Senior Director of Communications and Engagement

Join Our Award-Winning Team at Aug Prep!

Aug Prep is more than a school, it's a community where excellence, faith, and heart come together. We’re not only about high standards but also creating a place where people love to grow, learn, and inspire! We will serve nearly 2,400 K4-12 students in our ninth year on the South Side of Milwaukee. 

Why Choose Aug Prep?

• Award-Winning Workplace: Recognized as a “Best Place to Work” by the Milwaukee Business Journal five years in a row!
• Opening Doors: Our students regularly surpass expectations on state assessments.
• High Expectations for All: We foster a dynamic culture of growth and development for students and staff alike, grounded in our Christian faith.
• Outstanding Resources: With 1:1 technology, an advanced sports complex, performing arts center, and two swimming pools, our campus is built for excellence.
• Whole-Child Approach: From arts to athletics to character development, we nurture students’ minds, bodies, and spirits

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Leadership at Aug Prep: Aug Prep leaders live by the apostle Luke’s guidance that to whom much is given, much is expected (Luke 12:48). Leadership at Aug Prep is a “never settle,” dynamic drive to serve our students and reflect the light of Jesus. The right candidate vehemently believes excellence - academically and in serving the whole child - is possible for every student.  Grounded with a desire to serve and glorify God, an Aug Prep leader challenges themself and those around them daily to reach for excellence, energetically hurdling over obstacles and getting right back up when they fall (Colossians 3:17). Leadership at Aug Prep is not easy but it is rewarding, exhilarating, impactful and absolutely never dull (Galatians 6:9). 

Key Characteristics The ideal candidate radiates a love for Jesus, a growth mindset, and is driven to serve students from every walk of life. The Senior Director of Communications and Engagement is strategic, outcome-oriented, collaborative, organized, has experience overseeing complex programs and managing teams, and has a passion for community engagement and deep, relational connections. He/she enjoys developing and coaching others, building relationships, seeing opportunity in partnerships, and successfully driving quality programs forward. A Senior Director at Aug Prep shines the love and light of Jesus in relationships and interactions and has a passion for opening doors to opportunity for students in Milwaukee. 

Position Description

Aug Prep is seeking a mission-driven community champion to lead the Connections Team, which encompasses three departments:

• Family and partnerships: connecting Aug Prep families with support, partnerships and resources to encourage holistic family engagement
• Outreach: entering with the community in order to invite potential partners, donors, families and leaders to connect with Aug Prep 
• Marketing and communications: promoting, informing and connecting Aug Prep both externally and internally with staff, students and families

These three teams work together collaboratively, as well as working toward individual goals. 

This position requires a Christ-centered, entrepreneurial and strategic leader to drive a focused, outcome-oriented strategy for communications, outreach, and engagement that ensures every initiative contributes meaningfully to Aug Prep’s mission. They will be responsible for defining what success looks like, establishing metrics to measure progress, and helping the team prioritize high-impact work that drives enrollment, strengthens community trust, and supports student success. The right candidate is highly relational, creative, goal-oriented, demonstrates maturity in decision-making, and has a heart to steward a strong and healthy team towards excellence in their craft and strategic direction. 

Reporting Structure The Senior Director of Communications and Engagement will report to the Chief People Officer

Responsibilities 

The Senior Director of Communications and Engagement will: 

• Provide and demonstrate clear vision, leadership, direction, and energy to the entire Aug Prep community, providing quality and depth of experience for the three departments in the Connections Team. This includes defining and continuously refining the vision, strategic priorities, and success metrics for each department in the Connections Team.
• Supervise four Aug Prep leaders and their teams: Family and Partnerships Manager, North Campus Director of Outreach, South Campus Director of Outreach, and Marketing and Communications Manager.
• Demonstrate exceptional team and people management skills; deep commitment to and belief in developing others; ability to influence, inspire trust and motivate others to achieve objectives, both internally and externally.  
• Establish and manage a performance dashboard to track progress and outcomes of key initiatives, ensuring alignment with Aug Prep’s strategic goals.
• Ensure all programming, partnerships, and campaigns are evaluated for effectiveness and sustainability. When needed, effectively lead change initiatives while thoughtfully considering the impact of decisions, and facilitating resolutions that prioritize Aug Prep’s mission and our students. 
• Engage Aug Prep staff, students, families and other stakeholders to create outreach, engagement, and communication strategies that bring the organization’s mission to life.
• Support the Connections Team and other departments in crafting compelling narratives that drive enrollment, inspire community trust, and attract key partnerships.
• Empower teams to expand Aug Prep’s voice, brand and presence in Milwaukee as well as the organization’s influence on key issues facing the organization and communities we serve. 
• Serve as a communications advisor for Aug Prep leadership. 
• Work with the Connections Team to prepare and recommend the budget for programs, ensuring that budgets support execution of organizational goals and priorities. Approves key expenditures. 

Qualifications

The candidate must be mission-driven, demonstrate the highest integrity, and be able to live the values, beliefs, and culture of Aug Prep.

• Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree preferred
  • Specialization in marketing/communications, community relations, nonprofit management or related field preferred 
• The ideal candidate will have at least ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience, including leadership roles in either marketing/communications, community engagement/outreach, or other related field
• Strong leader with vision, high energy and the ability to motivate, lead and inspire the team and community
• Excellent organization, project management and time management skills with attention to detail and follow through
• Participating member of a church
• Lastly and most important, the candidate must demonstrate and possess the highest integrity and be able to live the values and culture of St. Augustine Preparatory Academy

​Non-Discriminatory Policy

St. Augustine Preparatory Academy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, sex, national and ethnic origin or any other basis prohibited by law when hiring, promoting, establishing wages, or providing benefits.

As a faith-based institution based on biblical principles, St. Augustine Preparatory Academy hires employees who agree with the school's Mission Statement and Statement of Beliefs and adhere to biblical standards of conduct.