About This Role

Admissions Assistant

Contract summary. Monday to Friday 09.00 - 17.00 40 hours per week, all year round with occasional weekends

The role. The Admissions Office is the gateway to the School. The Admissions team works with a wide range of parents, boys, prep schools and junior schools to identify and guide prospective boys and their parents from initial enquiry, through testing, to an offer being made and accepted. The role is primarily to assist and support the wider Admissions team with a range of administration tasks; such as greeting parents to the office and on open days, processing tests, applications and acceptances, and updating the records and databases. For more information please refer to the job description attached to this advert.

The skills. The successful candidate will have previously worked in a similar position within a busy office or customer service environment. You will have general office administration experience, with a good working knowledge of MS Office computer systems. Applicants should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to deal with a variety of individuals professionally. They should also possess excellent time management skills, attention to detail and be able to prioritise. 

The benefits. Benefits include flexible working after the six-month training period, free lunches, automatic enrolment in the School’s pension scheme, use of the School’s swimming pool and gym, and subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs. 

The environment. Harrow School is situated in Harrow on the Hill, northwest London, and is one of the best-known schools in the world. Around 840 boys study at Harrow and live in the School’s 12 boarding houses. The Admission/Registry team is responsible for initial registration and deposit processes, testing, making offers to successful boys and enrolling them onto the School’s pupil database. The enrolment experience of every family, from initial enquiry, through application, testing, selection and ultimately to being offered a place is central to the work of the Admissions department, who strive to ensure that every step of the process is clear, consistent, customer focused and well managed.