School Admission Officer at Westside Academy

Job Description

• The school admissions director is responsible for recruiting and evaluating new students.
• Give campus tours, discuss curriculums with parents and students, manage entrance exams, distribute scholarships and go to private school fairs to represent the school.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish the student recruitment team as a centre of expertise and advice on all aspects of publicity and media relations.
• Direct the admission process from point of inquiry through enrollment and serve as a member of the Admissions Committee.
• Coordinate/administer all admissions testing.
• Assist the director of communications/alumni relations in the development of promotional materials that interpret the school to prospective students.
• Lead the School Advancement and Student Recruitment teams and also hold monthly department meetings.
• Devise, develop and implement direct marketing strategies to promote the recruitment of students.
• Represent the school at targeted local networking opportunities and recruitment fairs, both local and international.
• Organize and administer the program for scholarships.
• To evaluate continually and redesign where appropriate all aspects of the admissions with the goal of maintaining a capacity enrollment of qualified students based on relevant statistics on all aspects of the admission and re-enrollment program.
• Participate in parent auxiliary meetings and provide support.
• Actively support the sections’ activities and the school leadership.

Requirements

• Prior experience in PR, Marketing and Admissions
• B.Sc or Masters degree with admin certification
• Minimum of 5 years experience in leadership/school administration role
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong people skills and dynamic personality.