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Senior Admissions Counselor, Alpha - $200,000/year USD

Crossover
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/12/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/6/2026
Most admissions roles prioritize volume. This one is designed to safeguard quality.

Alpha is constructing a school model unlike any other in scope or execution. Our campuses integrate demanding academics, technology-enabled learning, and elevated expectations for both students and faculty. Students routinely outpace national learning benchmarks, supported by measurable outcomes. Afternoons shift toward deeper engagement, self-directed work, and practical skill development. The model delivers results. But success depends entirely on enrolling the right families.

This is your responsibility.

You will oversee the complete enrollment process for a campus, beginning with the initial inquiry and concluding with onboarding. This is not a relay position. You own how families perceive us, how thoroughly they grasp the model, and whether their decision to enroll stems from sound reasoning. You will evaluate compatibility, facilitate informed dialogue, and advise against enrollment when appropriate. The objective is not to maximize numbers. The objective is to ensure alignment.

We welcome candidates from high-caliber service backgrounds outside conventional education: selective private institutions, competitive programs, luxury hospitality, executive assistance, premium membership services, or entrepreneurial operators who have directly managed sophisticated client relationships from start to finish. What counts is your capacity to execute a detailed, multi-phase engagement with sound judgment, transparency, and consistent follow-through.

If your career has centered on providing exceptional service where trust, professionalism, and experiential quality define the brand, this role will resonate—applied here to work that produces measurable impact.

This is a salaried, full-time, on-campus position. We are currently hiring in Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Orange County, Roswell, Chicago, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Dallas-Fort Worth. Relocation assistance is provided.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Taking full ownership of the enrollment experience for prospective families, from initial outreach through completed onboarding.
  • Facilitating discovery conversations to evaluate alignment before proposing solutions or advancing to subsequent steps.
  • Overseeing 20 concurrent family engagements across various stages of the enrollment funnel, maintaining organized tracking and timely follow-up.
  • Delivering campus visits, student shadow days, and enrollment discussions that transparently convey results, expectations, and ideal candidate profiles.
  • Keeping CRM and student information systems (HubSpot and SIS) current and accurate to enable forecasting, prioritization, and service excellence.

What You Won’t Be Doing

  • Applying transactional or aggressive sales methods.
  • Accepting families who lack alignment in order to meet enrollment quotas.
  • Supervising a team or working through multi-level approval hierarchies.
  • Distributing responsibility for the family journey across multiple personnel.
  • Working from a remote location. This role requires on-site presence by design.

Senior Admissions Counselor Key Responsibilities

Lead and deliver a high-integrity, selective enrollment process that attracts and converts well-matched families while preserving the standards and effectiveness of the Alpha model.

Basic Requirements

  • 3 years providing premium, individualized service in settings where service excellence directly influences brand perception (education, luxury hospitality, executive support, premium membership organizations, or owner-operated client services).
  • Proven ownership of a complete client, admissions, or enrollment cycle from initial engagement through onboarding.
  • Experience managing 20 concurrent client, guest, or family relationships at varying stages, supported by a reliable tracking and prioritization framework.
  • Capacity to share specific instances of consultative decision-making, including occasions when you advised against your own offering because it was not the appropriate match.
  • Professional-level written communication with senior leaders, high-net-worth clients, or discerning audiences.
  • Willingness to reside in or relocate within 60 days to one of these markets: Santa Barbara, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Orange County, CA; Roswell, GA; Chicago, IL; Charlotte, NC; Raleigh, NC; or Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
  • Authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have Requirements

  • Experience in competitive private school admissions or selective program enrollment.
  • Background in luxury hospitality, VIP client services, or executive-level support functions.
  • Experience designing or improving enrollment workflows, standard operating procedures, or service protocols.
  • Proficiency leveraging data and CRM tools to enhance conversion quality, not merely velocity.

About Alpha

Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom?

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.

They don’t play by the old rules.

Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.

Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.

Sounds too good to be true? It’s not.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with us

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

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