Admissions Officer

Reporting directly to the Head of External Relations, the Admissions Officer plays a crucial role in helping to build on the success of Holmewood House School. The role supports External Relations Team with pupil recruitment and admissions at Holmewood and plays a key ambassadorial role for the School in promoting its values and ethos in all interactions with prospective parents. The Admissions Officer works very closely in a small team with the Head of External Relations, the Marketing Executive and Alumni Assistant – all four roles provide mutual support to each other at peak activity periods. We are looking for a candidate with a good understanding of prep schools and a strong empathy with our Schools’ ethos and focus on care for the child. They will be a natural and engaging communicator and possess excellent organisational and administrative skills with good attention to detail when handling data. This role would suit a person who can work independently and is proactive and results-focused. A sensitivity to prospective parents’ needs and a confidence to positively promote the School in a balanced and sophisticated way will also be important in this role. The working pattern is likely to be a standard 37.5 hour week, worked over 5 days per week in school during term time plus 6 additional weeks each year (worked as 12 weeks of half-days) for progressing admissions applications and handling prospective parental requests over the school holidays. The 12 weeks of part-time school holiday work is flexible: most of the work can be conducted remotely and at hours to suit the candidate. There is flexibility, for the right candidate, to expand this role to full-time, all year round – to support other areas of the school (not limited to the External Relations Team). Working arrangements at the discretion of the Head of External Relations. Some flexibility will be required to support recruitment events and tours that may take place outside the standard hours in