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. 

Key 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.