Director of Enrolments and Community Relations

Caulfield Grammar School

East St Kilda, VIC

Posted on: 13 November 2025

Closing date: 28 November, 2025

About Us

Caulfield Grammar School is an internationally recognised, independent, co-educational school committed to providing exceptional educational opportunities from Early Learning through to Year 12. With over 3700 students across 5 campuses and our Student Experience Programs in Yarra Junction and Kakadu, Caulfield Grammar passionately strives to deliver innovative specialist educational programs enabling quality learning every day, in every experience, for every learner, for life.

About Community Engagement

Community Engagement is a critical professional services team. Working collaboratively to support all our campuses, it comprises Admissions, Scholarships, Marketing & Communications, Events, Archives, Uniform, Philanthropy, Alumni and our active and committed parent support groups across our school.

Role Summary

The Director of Enrolments and Community Relations is a vital leadership role that influences the growth, reputation, and long-term success of Caulfield Grammar School. This position is responsible for shaping and executing a strategic enrolment vision that ensures the school continues to welcome families who are deeply aligned with its mission, values, and educational philosophy.

More than just managing enrolments, this role is about building meaningful connections, creating a consistent, values-led experience across all campuses, and fostering a strong sense of belonging within the broader school community. As a key custodian of the school’s public image and enrolment performance, the Director plays a central role in strengthening community ties and enhancing the school’s visibility and appeal.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Community Engagement, this full-time permanent position is based at our Caulfield Campus and offers a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of students and families, while contributing to the strategic direction.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership: Lead the development and delivery of a long-term, school-wide enrolment strategy, align and embed the enrolment strategy with campus leadership teams, maintaining high level stakeholder engagement. Collaborate with campus leadership teams and local communities to drive enrolment growth across all campuses.
Team Leadership: Cultivate and foster a collaborative environment, ensuring high-performing and highly engaged teams. Establish clear expectations and priorities across your teams, ensuring alignment with the school’s strategic direction.
Marketing, Communication and Data: Partner with Marketing and Communications to ensure coherence across messaging between Caulfield Grammar’s story and the enrolment experience. Shaping key messaging and event experiences to reflect the school’s values, Anglican ethos, and educational priorities. Analyse and interpret enrolment data to inform tactical decisions and execute strategic initiatives.
Enrolment Operations: Lead and manage activities across the full enrolment lifecycle, establish and embed consistent enrolment practices, including onboarding and transitions across all campuses. Ensure enrolment policies and processes are inclusive, transparent, and tailored to suit the needs of the campus as appropriate. Manage diverse enrolment streams including boarding, domestic, scholarships, Early Learning Centre (ELC), international students, and special pathways such as Indigenous scholarship programs. Uphold and communicate enrolment policies that set clear expectations for families, fostering a rich, diverse, and harmonious school community. Oversee student onboarding processes, ensuring consistent communication, community engagement, and event planning across campuses. Lead the design and implementation of a cohesive onboarding experience for new students, streamlining processes and ensuring alignment across the whole school.
Resource Management: Manage the teams’ budget and expenditure efficiently while overseeing resources, property, and equipment across the teams Achieve enrolment targets through proactive planning and stakeholder engagement. Contribute to the enhancement of digital platforms, influencing digital uplift initiatives to support enrolment growth.
Community Engagement and Relations: Design and lead the implementation of an engagement framework to build and strengthen relationships with prospective families, feeder schools, overseas agents, boarding regions, and Early Learning Centers. Represent the School at domestic and international recruitment events to promote the benefits of a Caulfield Grammar education
Model and live the Caulfield Grammar School values and behaviours.

Essential Skills and Experience:

Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to represent the school both domestically and internationally, including participation in overseas recruitment trips to attract prospective students.
Demonstrated experience in education enrolments, with a deep understanding of the size, complexity, and strategic requirements involved in managing enrolments across five campuses.
Strategic planning and marketing expertise, with the ability to develop tailored enrolment strategies that reflect the unique needs and market segments of each campus.
Strong analytical and engagement capabilities, enabling the identification and fulfilment of enrolment needs specific to each campus through targeted outreach and promotional activities.
Ability to navigate and simplify complex operational environments, while respecting and leveraging the differences across multiple campuses to achieve enrolment targets.
Demonstrated experience leading and managing teams, including goal setting, performance management, coaching and providing constructive feedback and recognition
Extensive experience building strong relationships with and managing multiple stakeholders
Experience leading and fostering a collaborative, inclusive, trusting culture
Confident and articulate public speaker with strong written communication skills.
Ability to prioritise and respond to sensitive issues in a timely manner
A current or willingness to obtain an Employment Working With Children’s Check (WWCC)

Personal Attributes

Upholds high standards of personal and professional conduct and acts as a role model
A responsive and relationship-focused leader who fosters a positive and collaborative work and learning environment
Composed and adaptable, maintains clarity and focus in challenging situations with competing priorities and deadlines
Self-aware and committed to ongoing personal and professional growth, driving continuous improvement
Skilled in building strong, collaborative and trusted relationships with key stakeholders to positively influence outcomes
A proactive, solution-oriented leader dedicated to employee wellbeing and high performance
Ability to hold difficult conversations with sensitivity, empathy and moral courage in support of school policies, procedures and values
Commitment to the school’s mission and values

Our purpose is to enable quality learning every day in every experience for every learner, for life.

Why Caulfield Grammar School

Our culture is defined by the five values: Pursuing Excellence, Inspiring Creativity, Thriving Together, Embracing Diversity, and Living Wholeheartedly. These values guide the way we work together with passion and authenticity based on our guiding principle of a Mind for Life.

For more information about pursuing a career of excellence at Caulfield Grammar School, please visit our Careers Page.

Our Benefits

Competitive base and 13% Superannuation