School Organisation Officer/Admin X

What's involved with this role: Temporary School Organisation Officer/Admin x 5 – Education Job Ref: Walsall (HQ) TCL 16891 Pay Rate: £13.02 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday – Thursday 8.45am to 5.15pm & Friday 8.45am to 4.45pm Role Length: This opening assignment is for 6-12 months City: Walsall Standard DBS disclosure required for this role Hybrid working The purpose of the role is to prepare forecasts of mainstream pupil numbers based on information from a variety of sources including ONS and health service birth data, pupil migration data, admissions data, housing development information and the school census. Key Responsibilities: Maintain and update pupil projection databases.
Liaise with the SEN Team to prepare forecasts of special school pupil numbers.
Provide information to the School Organisation Manager and the Service Manager to support area reviews of the provision of school places.
Support with the preparation of consultation documents, letters, reports and statutory notices for School Organisation proposals for mainstream and special schools; take minutes at consultation meetings and provide administrative support for school project teams.
Support with the preparation of reports on School Organisation issues for stakeholders and decision makers.
Complete and review net capacity assessments for schools.
Assist with the review and updating of school suitability data.
Liaise with the IFM team to support school expansion projects.
Support the School Organisation Manager with the completion and submission of the annual SCAP return and the completion of any other relevant statistical returns as required by the DFE.
Support the School Organisation Manager to respond to queries on the SCAP return.
Support the School Organisation Manager and Service Manager with the preparation and review of the local sufficiency strategy report.
Develop an understanding of admissions legislation and an overview of admissions procedures.
Work closely and flexibly with all members of the Admissions and Pupil Place Planning team and to assist in the work of all areas covered by the team as necessary. NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items: Qualifications: GCSEs A-C grades or equivalent. Skills & Experience: Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Experience of working in a busy and complex customer focussed environment where interpersonal communications and query resolution has been key.
Experience of interpreting and forecasting from raw data
Experience of creating and maintaining databases.
Experience of using GIS Software, Collect database, Capita One.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite). S
1 Job Ref: Walsall (HQ) TCL 16891 Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates. We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed. Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.