identifies, researches, and cultivates major donor prospects (both individual and institutional) for the annual fund and grants
      • Establishes major donor goals, budget, and timetable
      • Develops strategic action plan for major donor solicitation
      • Solicits key prospects for major gifts
  • Promotes planned giving to the school
  • Cultivates Alumni/constituent relations in support of the school
  • Plans and executes all alumni events including School and Class Reunions
  • Creates opportunities for alumni, parents, grandparents and community involvement in the school
  • Handles all correspondence, written and electronic, with alumni
  • Produces an alumni newsletter at regular intervals
  • Establishes alumni committees to work on behalf of the school
  • Communicates with alumni via social media
  • Coordinates all marketing, advertising, and publicity for the school, in consultation with the Principal and Pastor

 

  • Social Media
  • Maintains, updates, and administers the Facebook and Instagram Pages for the Parish and School
  • Maintains, updates, and administers the Parish and School Websites
  • Maintains, updates, and administers the MyParish App
  • Evaluates and proposes alternative means of marketing for the Parish and School
  • Submits weekly full-page school updates for the Parish Bulletin in a timely manner
  • Plans and executes special fundraising and cultivation events in support of the school
  • Prepares and monitors the annual budget for the advancement office
  • Pursues grant funding opportunities for the school
  • Maintains the advancement and alumni portions of the school website
  • Identifies, recruits, and trains all volunteers involved with the advancement effort
  • Attends School Board, Marketing and Advancement Committee, and HSA meetings
  • Performs other duties as assigned

 

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED:

 

  1. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
  2. Strong interpersonal skills
  3. Superior organizational and analytical skills
  4. Ability to work independently and with volunteer committees
  5. Enthusiasm, drive, initiative, motivational ability, and energy to cultivate alumni relations and engage comprehensive financial support for St. Bridget School
  6. Proficiency in public relations and administrative experience
  7. Understanding and advocacy of Catholic school education and the mission of the school
  8. Grant writing and marketing experience
  9. Knowledge of and facility with computers and advancement software (Wix, Canva, Microsoft Office, Bitly, Hootsuite, and others
  10. College degree preferred
  11. Valid driver’s license necessary

 

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

*Weekend and evening work hours may be required from time to time

*Local travel within Connecticut for meetings, events, and outreach efforts.

 

Interested individuals should submit a resume and cover letter to: office@cheshirecatholic.org