The role of School Admissions Administrator covers one part of the School Place Planning and Admissions Team portfolio. The successful applicant will be assisting the Appeals and Consultation Co-ordinator to track appeals for school places, ensuring all parties are aware of new appeals ad ensuring that the relevant paperwork is collated and shared with the relevant teams within the Council. There is also a School Transport Appeal component that deals with collating a range of paperwork. The consultation work involves assisting the team to collate all the Council policies around School Admissions as well as ensuring and monitoring that all schools have complied with the necessary duties on their own admission arrangements. The role also has responsibility for maintaining various elements of the School Admissions website - ensuring all statutory information is available to parents when they are researching and applying for school places. The post will also have opportunities to work with our central data-base that manages the school place allocations. Full training will be provided on IT systems and Council processes. In addition the post will also support the management of the main mailbox, supporting the team in its communication with service users. Included we be supporting the Admissions Team in managing the In Year Fair Access Protocol. Further Information The School Admissions and Pupil Place Planning Team is recruiting a 25 hour Grade 6 School Appeals and Consultation Assistant. The work of the Admissions Team is varied and key to Dorset Council's statutory duty to ensure all children have a school place. The team is a friendly well established group, always willing to go the extra mile for the children of Dorset. There are opportunities for all team members to learn new skills in this very important area of the Council's work. We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and organised person who has good IT skills, can work independently as well as working within and for a team. They must also be able to prioritise work as necessary. The ebb and flow of work can change through the year and working to strict deadlines is a regular occurrence. You must have good communication skills as you liaise with both team members, other colleagues around the Council as well as parents and external agencies and schools. You should have an understanding of child safeguarding and data protection. If you require any further information please contact Ed Denham - [email protected] This is a part time role at 25 hours per week. This post requires you to have access to sensitive information. It will be subject to a Basic Criminal Records Check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders. See our policy on safeguarding children and young people. About Us We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception. At Dorset Council we: provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents have ambitious aspirations are excited about our future care about Dorset and all the people who live here know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success You will: have access to a range of employee benefits be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone. 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