School Admissions Assistant

Achieving for Children; Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated School Admissions Officer to join their team. This role involves providing essential administrative support across School Admissions, ensuring efficient handling of inquiries, and maintaining accurate student records. The organization values innovation and offers a supportive environment with a range of benefits, including flexible working options and a competitive salary. If you have a passion for education and excellent customer service skills, this position is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the community while developing your career.

Benefits

29 days annual leave

Local Government salary and pension scheme

Flexible working options

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff benefits and discounts

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level C or above in Math and English or NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration.
• Experience with G-Suite and MS Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide first line inbox management and process school admission applications.
• Maintain accurate records of students and their admission arrangements.

Skills

G-Suite

MS Office

Customer Service

Administrative Support

Education

GCSE Level C in Mathematics and English

NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration

Job description

Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government.

We are looking for a new School Admissions Officer that will provide administrative support across School Admissions to join us.

About the role

The service works with relevant internal and external stakeholders including parents, schools, headteachers and other local authorities. Reporting to the School Admissions Operations Supervisor, the Admissions Assistant responsibilities will include:

• Providing first line inbox management
• Ensuring requests and enquiries are dealt with in an efficient and professional manner
• Processing applications for the school admissions services in line with statutory deadlines
• Assist with processing invoices from all our service suppliers
• Maintaining accurate records of students and their admission arrangements using the appropriate databases

For further information about this role, please contact Julie-Anne Fletcher-Dyer by email [e-mail] for an informal discussion.

About you

Full training will be provided on the service area so please still apply if you feel you have transferable skills.

The successful candidate will be:

• Educated to GCSE level C or above (or equivalent) in Mathematics and English or have an NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration with proven evidence of continued professional development
• Experience with using G-Suite and MS Office applications.
• Good customer service skills – interacting with internal and external users is a core requirement including routine enquiries from members of the public, receiving and responding to incoming communication
• Experience of working with others to provide seamless shared support on behalf of an executive office.

About our benefits

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:

• 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term-time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract)
• Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
• Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
• Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of staff benefits and discounts
• An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway