Head of Admissions
DLD College London
Westminster
- Expired
- Salary:
- 45000 - 50000
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 25 October 2019
Job overview
Head of Admissions
A new exciting opportunity has derived for a Head of Admissions who will takes responsibility for the recruitment of students. The postholder is responsible for ensuring that the total number of students on roll meets or exceeds the annual target.
DLD College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will need to obtain an enhanced disclosure via the DBS and have DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) clearance.
Job summary
The new Head of Admissions will ensure that SIMS (or relevant MIS, CRM) data is accurate. The HoA leads tours, coordinates events, manages scholarships and promotes the College on a face-to-face basis. The HoA efficiently manage the non-financial administration of student files, with due regard to legal requirement.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic:
• To lead and drive all recruitment activities of the College, both strategic and tactical
• Formulate an effective student recruitment strategy including the identification of potential new markets and relationships
• Work to ensure that student recruitment and retention (domestic and international) is optimised at all times
Management:
• The HoA will have responsibility for the administration of student recruitment
• Line management and supervision of: Marketing & Communications Manager, Accommodation Officer and Compliance & Operations Officer and temporary staff used during the enrolment period in August and September
• Work closely with the International Admissions Centre (IAC) to foster productive relations with agents
Admissions:
• Take responsibility for proactively driving sales i.e. student recruitment and meeting, or exceeding annual targets.
• Chasing leads and following up on opportunities to generate sales
• Effective and timely response to admissions enquires
• Manage the entering of all new student information on enrolment forms on SIMS
Represent the College at fairs and across the UK and overseas – this may include travel during weekends and school holiday
• Provide advice on visa applications for returning students (in-country and out of country applications) and new students who apply in-country
• Ensure visa expiry dates are monitored and check all students have correct documents and leave to study at DLD
Report Tier IV students on SMS system
PR and Promotion:
• Work with the Assistant Principal (Staff Development & Partnerships) to actively initiate, develop and maintain relationships with potential feeder schools
• Work with the UK Sales manager to promote the College to domestic agents and UK based international students
Student Induction:
• Support the Vice Principal (Pastoral) with the induction process
The postholder will line manage:
• Marketing & Communications Manager
• Compliance & Operations Manager
• Accommodation Officer
Qualifications and Experience:
• A proven track record of sales and meeting sales targets
• A record of good academic achievement and educated to degree level or equivalent
• A track-record of success working in an admissions role
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong management skills that can develop and coach colleagues
• Skills and awareness to differentiate between market segments (domestic and international families)
• A commitment to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children
About the Alpha Plus Group
DLD has been shortlisted for the Independent Schools of the year 2019, founded in 1931 and is part of the Alpha Plus Group of schools and colleges. DLD College aims to maintain a 'gold standard' of educational quality. Classes are small, enabling students and teachers to focus upon the most effective ways of learning. The College offers exceptional teaching accommodation and resources.
DLD College is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity. DLD College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.
A Centre of Excellence
We have a fantastic track record of supporting students to achieve the A-Level, BTECs (Level 3 & 4) and GCSE results they need, enabling them to move onto university courses of their choice. We also offer a successful International Foundation Programme together with Pre-sessional Programmes.
HOURS OF WORK
Official working hours are 8.30am to 5.00pm
REVIEW
The task and duties above are required for all College Staff; these may be reviewed at least once a year, usually in the Summer Term, in conjunction with the annual review policy.
Attached documents
About DLD College London
About DLD College London
DLD College London, affectionately known as DLD, is a multi-award-winning boarding and day school in the heart of London opposite the Houses of Parliament and close to Waterloo and South Bank. Its mission is to ‘Develop the next generation of Leaders to take their place in a challenging and Diverse world’; from now on, that is what DLD now means to us – Development, Leadership, and Diversity.
DLD was founded in 1931 by Davies, Laing & Dick to provide tutoring for Oxbridge and the Colonial Service entrance exams. After the Second World War, the college specialised in ‘A’ and ‘O’ Level teaching. Over some fifty years, there has been a gradual transformation so that DLD now is a school for 13-19 year-olds providing full-time education for some four hundred children.
Our pupils come to us from all over the world. They are attracted by our enviable location, wide range of subjects, high academic achievement, outstanding pastoral care and our award-winning boarding in the heart of London. Our focus is first and foremost on the wellbeing of our students (and staff) and removing any barriers to learning, which will help them be happy and achieve their potential both in and out of the classroom.
In September 2015, DLD College London relocated to brand new, purpose-built premises by Waterloo station, overlooking Westminster and the River Thames. It focuses on each student as an individual, offering each child the best teaching and educational resources. It aims to build confidence, enabling them to accessvarious degree courses at top universities in the UK and worldwide. DLD is a school noted for its friendliness, warmth and informality – our award-winning Wellbeing Centre is the beating heart of the school.
As part of the Abbey DLD Group of Colleges, DLD aims to maintain a ‘gold standard’ of educational quality. Our pupils follow a number of academic pathways, from our ground-breaking Year 9 curriculum, GCSEs and A Levels, to BTECs and our popular International Foundation Programmes (IFP). Classes are small, enabling students and teachers to focus on the most effective ways of learning. We stretch and challenge our students, motivating them and raising their expectations of themselves. Moreover, our learning community is supported by e-learning platforms and a desire to develop core skills necessary for the future of work.
Theschool offers superb, modern teaching facilities and resources in one of London’s safest and most accessible areas, a stone’s throw from Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament. While the school is strong in all academic areas, our creative arts continue to flourish, and our theatre, art and design, music and photography studios are scintillating and inspiring places. Our boarding provides some 250 rooms in our purpose-built boarding house directly above our school premises.
DLD recently won the Special Judges’ Independent School of the Year Award and the ‘Boarding School of the Year’ Award in 2020 and again in 2023. DLD has also recently won the Independent Schools’ Association award for ‘Innovation in Pupil Voice’ and Talk Education’s ‘Innovation in Education’ in 2023. It was one of the finalists in the 2020 TES Awards for Boarding School of the Year and has been listed in the prestigious Tatler’s Schools guide in 2022, 2023 and 2024. In addition, DLD is the only school in the UK to receive the Gold Award for ‘Mental Health in Boarding’ from the Carnegie School of Education.
DLD is a thriving boarding and day school with an enviable range of co-curricular activities, including sporting, cultural and social opportunities using ‘London as its Classroom’. The Good School’s Guide recently said, “It is one of the most unique and exciting schools in Britain: urban, modern, forward-looking and undeniably cool”.
We look forward to welcoming you to DLD College London soon.
Child Protection
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Checks and Training
• Enhanced DBS checks to ascertain your suitability to work with children will be carried out. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and therefore all convictions, cautions and bindovers, including those regarded as ‘spent’ must be declared.
• Online searches will be carried out on candidates for any unsuitable content by or about candidates.
• Two written & verbal references from previous employers and a personal reference will be sought. Your referees will be asked about your suitability to work with children and whether you know of any disciplinary offences relating to children or young persons and whether you have been the subject of any child protection allegations or concerns and if so the outcome of any enquiry or disciplinary procedure.
• Your full employment history will be checked, any significant gaps will require explanation and proof of any relevant qualifications will need to be provided.
• You will be required to complete Child Protection Training via e-learning prior to commencing employment.
• Pre-employment health screening will be carried out.
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