Admissions Manager
| Posting date: | 27 August 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 September 2025 |
| Location: | leicestershire, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5977 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: £35,451 - £39,165 per annum (Pro rata for part time)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 10th September 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
The School Admissions Service has an exciting new career opportunity to join the team as a School Admissions Manager. You will lead on several statutory and non-statutory responsibilities and be supported by a team of Admissions Officers and where necessary seniors. An understanding of the School Admissions Code and Synergy software would be an advantage, but not necessity, key areas of involvement will be:
- To be responsible for leading on the Co-ordinated School Admissions processes
- To oversee and offer advice when processing admissions forms
- To develop a full understanding of School Admission Appeals
- To advise clients in accordance with service policies and legislation
- To cover admissions responsibilities in the absence of direct seniors
- To work with a range of internal and external agencies to ensure children do not miss out on education
- To report to Lead Operational Officer
About You
To apply for this post, you must have:
- Education to degree-level or possesses equivalent, transferable experience gained in a similar environment.
- Several years of experience working in a public-facing role, as well as engaging with business-to-business clients.
- A proven ability to meet or contribute towards statutory or project deadlines within a legal or regulatory framework.
- Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
- While prior experience in project management and supervising staff would be advantageous, it is not essential for the right candidate.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Amena Hajat - Tel: 0116 305 5310
Nick Kitchen - Tel: 0116 305 6590
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
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.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
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