Admissions Assistant
RGS Guildford
Surrey
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 2 June 2024
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Admissions Team at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford working part-time (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) during term time.
As our Admissions Assistant you will be involved in every aspect of the journey of each prospective family: from initial enquiries, to tours and Open events, to entrance examinations and interviews, to offers and contracts, to New Student Reception events, all the way through to each student’s arrival at the RGS on their first day in September.
Joining a supportive and hard-working team, you will take pride in your achievements. Responsibilities will include:
- Building and maintaining a rapport with prospective families, ensuring that the School is presented at its best and that the admission journey experience is a positive one;
- Assisting with the preparation and running of assessment days, interviews, taster and induction events;
- Processing the online registrations of candidates for entry to the School, including the cross-checking payment of registration fees and admission deposits,
- Communicating with prospective parents and feeder schools regarding entrance examinations, follow-up interviews and scholarship invitations;
- Providing day-to-day support for admissions and marketing activities.
While Admissions experience is highly desirable, strong communication skills coupled with a high degree of accuracy within your work is essential.
In return, we offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits including:
- £14,973 (£28,933 FTE) per annum
- Excellent lunchtime menu free of charge during term time
- Pension scheme with an employee contribution of 5% and an employer contribution of 10%
- Medical insurance
- Fee reduction for son(s) of staff is available (after a qualifying period and subject to success at the entrance examination)
- Employee Assistance Programme
If you have excellent interpersonal skills coupled with a strong attention to detail and would enjoy working as part of a small team that makes a big impact, please get in touch today.
The Royal Grammar School has a responsibility for and commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The person appointed to this post will be required to apply for an enhanced Disclosure Certificate from the DBS.
If you are looking for that next step in your career then please get in touch to find out more. We look forward to hearing from you.
Please note: applications will be considered on receipt and we reserve the right to close applications early.
About RGS Guildford
Located in the historic town of Guildford, the Royal Grammar School, dating back to 1509, is a leading independent day school for boys aged 11 – 18. Consistently regarded as one of the top three boys’ schools in the country, the RGS combines academic excellence with a passionate commitment to pastoral care and co-curricular opportunity in a friendly, supportive community of approximately 950 students and 120 teaching staff.
The original Tudor building, constructed between 1557 and 1586, is still used by the students; in addition, development of the site continues to provide facilities conducive to teaching and learning in the 21st century and to performance in all areas at the highest level. The School is committed to nurturing its staff and a structured, bespoke approach to professional development means that the whole community is united in a desire to improve, progress and be enriched.
Headmaster
Dr JM Cox
Values and vision
The RGS believes passionately in preparing our students for the challenges of a rapidly-changing, global future, as well as providing them with excellent foundations so that they can have the most ambitious of aspirations at university and beyond. Our bespoke Learning Habits nurture and develop all those transferable skills which will set up our young men irrespective of their chosen path: thinking critically, being independent and creative, being resilient and self-motivated; collaborating and working together, and being equally confident as leader or as part of a team.
Our timeless School Values – inclusivity; scholarship; integrity; respect; tenacity; and service – which are embedded in the curricular and extra-curricular life of the School ensure RGS students emerge as humble, grounded and decent young men committed to making the very best of each and every opportunity and to making a difference to others.
ISI report
“Pupils show an acute sense of respect for each other and recognise the school’s important role, underpinned by its inclusive values, in creating an academically challenging, positive and welcoming community where they can develop and flourish as true individuals.”
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