Admissions Officer - London, United Kingdom - David Game College

David Game College

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Admissions Officer at David Game College
David Game College is a private sixth-form college (day and boarding) in the City of London.

Reporting to the Co Principals, you will be responsible for the admissions process for GCSE and A level courses and working with alongside with the Head of Admissions.

The admissions process begins with the initial enquiry and continues into the students' first weeks at the College.

It is imperative to build and maintain positive relationships with parents and students as the experience delivered by the Admissions Officer sets the tone for what parents and students can expect in their time at David Game College.

As the College specialises in retake courses, the Admissions Officer will often deal with parents and students who have unexpectedly not achieved the grades needed to progress to sixth-form or university.

This is often an upsetting time for families and you will need to be able to advise families with accurate information and with compassion.

While it may seem the end of the world, every year the College helps students to retake or try something new to progress to the next stage of their education.

Throughout the year, there will be busier and quieter times and during the quieter periods the Admissions Team will organise events such as Parents' Evenings.

Throughout the year, the College holds Open Evenings and in the summer there are Open Days/ Results Clinics. Therefore, you will need to enjoy organising and running events from start to finish.

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will work closely with the Head of Admissions, Registrar, Co

Principals (CPs), Head of GCSE (HoGCSE), Head of Sixth Form (HoSF), Director of Operations and Marketing (DoOM) and the Accounts department in the admissions role. A team approach is important and while your colleagues will support you in peak periods, you will also assist your colleagues when needed.

Below is a summary of the main duties of the Head of Admissions. However, there will be other duties from time to time that you may need to fulfil.

Admissions Duties:

Run Open Evenings approximately 34 per term with Open Days/Interview Days/Results Clinics in the summer
Organise interviews and Zoom interviews with the CPs/HoGCSE/HoSF
Ensure that applicants move through the process from enquiry to enrolment by reconnecting with past enquiries
Use NARIC to compare international qualifications to assess a student's suitability for a course
Conduct tours of the College and arrange trial lessons for prospective students
Offer Places and Conditional Places (as directed by the Principal/ CPs/HoGCSE/HoSF
Obtain references from students' previous/current schools
Ensure that safeguarding is always at the forefront of the admissions process and to liaise with the Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) to ensure that any safeguarding file is received from students' previous schools
Work with the SENCO to decide with the Senior Leadership Team if the College is able to meet an applicants' needs
Review the Admissions Policies, Terms and Conditions and Forms etc. to update practices
Work closely with the Data Manager and Registrar to ensure that students' accurate data is logged on Schoolbase (the College's Information Management System)
Complete the School Level Annual Census for the Department of Education
Analyse data and work with the DoOM to produce reports
Ensure information is up to date David Game College website to and work with the Digital Marketing Manager (DMM) and DoOM to make any changes.
Produce marketing material, content for the website and social media with the DMM and DoSM

Other duties:

Another key part of the role is the A Level and to a lesser extent the GCSE timetables. While the Principal will devise the timetable, the Head of Admissions will assist the Principal in solving any clashes on student timetables and making any reasonable adjustments to the timetable which will allow the College to provide courses to as many students as possible.
Organisation of Parents Evenings

- these are held for GCSE and A level parents in November and March.

Job Package

£29K per annum
The company's pension contribution is 4%.

A bonus scheme may be introduced after you have gained experience.

The role is full-time (40 hours per week) and the hours are flexible but should generally be fixed.

That is, you could decide with the Principal if you were to work, Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm (with a one-hour lunch break) or 10am - 6pm (with a one-hour lunch break).

Overtime will likely be necessary during the peak recruitment period of mid-August to mid-September and this will be compensated with time-off in lieu.

Annual leave is 4 weeks per year (20 days) plus the standard public/bank holidays. It would not be appropriate to take annual leave in the peak period.

There may also be the opportunity, to travel for marketing trips in order to represe