Admissions Assistant

3 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester Grammar School Full time

**ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT at The Manchester**
**Grammar School
**Information Pack

Closing date: 9am Friday 22 March 2024

**Term-time Admissions Assistant (from September 2024). Gap Year graduates will be**

**considered. This is initially a 12-month contract for the 2024/25 academic year.**

**The Admissions Department
The MGS Admissions Department oversees all areas of the admissions process to the school.

The department consists of three full-time members of staff; the Director of Admissions,

Admissions Manager, and Admissions Officer. In addition, there is a term-time Admissions

Assistant and a part-time Principal Assessor for the Junior School.

The Admissions Assistant is line managed by the Admissions Manager.

**Role Overview
Assessments take place throughout the year where up to 22 boys can be assessed each day. A

key part of the Admissions Assistant role is to provide support as required with these

assessment days and other general office and administrative duties.

Good communication skills and the ability to get on with people are essential. In order to fulfil

parents, as well as school teaching and non-teaching staff. Attention to detail, ability to

maintain confidentiality and a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office is essential.

Training will be provided on any other systems including the school’s Management

Information System, iSAMS.

**Main Responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the role include the following as well as any other reasonable

requests to enhance the day-to-day running of the department:
system.

groups of entry.
- Updating school details in the management information system.

printing relevant assessment documents.
- Preparing the assessment rooms and required equipment.

process and changes to personal details.
- Distributing admissions documentation to other areas of school as required (e.g. bursary

documentation to the Finance Department).
- Assisting assessment staff where necessary.
- Following-up any unreturned documentation.
- Sending reference requests.
- Posting prospectus requests.
- Franking post.
- Preparing information packs for Open Events.
- Assisting where required on Open Events.

**Terms and conditions of service include the following**:
The post will be a fixed term contract for the 2024/25 academic year. The position will be

reviewed at the end of the year, depending on the needs of the school.

The post holder will be part of the school non-teaching support staff and will report directly

to the Admissions Manager. In addition, the Bursar has a responsibility for all support staff

and will be the point of contact for any contractual matters.

This is a term time plus 2 weeks post (38 weeks per year). The post holder will work from

8.00am until 4.00pm each day with a one hour (unpaid) lunch break. We are happy to discuss

met.

Term time staff must not take any holidays during the school term time - they are paid for a

proportion of the school holiday period to account for their holiday pay.

a pro rata salary calculation.to reflect the hours and weeks worked, resulting in a payable

salary of £19,218.

The post will begin as soon as possible.

**How to apply
Further information about the School is available on our website.

9.00am on Friday 22 March 2024, and interviews will be held shortly after.

The Manchester Grammar School is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome

promoting the welfare of children and successful applicants will be required to undergo child

protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Both our Safer Recruitment policy, and Safeguarding and Child Protection policy may be

viewed on our website (click on ‘our policies’ at the bottom of the homepage).

**_We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in the School and for taking the _**

March 2024**
**JOINING THE NON-TEACHING STAFF AT MGS
**Who works at MGS?
All members of staff at MGS work together to serve the interests of our pupils. The School

does its best to provide a good working environment for its entire staff and we are all

responsible for creating a happy and purposeful working atmosphere.

Our network of around 100 non-teaching staff ranges from administrators, librarians, cleaners,

grounds team, nurses, secretaries, caterers, technicians, etc. The roles of our non-teaching staff

are vital in ensuring the smooth day to day running of our School and each individual enjoys

working as part of a small team which work well together and take part in a number of joint

activities for the benefit of pupils. For example, in recent years several members of the non
- teaching staff have joined teachers in school camps and visits with the pupils. We aim to

encourage professional development for all staff, by providing training in the school or sending

people on courses elsewhere. A number of staff have obtained promotions recently.

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