School Admissions Advisor (Data Support)

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Please note this vacancy is only available for Birmingham City Council employees that are under a S188 (Priority Movers and Lateral Movers)..

School Admissions Advisor (Data Support)

Permanent

Grade B - £28,598 - £34,434

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and hard-working School Admissions Advisor to join the Admissions ICT team within Birmingham’s School Admissions and Fair Access service. This team is key in supporting thousands of children’s access to education each year.

You will be part of a team responsible for the delivery of the school admissions process for all primary and secondary maintained schools and academies in Birmingham, in accordance with a range of published policies and procedures. This post will focus on the support and management of IT systems and processes used within the School Admissions and Fair Access service.

The role requires excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience of dealing effectively with people at all levels. The post holder will also need to have excellent ICT skills and experience of working with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, and be able to work effectively as a member of a team, as well as managing the competing priorities of their own workload.

The post holder will be required to deal with large volumes of work while preserving high standards of accuracy and working under pressure to operate within statutory timescales and meet strict deadlines. Candidates must also be able to demonstrate a strong commitment to safeguarding children.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details. Please note that this document is currently under revision as part of the Council’s ongoing Equal Pay Programme.

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact: [email protected]

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements , before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Job Description and Person Specification

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.