Faizan Beigh

Brighton College Dubai

Brighton College Dubai wishes to recruit a Head of Admissions.Position overview:The Head of Admissions is primarily responsible for pupil recruitment, the admission process and collaborating with the marketing team. The Head of Admissions will also line manage a number of staff including the Admissions Officers, Government Relations Officer and Receptionists.Job Responsibilities:Provide all prospective families with a friendly, professional, helpful and efficient service from enquiry to entry:<ul><li>Respond to admission enquiries and send out joining packs, recording prospective parent and pupil details</li><li>Manage the pupil registration and admissions process</li><li>Arrange parental visits, open events, taster days and assessments for prospective pupils</li><li>Liaise with prospective parents regarding registration fees, deposits, taster days and uniform</li><li>Administer assessment and teacher feedback and produce assessment results for the Head of School</li><li>Create and maintain prospective and current pupil records on iSAMS and any other applicable platforms</li><li>Maintain pupil registration and waiting lists</li><li>Gather comprehensive information about each contact with a family and record on database to ensure relevant information about visiting families is available to the Head of School/College Leadership Team, arranging for new families to meet a member of CLT, at least informally and briefly, on their visit to the school where this is possible</li><li>Follow up all visits with written communication</li><li>Monitor enquiries and registrations, and identify trends, providing comparisons with previous years to aid educational and financial planning</li></ul>Marketing:<ul><li>Contribute and collaborate with marketing on the positive promotion of the school to the local and wider community</li><li>Keep abreast of changes within competitor schools and create a monthly competitor analysis report</li><li>Provide support to the school&rsquo;s social media platforms within agreed policies and procedures</li><li>Explore, propose and collaborate with marketing on new ideas to market the school</li><li>Provide insight and actively support the marketing and advertising of Open Mornings and other events aimed at promoting the school</li><li>Lead and organise Open Days to ensure that prospective families receive appropriate information and have a positive experience</li><li>Prepare information packs for Open Mornings and all other promotional events</li><li>Liaise with marketing to ensure that the school&rsquo;s profile is maintained, seizing opportunities for publicity and, within budgetary restrictions, using &lsquo;advertorials&rsquo;, social media and other means to ensure that good news about the school is promulgated</li><li>Liaise closely with the Head Master and staff to ensure a flow of information about the school&rsquo;s many successes</li><li>Attend and contribute actively to the Marketing committee</li><li>Contribute to the maintaining/updating of the school branded materials</li></ul>Administration:<ul><li>Performance manage the admissions team, receptionists and government liaison officer, ensuring efficiency, value for money and the highest standards of courtesy towards parents</li><li>Ensure records are filed and maintained efficiently and thoroughly</li><li>Ensure new pupil data is entered accurately onto the ISAMs system including pupil contact details, CAT4 scores and any relevant registration of need (eg EAL, G&amp;T, SEND)</li><li>Prepare and produce the School and House Lists ensuring that all school lists are accurate and up-to-date at the beginning of each academic year and throughout the year as changes occur</li><li>Prepare pupil starter and leaver records for the Finance Department to allow for accounting records and fee preparation</li><li>Oversee the entry of pupils onto the KHDA admissions system and notify the appropriate authorities of pupil leavers</li><li>Ensure that steps are taken in every instance to proactively find out reasons for departures and keep appropriate record, so any trends can be identified and addressed</li><li>Produce admissions data for the Head Master, Bloom Education and Brighton College UK, as required</li></ul>Professional Responsibilities:<ul><li>To promote pride in the school among the pupil body through high standards of dress, behaviour and commitment</li><li>To ensure that all communication is acted upon appropriately and in a timely manner</li><li>To be responsible for all school resources particularly those in your care, reporting damage or loss to your line manager or the facilities manager, as appropriate</li><li>To contribute to the school website, social media and publications as necessary</li><li>To contribute to the school&rsquo;s Self Evaluation and Development Plan</li><li>To foster a close partnership with parents, initiating contact in appropriate circumstances and ensuring that there is a record of this</li><li>To carry out any reasonable professional request made by the Head Master or any member of the Senior Leadership Team</li></ul>Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li>Essential qualities will include the ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team and to present to parents, pupils and colleagues a warm, engaging and approachable personality. Reliable and respectful at all times</li><li>A minimum of two years&rsquo; experience working in similar role at a senior level within an educational setting</li><li>Educated to Bachelor Degree level</li><li>Strong interpersonal, administrative, organisational and communication skills</li><li>Previous experience in a school or other educational establishment advantageous</li><li>A good working knowledge of Word, Excel, Publisher, mail merge, internet and information management systems</li><li>To be able to prioritise and be highly organised, systematic and resourceful, flexible, energetic and possess a calm and appropriate nature suited to an educational environment, with an ability to work under pressure</li><li>Excellent people skills, a confident and articulate telephone manner and an appreciation of the requirements of a premium international British curriculum independent school</li><li>To be able to work under pressure and to be very presentable, a good sense of humour and the ability to be totally discreet are essential qualities</li><li>Proactive in all aspects of school life through participation and support and able to present a professional image in line with the high expectations of Brighton College Dubai</li></ul>Pay: AED15,000.00 - AED18,000.00 per hourAbility to commute/relocate:<ul><li>Dubai: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)</li></ul>Application Question(s):<ul><li>Notice Period in Days?</li></ul>Language:<ul><li>English (Required)</li></ul>Location:<ul><li>Dubai (Preferred)</li></ul>Work Location: In person

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