Admissions Officer

Repton School Abu Dhabi is seeking an outstanding Admissions Officer for an immediate start.

The Admissions Officer is a key commercial position in each of our schools, reporting to the School Registrar with overall accountability for achieving the school’s enrolment objectives. The role requires a highly proactive individual with creativity and commercial flair, who is able to deliver exceptional customer service, showcasing the school to prospective parents, and ensuring that the school’s admissions and enrolments activity meets regulatory requirements.

Accountabilities*

• Provide a warm welcome when meeting with prospective parents to explain admission procedures, curriculum, fee structure and regulations, and provide in-depth tours of the school that showcase the school’s USP's
• Liaise with central admissions and academics regarding assessments and co-ordinate on site assessments
• Provide breadth of assessment slots to the Central Admissions Team as well as relevant limitations (e.g. maximum number of assessments per session)
• Ensure students have the correct environment for assessments
• Prepare assessment files for all students
• Explain the process providing personal attention and an outstanding customer experience
• Invigilate the assessment if required to ensure it complies with academic guidelines
• Hand pupils back to parents once they have completed the assessment and answer any questions
• Maintain accurate and timely assessment records and results within the CRM system
• Liaise between central admissions and the academics regarding assessment SLA’s
• Working with the Marketing and Academic teams, support the delivery and execution of the school marketing plan
• Working as part of cross-functional teams, support the success of open events and other parent facing events
• Update, maintain and manage the student information database ensuring that up to date information is available on a daily basis
• Maintain and create files for all enquiries
• Be fully versed in all the rules and regulations of the Ministry of Education and other relevant governing bodies to ensure compliance during the admission process
• Ensure the Admissions policies, terms & conditions and the Admissions-related content on the school website are relevant and up-to-date at all times
• Ensure group policies, procedures and codes of conduct are followed at all times and ensure all audit items are addressed in a timely manner
• Support the reception teams

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or relevant field from an accredited and renowned University
• 2 years of experience in relevant field with a clear track record of achievement in a sales / target driven role
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be pro-active, resourceful, and have attention to detail to ensure sales pipeline is managed appropriately
• Displays tact, diplomacy, sensitivity and confidentiality

*see attached JD for full details

Salary for this position is between AED 7000 to AED 8000 dependent upon experience, plus a performance related incentive

Hours are 7.30am - 4.30pm with a half day Friday, although some flexibility will be required at times

The Repton Family of Schools is totally committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects the same from its employees. All new staff will be subject to detailed and enhanced pre-employment clearance, including identity checks, criminal background checks for all countries lived in, qualification checks, employment checks to include an exploration of any gaps in employment, and satisfactory reference checks for all employment in the last 5 years.