Head of Admissions

Role: Head of Admissions

Reporting to: Director of Marketing, Communications, and Admissions 

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours a week. Initially one year fixed term.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Head of Admissions to lead the Admissions team across our schools. Acting as the primary point of contact for prospective parents, the successful candidate will be well-informed about our school, responding to queries promptly and attending events with parents and feeder schools. They will collaborate with colleagues to ensure an exceptional customer experience.

The Head of Admissions will play a pivotal role in shaping the student body by executing a robust admissions strategy, developing relationships with recruitment streams, and growing connections with feeder schools. They will also represent the schools at events, manage the admissions process, monitor targets, and adapt strategies as needed.

Working closely with the Marketing Manager and Chief Finance Officer, they will oversee the Registrar and a team of admissions staff. This role is ideal for someone with a proven track record in admissions, either within the independent schools' sector or from a customer-facing, sales-related environment, with a deep understanding of the London education market.

What we are offering: 

• A salary of up to £55,000 a year, based on experience
• Generous holiday entitlement up to 40 days including bank holidays (pro rata for part time roles)
• Free use of the state-of-the-art sports centres, including fitness suite, swimming pool and squash courts
• Enrolment into the Schools’ pension scheme, with 12% employer contribution, based on 5% individual contribution
•  Free lunches, other meals and refreshments
• A strong commitment to professional development, with a budget for training and individual courses
• Group Life Assurance (4 x salary)
• Free parking on site
• Free coach travel on the service provided by the School (subject to availability)
• Tax free bicycles for work through the Cycle to Work Scheme
• Annual flu vaccination
• Employee Assistance Programme

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.