Assistant Head of School / Dean of Faculty at Northfield Mount Hermon (MA)

Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH), a coeducational boarding and day school for grades 9 to 12, plus a postgraduate year, in western Massachusetts near the borders of New Hampshire and Vermont, seeks a visionary, strategic, and deeply human academic leader to serve as its next Assistant Head of School for Academic Programs/Dean of Faculty (AHoS/DoF).

NMH is a rigorous college-preparatory school, with a profound commitment to centering students while holding them to the highest expectations as citizens and scholars. It is refreshingly unpretentious in how it goes about that work while meeting its 620 students exactly where they are. Guided by its mission to educate the head, heart, and hand, the NMH community is defined by close relationships, a genuine sense of community, and a plurality of backgrounds, beliefs, and religious and spiritual traditions, where students and the adults who teach them live, learn, and grow together.

NMH enters this search in a position of significant strength. The long-serving Assistant Head of School for Academic Programs/Dean of Faculty is stepping down after years of service, leaving the academic program and the faculty who drive it in a position of great strength.

Reporting to the Head of School, the Assistant Head for Academic Programs/Dean of Faculty serves as NMH’s most senior academic leader, translating the school’s mission and priorities into the daily realities of curriculum, faculty, and academic life. The role is both strategic and deeply hands-on: The AHoS/DoF sets long-term direction for NMH’s academic program while remaining closely involved in the daily work of leading the faculty and shaping curricula. Success

depends on strong partnership with the academic team, department chairs, and colleagues across campus life, human resources, and the broader senior leadership team, ensuring that academic leadership is connected to every part of the school’s experience, including residential life and athletics. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced academic leader to take on senior leadership at one of the country’s most distinctive boarding schools.

The AHoS/DoF’s portfolio spans the full arc of academic life at NMH: shaping curricula and academic policy; leading faculty recruitment, development, and evaluation; overseeing scheduling and academic operations; and serving as a senior voice on faculty personnel matters. The role also carries deep visibility across the community: close, regular contact with

faculty and administrators; a meaningful connection to students; and a standing presence with the NMH Board of Trustees. For the right leader, this is an opportunity to leave a lasting mark on an academic program, a school, and a community already well positioned for something remarkable.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Master’s degree (required)
• Significant, sustained classroom teaching experience
• Experience in a boarding school environment, preferably at the secondary level; residential experience strongly preferred
• Prior supervisory and personnel management experience, ideally including staffing and budget responsibility
• Ability to work flexible hours and be on call during interim periods

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Interested candidates should submit the following materials confidentially

as a single PDF file:

• A cover letter indicating the candidate’s particular interest in and qualifications for the position
• A current resume
• A statement of educational philosophy
• The names, email addresses, and telephone numbers of five references, including your current Head of School / Principal and at least one other recent supervisor. References should speak to your ability to be an effective educator and administrator, to work successfully with children, and to work collaboratively and collegially with adults. Please indicate your relationship with each reference (i.e., supervisor, colleague, or direct report). References will be contacted only with the candidate’s permission.

Salary range is $165,000–$175,000, commensurate with experience.

NMH offers a generous benefits package as well, including tuition remission and on-campus housing.

Please address any questions by email to johneric@strategenius.org and ara@strategenius.org