About the role
You will identify school placements for all pupils who move into or around North Northamptonshire, ensuring that all pupils of statutory school age have school places. Main duties are to ensure that the database is maintained accurately and that school places are allocated within given and agreed timescales.
What will you be doing?
School Admissions Officer - processing applications for school places via the co-ordinated admissions process or via the in-year admissions process.
Strategy – complying with the requirements of the School Admissions Code and council policies when allocating school places for applicants in North Northamptonshire schools.
Stakeholders – liaising with staff in schools to achieve timely admissions of pupils into schools and satisfying parental preference where possible.
Please refer to the job description for the tasks and responsibilities of the post.
About you
The successful candidate will be agile and flexible enough with the ability to work accurately, under pressure and to tight timescales will be required. Please refer to the person specification for the required and desired skills and attributes to the role.
Our benefits
We offer:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
About us
We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.
Our priorities are:
- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services
Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.
Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.
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