Campus Community Engagement and Recruitment Manager

POSITION

Community Engagement and Recruitment Manager

Hiring for both middle school and high school positions

Cedar Campus

$59,000-$79,000 based on years of aligned experience up to 10 years. We also offer a relocation stipend if you are moving from a location greater than 75 miles from Denver!

Full time school year, benefits eligible, exempt, in-person position

First day of new staff training at the end of July 2026. You can view our School Year Calendar here.

DSST's vision is that the communities we serve have deep ties to our school where prospective families are aware of DSST as an excellent public school option and current families and communities feel they have an authentic partnership with us. We believe this is crucial to any school’s ability to serve all students, and to its lasting success. The Community Engagement and Recruitment Manager will work at a DSST school campus (includes a middle and high school) to coordinate all efforts to foster true partnerships with our families and communities, in order to better appreciate, value, and support the social, emotional, and wellness needs of our students, build collaborative and authentic regional connections and support the neighborhoods surrounding our schools.

As we continue to grow and expand our impact at DSST Public Schools, we know that schools need campus-based expertise and support in the planning and execution of true community engagement - which includes student recruitment, family engagement, community relationship building as well as grassroots advocacy. The Community Engagement & Recruitment Manager will work across both the middle school and high school at one of our campuses, and will report to the School Director.

They will collaborate closely with other Community Engagement & Recruitment Managers across the DSST network and have time dedicated each month to training and coaching on the skills needed to lead this work. The Community Engagement and Recruitment Manager will work with school leadership teams, Front Office managers, and the Home Office to coordinate and strengthen school-based staff initiatives and data driven-actions to goals across the areas of student recruitment, student onboarding, enrollment, student orientation, family and community engagement, and advocacy.

You will work closely with the School Director to build capacity and relationships at the campus to engage in this work across a broad base of staff, parents, and students. This role will be specifically focused on supporting school leadership to achieve their goals in the areas of student recruitment & enrollment, family engagement, community partnership, and advocacy. The role will rely heavily on:
Learning and utilizing tools, levers, and best practices to influence student recruitment, community and family engagement, including partnership with school leaders and staff to support work to goals;
Analyzing data and various systems to track progress to goals and help schools make adjustments as necessary; and Building strong and collaborative personal relationships with school teams, external partners, and Home Office to execute on projects and achieve outcomes.

Student Recruitment, Onboarding & Enrollment Work closely with Home Office Community Engagement Team and Marketing & Communications Team and school leadership to execute on plans for new family onboarding, student recruitment, and student enrollment, including but not limited to tracking, analyzing and utilizing enrollment data and demographic trends and managing recruitment work to community demand goals set yearly for each school.

Identify and facilitate opportunities for campus staff in fostering…