Head of Admissions

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:

• Respond to admission enquiries and send out joining packs, recording prospective parent and pupil details
• Manage the pupil registration and admissions process
• Arrange parental visits, open events, taster days and assessments for prospective pupils
• Liaise with prospective parents regarding registration fees, deposits, taster days and uniform
• Administer assessment and teacher feedback and produce assessment results for the Head of School
• Create and maintain prospective and current pupil records on iSAMS and any other applicable platforms
• Maintain pupil registration and waiting lists
• 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
• Follow up all visits with written communication
• Monitor enquiries and registrations, and identify trends, providing comparisons with previous years to aid educational and financial planning

Marketing:

• Contribute and collaborate with marketing on the positive promotion of the school to the local and wider community
• Keep abreast of changes within competitor schools and create a monthly competitor analysis report
• Provide support to the school’s social media platforms within agreed policies and procedures
• Explore, propose and collaborate with marketing on new ideas to market the school
• Provide insight and actively support the marketing and advertising of Open Mornings and other events aimed at promoting the school
• Lead and organise Open Days to ensure that prospective families receive appropriate information and have a positive experience
• Prepare information packs for Open Mornings and all other promotional events
• Liaise with marketing to ensure that the school’s profile is maintained, seizing opportunities for publicity and, within budgetary restrictions, using ‘advertorials’, social media and other means to ensure that good news about the school is promulgated
• Liaise closely with the Head Master and staff to ensure a flow of information about the school’s many successes
• Attend and contribute actively to the Marketing committee
• Contribute to the maintaining/updating of the school branded materials

Administration:

• Performance manage the admissions team, receptionists and government liaison officer, ensuring efficiency, value for money and the highest standards of courtesy towards parents
• Ensure records are filed and maintained efficiently and thoroughly
• 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&T, SEND)
• 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
• Prepare pupil starter and leaver records for the Finance Department to allow for accounting records and fee preparation
• Oversee the entry of pupils onto the KHDA admissions system and notify the appropriate authorities of pupil leavers
• 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
• Produce admissions data for the Head Master,