Admissions Manager

We are currently recruiting for an Admissions Manager for an outstanding school in North West London.

THE POST The Admissions Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operational delivery of the School’s student recruitment strategy, maximising new student conversions from initial enquiry to acceptance of a place and increasing existing student retentionat all entry levels from Nursery to Sixth Form.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Day-to-day operational management of the admissions department, ensuring robust and efficient admissions procedures and systems are in place to deliver the student recruitment strategy and meet recruitment and retention targets. - Ensure that all in-person,online and off-line communication with families via the admission team is accurate, timely and consistent with the school’s brand values and admissions best practice, ensuring an optimum customer experience at all times from the point of initial enquiry totaking up a place. - Collaborate with marketing and academic teams to deliver successful recruitment and retention events and activities that drive increased conversions to acceptance of offers. - Support the Business Director and academic leads with the smoothimplementation of the student bursary and scholarship selection and award processes by providing relevant admissions data and communication with parents. - Ensure the smooth transition from prospective to current student status, including the management ofthe entrance assessment processes and results, welcome and induction processes and events and tutor group and House allocations. - Support the Head of Marketing and Admissions and academic leads in fostering relationships with feeder schools, ensuring thatthe admissions team is represented at all visits and events. - Ensure the accurate, effective, and efficient implementation and administration of the admissions management systems, including ISAMS. - Ensure academic and pastoral leads are provided with admissionsinformation at the point of student entry to ensure a smooth transition into and through the school.

**Financial**:

- Manage department resources so that they are scalable and able to respond to the cyclical nature of the recruitment cycle. Team Management: - Lead, motivate and develop the Admissions team, ensuring that they always deliver excellent service levels tocolleagues, students and their parents - Set departmental and individual objectives, action plans and success criteria, ensuring all team members are fully conversant with how these contribute to the School’s wider strategic objectives through regular reviewmeetings and appraisals - Work closely with the Human Resources Manager on recruitment, training and development, welfare, and performance management matters.

**Health and Safety**

- Work closely with the Health and Safety Manager on ensuring safe practices are maintained for all initiatives within the scope of their role, including the preparation of risk assessments and training as required