Director of Admissions and Development
Hereford Cathedral School
Herefordshire
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- Salary:
- Commensurate with experience and qualifications, plus benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- December 2024
- Apply by:
- 23 September 2024
Job overview
We are looking for an inspiring and energetic professional to lead the admissions and development departments at Hereford Cathedral School. This is a key leadership role and, as such, we are looking for a candidate who will relish the challenge of an important strategic remit and a place on the Senior Leadership Team. You will oversee domestic pupil admissions into both the Junior and Senior Schools from first contact, to visits, examinations, assessments and the first day of school. As a rapidly growing school, you will work closely with the Director of Marketing and Communications to implement a continued growth strategy to attract, recruit and retain pupils at the school.
You will also be responsible for the School’s fundraising, development and stakeholder relationship management. You will build and maintain strong relationships with donors, including alumni, parents, and community members and are responsible for the development and implementation of a strategic fundraising plan aligned with the School’s mission, vision, and goals.
You will possess an understanding of the principles of customer acquisition and customer life cycle. You will need experience of working in admissions, in addition to experience of managing databases and of leading a complex, busy, service-driven environment. You will also exhibit excellent organisational, time management and written communication skills, and will be confident in the use of computer packages including Microsoft Office.
OUR OFFER
- Join a highly talented and supportive team and governing body
- Competitive salary A beautiful place to work in the most idyllic settings
- A positive and innovative working environment surrounded by students, staff, parents and governors
- A collaborative and supportive attitude amongst staff which promotes a sense of teamwork and unity
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Free lunch during term time
- NEST pension scheme (8.7% employer contribution, 6% employee contribution)
- Staff are sometimes offered non-contractual School Fees Remission at the absolute discretion of the Governors
The post holder will report to the Headmaster who would be happy to discuss the role informally with interested candidates.
Post title: Director of Admissions and Development
Contract: Permanent Hours/weeks: Full-time and year-round
Required from: December start
Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications, plus benefits
Location: Hereford Cathedral School, Old Deanery, Cathedral Close, Hereford HR1 2NG
H O W T O A P P L Y
An application form and information pack may be downloaded from the school website:
www.herefordcs.com/job-vacancies
Completed applications should be accompanied by a covering letter and sent to Mrs Cath Knowles, Hereford Cathedral School, Old Deanery, The Cathedral Close, Hereford HR1 2NG or to recruitment@herefordcs.com
The closing date for applications is 10am on Wednesday 25 September 2024.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to enhanced DBS clearance and satisfactory employment references and other safer recruitment checks. Further information on the School’s safeguarding can be found on the school website.
Hereford Cathedral School is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
The School retains the right to interview suitable applicants and appoint before the deadline.
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About Hereford Cathedral School
- Hereford Cathedral School
- Old Deanery, Cathedral Close, Hereford
- Herefordshire
- HR1 2NG
- United Kingdom
Hereford Cathedral School (HCS) is one of the oldest schools in the country and is located in the beautiful surroundings of Hereford Cathedral Close.
A happy, inclusive school with a national reputation for music, sport, and academic achievement, HCS is a co-educational day and boarding school for 745 pupils aged 3-18. In a caring and nurturing environment, every member of the community is both challenged and fulfilled. Pupils at HCS are offered an excellent standard of teaching and individual care and leave the School as well-balanced, confident and considerate young adults ready for the wider world.
It is probable that the School was established at Hereford Cathedral in the 12th century, possibly as early as the 1130s, but little is known over the following centuries. Having been rebuilt in the reign of Edward VI (1547-53), it received considerable emoluments from Queen Elizabeth I in 1583. Its greatest benefactors came in the 17th century when Dean Langford, Roger Philpotts, a former Mayor of Hereford, and Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Somerset, gave sizeable bequests to the School for the foundation of scholarships. When Charles I granted new statutes to the Cathedral in 1637, the School’s endowment was also increased by the grant of a house and garden for the Headmaster. By 1762 a new schoolroom 80 feet long and 40 feet broad, with windows overlooking the palace yard, had been completed to the south-west of the Cathedral on the site of the old building.
The period from the late 19th to the early 21st century has seen a remarkable growth in pupil numbers – from under 100 boys to more than 745 boys and girls (from 3 to 18 years) and a corresponding increase in staff; an expansion in the number of sites from the one in School Yard to seven around the Close and in Castle Street; the adoption of co-education in 1970; the integration of the Cathedral Preparatory School (now Hereford Cathedral Junior School, founded in 1898 and moved to its present site in 1925); and the development of purpose-built facilities (including most recently a new sports hall) and the School’s playing fields at Wyeside.
HCS proudly reintroduced boarding in April 2019 following months of renovations on a former country house hotel. Wilmot House currently offers 29 students the benefits of an outstanding education and the friendly culture of a traditional British school.
Looking to the future, there are plans in place to expand the School’s boarding provision as well as discussions at an advanced stage to launch the first Hereford Cathedral School overseas.
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