School Admissions Appeals Clerks

Directorate: Children and Young People's Services

Casual, variable hours, working as and when required.

Are you looking for a flexible role where you can make a difference in the education sector?

Do you possess exceptional organisational skills and a keen eye for detail?

Rotherham School Admissions Appeals Service is seeking to build a team of dedicated casual clerks to support our school admissions appeals service.

As a Casual School Admission Appeals Clerk, you will have the opportunity to work closely with appeal panel members, schools, and parents/carers, providing essential procedural and administrative support during school appeal hearings.

As a member of our dedicated team, you'll be responsible for:

• Providing professional clerking service at school admission appeal hearings.
  
• Offering timely advice to appeal panels on procedural, legal, and constitutional matters.
  
• Ensuring excellent customer service and maintaining confidentiality.
  
• Adhering to administrative protocols and data protection requirements.
  
• Producing and distributing agenda and papers for hearings efficiently.
  
• Recording detailed notes during hearings, including panel deliberations and decisions.
  
• Sending out decision letters to parents accurately and within government timescales.
  
• Maintaining an up-to-date database of hearing results.
  
• Ensuring compliance with regulations and admissions law during hearings.
  
• Providing advice and guidance to the panel on statutory policies and responsibilities.
  
• Working flexible hours to meet demands and legal deadlines.
  
• Attending training sessions to stay updated on legislation.
  
  For this role, we are looking for someone with passion, experience and expertise to make a real difference for children and young people and families across Rotherham. If you are passionate about ensuring fairness and transparency in school admission processes and possess the necessary skills and expertise, we invite you to apply
  
  If you require any further information, please contact either Pam Ward (Head of Service for School Effectiveness)
  
  

  Interviews will take place: 17th & 18th April 2024
  
  

  This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).
  
  

  
  
  

  Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website