Please find here a full position description, school information, and requirements for applying.
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The School is poised for success and eager for a leader who will:
- Work to achieve full enrollment, by outreach into new markets and ensuring the boarding
program is compelling and clearly communicated to prospective families;
- Advance financial sustainability and philanthropy by leading strategic financial planning, growing enrollment pipelines, and broadening donor engagement;
- Develop a forward-looking institutional vision and strategic plan, with defined goals and
accountability measures;
- Recruit, develop, and retain talented faculty;
- Align roles, responsibilities, and decision-making structures within the leadership team to
ensure effective execution of strategic priorities;
- Lead with timely, confident decision making by listening well, communicating transparently,
acting decisively, and ensuring accountability and follow-through across the school community.
Qualifications And Personal Attributes
The successful candidate will be a seasoned independent school leader with the experience, gravitas, and relational skill to lead at the highest level.
Professional Qualifications
- Senior leadership and management experience in independent schools, preferably including
boarding, with significant responsibility and scope;
- Credible experience and instinct in enrollment with an ability to persuasively articulate the
school’s story;
- Demonstrated success aligning the community around shared strategic goals;
- Strong financial acumen and a willingness to embrace fundraising;
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with inspiration and clarity
across a wide range of audiences and to adeptly listen;
- Experience with recruiting, hiring, supporting, retaining, and leading talented, diverse, and
mission-aligned faculty and senior leadership;
- An educator who will sustain St. Andrew’s-Sewanee’s unique culture of mutual respect, trust,
and community engagement;
- A history of thoughtful innovation moderated by a skillful and sensitive approach to change;
- Comfort engaging with governance and representing the School internally and externally.
The ideal candidate will be energized by the challenges and driven by possibility. They will bring an affinity for strategic thinking and creative problem solving to ensure a sustainable future. Success in this role requires someone who sees the school’s small size as a strength, embraces the mountain location and sees it as a marketable differentiator, and is eager to immerse themselves in the life of a vibrant dayand boarding community.
Leadership Style and Personal Qualities
- A relational leader who brings empathy, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence to complex community dynamics;
- A leader with a strong moral compass who embodies honesty, trustworthiness, joy, and
integrity;
- An eagerness to engage actively with students, faculty, parents, and alumni and a willingness to prioritize visibility and communication amidst the demands of a busy professional and travel
schedule;
- The ability to navigate complexity, in part through effective prioritization, delegation, and
management of systems and attention to detail;
- A collaborative leadership style balanced with the confidence to offer independent perspective
and thoughtful challenge;
- A willingness to respect, honor, and embrace the school’s Episcopal heritage and the values of
openness, intellectual inquiry, and inclusivity that flow from it;
- A warm, approachable presence who delights in being an essential part of the community.
