Head of Admissions, Attendance - Enfield, United Kingdom - Enfield Council

Enfield Council

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Enfield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Enfield Borough Council is looking to appoint an excellent Head of Admissions, Attendance & School Place Planning with a strong record of success and experience in education within schools and local authority settings.

The post will require you to provide strong leadership and management of the Council's work in these three areas ensuring that statutory responsibilities are met and that key timelines and deadlines are kept to meet the needs of children and young people and their families.

A key part of the role is to work effectively with schools and partners in Enfield to promote for example high levels of attendance.

You will provide the Council's strategic leadership on school place planning, with an emphasis upon ensuring that the Local Authority has sufficient places to meet the demand for places - for example in the current situation of falling rolls.

You will work with the Enfield Learning Excellence partnership as required and also council committees to be part of setting the agenda for the areas of responsibility - for example ensuring that the admissions procedures meet statutory requirements.

As a member of the Education Senior Leadership Team you will contribute to the formulation of overall strategy, setting policy and performance targets for the service.

You will work closely with Elected Members, reporting on the performance on a regular basis to Overview and Scrutiny.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced and dynamic professional with a track record of success, who can work with the Education Leadership team and all involved in education in Enfield to provide a high quality service and provision for children and young people and their families.

We are very ambitious for all our children in Enfield and we are looking for someone who shares this ambition and who can demonstrate that they:

have successful experience of senior leadership within schools and/or a local authority

- can provide strategic leadership for the service in a changing context;
- have strong knowledge of the legal framework governing admissions, school attendance and school place planning
- have a thorough understanding, gained from practical experience of practice and managing successfully in an educational and/or local authority setting
- have excellent data analysis and reporting skills;
- have a highly positive attitude, excellent interpersonal skills, energy, drive and commitment to achieving our vision that every learner achieves more than they thought possible.
- are able to work with Elected Members and politically sensitive issues

Contact Details -

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Peter Nathan, Director of Education on for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the team.

Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

An excellent pension through the
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
Health and leisure discounts and taxfree bikes for work.