Family Recruiter
Rocketship Public Schools
part-time
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Location: District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $22 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Support Rocketship schools in Washington DC, fill open spots, and build robust waitlists for prospective students.
- Work closely with the school’s Office Manager, Enrollment Manager, and Principal to execute recruitment plans and meet goals set by the team.
- Engage families in dialogue about Rocketship and represent the school to prospective families with professionalism and high customer service.
- Conduct canvassing, knocking on doors, and community outreach to recruit families.
- Make phone calls to prospective families, provide enrollment information, and answer questions.
- Give engaging and informative school tours to prospective families.
- Assist families with completing MySchoolDC applications and guide them through the enrollment process.
- Enter, track, and manage prospective family data in CRM systems to support recruitment efforts.
- Provide feedback to refine recruitment strategies based on community interactions.
Requirements
- Ability to conduct outreach within specified recruitment areas outlined in the recruitment plan.
- Knocking on doors and engaging with families
- Establishing connections with local community groups, businesses, and faith-based organizations
- Distributing informational materials at community events and high-traffic locations
- Must be able to conduct phone calls to prospective families, providing information about enrollment opportunities and answering questions regarding Rocketship Public Schools.
- Ability to give engaging and informative school tours to prospective families
- Assist families with completing the MySchoolDC (MSDC) application and guide parents through the enrollment process
- Experience in accurately entering, tracking, and managing prospective family data in a customer relationship management (CRM) system to support ongoing recruitment efforts.
- Ability to provide on-the-ground insights and feedback to help refine and improve recruitment strategies based on community interactions and outreach effectiveness.
- Must be available to work flexible hours between 9am-4pm and be able to travel within the designated recruitment areas as needed.
- May include some weekends
- A passion for Rocketship’s mission to eliminate the achievement gap and a belief that all students can achieve academic success.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills
- Strong PC-based computer skills, and ability to learn new computer programs quickly
- Ability to work in a team as well as follow-through independently to complete tasks as required
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality where required and discretion when involved in sensitive conversations
- High tolerance for ambiguity, changing work priorities and deadlines, and a willingness to take on responsibilities and prioritize work on multiple projects
- Demonstrated ability to be detail-oriented, organized, and resourceful
- Must have local residency and access to vehicle for reliable transportation.