Grow Your Career at Oak Knoll

Non-Faculty Positions

Non-faculty and administrative positions may become open at any time throughout the year. To apply for an open position, please email your resume and cover letter to the contact noted on the specific job opening. Should your qualifications and background meet the needs of our school and the particular department, you will be contacted directly with next steps.

Teaching Faculty

While openings may occur at any time of the year, Oak Knoll School’s typical recruitment process for teaching faculty begins in January for a faculty member to begin employment the following September.

1. To apply for an open position, please email your resume and cover letter to the contact noted on the specific job opening.
2. Should your qualifications and background meet the needs of our school, you will be granted a Zoom interview with either the Division Head or Dean of Teaching & Learning.
3. Following the Zoom interview, those selected will be invited to campus for an in-person interview for a day.
   • Before you come to campus, you must complete our employment application packet and bring it to the on-campus interview.
   • While on campus for your interview, you will interview with the Division Head, Head of School, Department Chair, and various faculty members. All of which will provide you with an overview of our school’s mission, the department’s goals, and the expectations of the role.
   • You will also be required to conduct a teaching demonstration and be observed teaching a lesson to a class.
4. Once an offer of employment is accepted, you will be sent further documentation to complete from Human Resources. Your offer of employment is contingent upon a thorough background and reference check process.

By following this hiring process, candidates will gain a good perspective of what it would be like to be a part of our community.

Oak Knoll encourages employees to continue learning and growing in their professional areas of expertise. Throughout every school year, there are various on-campus and off-campus professional development opportunities, including:

• Peer-led sessions/workshops
• Expert guest speakers
• Demonstrations

Study Grants

Study grants are available to full-time employees to continue their education by offsetting the cost of:

• Tuition for advanced courses

• Summer work to develop a program for the school curriculum
• Enrichment in conjunction with the school curriculum
• Enrichment in conjunction with one’s professional responsibilities
• Opportunities to attend professional conferences

The determination of our dedicated teaching and non-teaching staff is critical to our success. We recognize this commitment by providing excellent benefits and services that address the needs of our employees, creating opportunities for careers in education each year. These include, but are not limited to:

• Competitive salary structure
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision package
• Very generous retirement plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Variety of financial assistance programs
• A free, delicious, and healthy lunch
• Free parking

In an effort to offer a comprehensive benefits package and a competitive compensation package, annual benchmarking is conducted to ensure that we remain competitive with our local peer independent schools and to remain within 90 percent of what the local public schools offer.

Oak Knoll is located in Summit, New Jersey, a suburban community in Union County, just 20 miles outside of New York City. Summit is easily accessible by NJ Transit (Morris Essex, Midtown-Direct line), NJ Transit # 70 bus, and car from Newark International Airport, the Garden State Parkway in addition to Routes 24, 78 & 287.

Quick Facts:

• Oak Knoll School is less than 1 mile from the nearest train station
• Summit is 20 miles west of NYC
• Median home value in Summit is $857,000
• Many of our faculty live in the City of Summit and surrounding towns, including Basking Ridge, Berkeley Heights, Chatham, Morristown, Springfield and Westfield