Enrollment Specialist

POSITION:
Enrollment Specialist

LOCATION:

North Texas (preferred)

REPORTS TO:

Senior Director of Enrollment FLSA:
Full-time, Benefits eligible

WORK LOCATION:

Hybrid Company Description

Great Hearts Academies is a non-profit charter management organization (CMO) that operates classical, preparatory, K-12 public charter schools. Our academies cultivate the minds and hearts of students through the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty. We currently serve over 14,000 students in our Texas schools, and we expect that number to grow to thousands more. Great Hearts is dedicated to providing additional communities with access to our liberal arts model, and, as the network scales, we aim to restore excellence to American public education.

We proudly prepare students for success at the best colleges and universities in the nation, but see our larger purpose as producing great-hearted graduates that are prepared to be intellectual, moral and engaged citizens. Additional information can be found atheartsamerica.org/careers.

• The Enrollment Specialist works full-time in the office under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Director of Enrollment.
• Process, validate, and maintain large volumes of data with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Utilize advanced Microsoft Excel functions, including pivot tables, formulas, lookups, filtering, and reporting tools to support operational needs.
• Navigate multiple software systems and databases simultaneously to complete daily tasks and projects.
• Proactively calling inquiries and making outbound calls to prospective families generated through the marketing team.
• Provide excellent customer service skills to prospective families.
• Follow up with interested families and educate them about Great Hearts.
• Tracking student persistence and progression through the first 30 days of school.
• Accurately account for all inquiries and activities associated with prospective families.
• Personally develop relationships with families to build interest in Great Hearts.
• Act as the liaison to connect families to schools they are interested in and informing them about tours and other events.
• Attend community, outreach, and informational fairs and tabling events to inform families and promote brand awareness.
• Assists in identifying and developing opportunities to promote applicable recruiting efforts.
• Plays a significant role in the design and implementation of ongoing initiatives related to recruiting, enrolling, and retaining students.
• Works collaboratively with the Senior Director of Enrollment and Marketing Department to assure timely and efficient movement of prospects from application through enrollment.
• Proactively assists in data clean-up and support of newly registered students.
• Offer support where needed so that campuses are well positioned to successfully meet their 11th day enrollment goal.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Minimum two years experience as a Texas DCO or Registrar required.
• Experience using student information systems, CRM platforms, or enterprise databases required.
• Advanced Excel in Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, data validation, filtering, sorting, conditional formatting, and large dataset management.
• Exceptional computer literacy and ability to quickly learn and navigate multiple software platforms and systems simultaneously.
• Experience managing, organizing, and analyzing large volumes of data while ensuring data integrity and confidentiality.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex datasets and generate actionable insights.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and…