Head of International Admissions
Kent College, Canterbury
Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As Soon As Possible
- Apply by:
- 12 April 2024
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Head of International Admissions to join Kent College, Canterbury.
This new role is a key ambassadorial role with scope to further enhance the School’s already excellent reputation nationally and internationally.
The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic, energetic, and confident communicator, with the ability to forge strong working relationships with agents, parents, and pupils. They will need to tap into existing and new markets for international boarding students and promote the KC brand on a global platform. The role is pivotal in ensuring Kent College maintains its vibrant boarding community to agreed target levels and ensuring all parents and their children receive personal attention. The position requires excellent administrative skills and meticulous accuracy.
WHY CHOOSE US
Kent College is a co-educational school with a Methodist foundation. The school is located in Canterbury, just one hour from the centre of London by train.
The Senior School (11 – 18 years) has some 600 pupils, approximately one-third boarding and two-thirds day. Kent College is proud of its A Level and IB students' track record of academic success, with consistently excellent exam performance leading to enhanced destinations. There is also a thriving Junior School with some 200 pupils in total.
This is a fabulous opportunity to join a school with a high reputation for academic standards and work for a happy, caring, and successful school in which pupils feel supported and encouraged to aim for high standards of achievement and conduct.
The school was graded as excellent in all categories in the inspection conducted by ISI in October 2022, the Independent Schools Inspectorate that conducts inspections on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education.
THE POSITION
The post is full-time, full-year, with a regular requirement to travel and to work at evenings and weekends.
Please see the attached job pack for more information.
We offer private healthcare with Benenden, EAP, competitive pension, reduced gym membership, free on-site parking, free lunch during term time, discounts and rewards benefit schemes including cycle to work scheme, Techscheme and EV scheme.
Closing Date for Applications: 12th April 2024, although if a pool of suitable candidates becomes available before that date the College reserves the right to interview and appoint without further notice.
Interviews are to be held the week commencing 15th April 2024.
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About Kent College, Canterbury
The pleasant red-brick buildings of Kent College are situated in a semi-rural position overlooking the beautiful cathedral city of Canterbury. The school sits in 80 acres (32 hectares) of land with extensive sports’ fields, a School Farm and a Riding Centre. The centre of Canterbury, with its wide selection of shops and restaurants is a 5-minute journey by car, while the school sports' fields back on to Blean Woods, one of the largest areas of ancient woodland in England. Pupils get the best of both worlds – a healthy, safe environment close to beautiful countryside, but with easy access to Canterbury’s excellent facilities including theatres, cinemas and its world-heritage cathedral.
Since its foundation in 1885, the School has always excelled in the academic, musical and sporting spheres. However, Kent College Canterbury is probably best known for its exceptionally caring atmosphere where students from all faiths, countries and background thrive in a safe, friendly and caring environment. The School has an outstanding reputation for bringing out the best in every pupil and achieving excellent academic results. The sporting facilities are first class and include an all-weather artificial hockey pitch, which is converted for tennis use in the summer. A well-resourced Dyslexia Unit gives specialist teaching to students with this particular need.
Kent College is a happy, caring and successful school in which pupils feel supported and encouraged to aim for high standards of achievement and conduct. The school was inspected by the Independent School Inspectorate in October 2022 and was found to be excellent and compliant in all aspects.
In August 2016 Kent College opened a 3-18 school in Dubai, and in September 2022 the primary stages of Kent College West Cairo accepted its first students.
Summer 2019 brought the opening of a state-of-the-art 600-seater auditorium, The Great Hall. The hall is used by the whole school for worship and as a versatile and practical space for the college’s highly regarded drama and music departments as well as for being available for use by the local community.
The boarding community includes students from over 40 countries, and a particular strength is the International Study Centre, where students whose English language skills need development can receive specialist teaching and be progressively integrated into the mainstream curriculum.
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