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Are you passionate about helping families and ensuring every child gets the best start in education
At BELS were seeking a dedicated detail-orientated Primary Admissions Officer to join our high-performing Admissions Team.
As a Primary Admissions Officer for BELS your daily work will be varied fast paced and focused on delivering an excellent service to families and schools. You will manage school applications for children starting Reception Class ensuring they are processed accurately in line with the statutory framework and deadlines. You will respond to enquiries from parents carers schools and professionals via phone email and in person offering clear guidance and support. You will maintain and update admissions databases ensuring data is accurate secure and compliant with GDPR. You will collaborate with colleagues across the Admissions Teams in Barnet and other boroughs as well as wider BELS and other stakeholders to ensure a joined-up service.
In this challenging opportunity you will need excellent communication skills both written and verbal with a calm professional manner strong organisational skills and the ability to manage deadlines under pressure attention to detail particularly when handling data IT proficiency and confidence to use databases spreadsheets and digital systems and a customer-focused mindset committed to delivering a high-quality solution-focused service.
This role offers purposeful work a supportive team culture work-life balance flexible working and a strong foundation for progression within education services school place planning or wider local authority roles. Youll gain valuable experience in statutory processes stakeholder engagement and data management; all highly transferable skills for future career development.
Successful candidates will be joining a creative and highly skilled team that is well-regarded and valued by schools and services across Barnet. You will benefit from a supportive senior leadership team committed to promoting the wellbeing of staff and work-life balance ongoing training and development
For an informal discussion about the post please contact:
Ferzana Arif
Admissions Team Manager and School Place Planner
Closing date for applications: 5pm 03/10/2025
Interview date: 17/10/2025 (TBC)
Barnet Education and Learning Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) with barred list check is required for all successful addition if this post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations the successful applicant will be required to declare.
We are committed to practising in ways that are equitable anti-racist and culturally responsive and we welcome candidates who share this commitment. We have developed an equity and anti-racism policy which outlines our values and actions in this area including ongoing CPD and offering support to our school community. Recruitment of a diverse workforce that is representative of the community we serve is part of our ongoing commitment and is embedded in this policy and therefore we welcome applicants who are underrepresented in our profession.
Job Pack (Job Description & Job Specification)
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
DescriptionAre you passionate about helping families and ensuring every child gets the best start in educationAt BELS were seeking a dedicated detail-orientated Primary Admissions Officer to join our high-performing Admissions Team. As a Primary Admissions Officer for BELS your daily work will be...
Description
Are you passionate about helping families and ensuring every child gets the best start in education
At BELS were seeking a dedicated detail-orientated Primary Admissions Officer to join our high-performing Admissions Team.
As a Primary Admissions Officer for BELS your daily work will be varied fast paced and focused on delivering an excellent service to families and schools. You will manage school applications for children starting Reception Class ensuring they are processed accurately in line with the statutory framework and deadlines. You will respond to enquiries from parents carers schools and professionals via phone email and in person offering clear guidance and support. You will maintain and update admissions databases ensuring data is accurate secure and compliant with GDPR. You will collaborate with colleagues across the Admissions Teams in Barnet and other boroughs as well as wider BELS and other stakeholders to ensure a joined-up service.
In this challenging opportunity you will need excellent communication skills both written and verbal with a calm professional manner strong organisational skills and the ability to manage deadlines under pressure attention to detail particularly when handling data IT proficiency and confidence to use databases spreadsheets and digital systems and a customer-focused mindset committed to delivering a high-quality solution-focused service.
This role offers purposeful work a supportive team culture work-life balance flexible working and a strong foundation for progression within education services school place planning or wider local authority roles. Youll gain valuable experience in statutory processes stakeholder engagement and data management; all highly transferable skills for future career development.
Successful candidates will be joining a creative and highly skilled team that is well-regarded and valued by schools and services across Barnet. You will benefit from a supportive senior leadership team committed to promoting the wellbeing of staff and work-life balance ongoing training and development
For an informal discussion about the post please contact:
Ferzana Arif
Admissions Team Manager and School Place Planner
Closing date for applications: 5pm 03/10/2025
Interview date: 17/10/2025 (TBC)
Barnet Education and Learning Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) with barred list check is required for all successful addition if this post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations the successful applicant will be required to declare.
We are committed to practising in ways that are equitable anti-racist and culturally responsive and we welcome candidates who share this commitment. We have developed an equity and anti-racism policy which outlines our values and actions in this area including ongoing CPD and offering support to our school community. Recruitment of a diverse workforce that is representative of the community we serve is part of our ongoing commitment and is embedded in this policy and therefore we welcome applicants who are underrepresented in our profession.
Job Pack (Job Description & Job Specification)
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
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