About The Service
The Education and Lifelong Learning Directorate provides the strategic, professional and operational support to enable the Council to fulfil its responsibilities for early years education, statutory age education, education in school sixth forms and a youth service.
There are 127 schools in Cardiff consisting of 3 nursery schools, 98 Primary Schools, 18 Secondary Schools, 7 Special Schools & 1 Pupil Referral Unit.
The work of the Directorate is organised into six service areas: Partnerships & Performance, Inclusion Services, Targeted Services, Key Groups, Services to Schools, and School Organisation and Access and Planning.
Each of these supports the overall purpose of improving the achievement of learners. The Directorate also commissions the Central South Consortium to provide School Improvement Services to all of its schools.
About the job
To be the lead officer responsible for developing improvements in digitisation and processing of In Year applications.
To establish recommendations for the implementation of improvements.
To support the Admissions Manager to deliver improvements in Admissions processes.
To support the efficient and timely management of admissions, in particular complex In Year admissions cases, in accordance with agreed protocols and processes.
What We Are Looking For From You
To be the lead officer responsible for the development of digital and processing improvements for in year admissions.
To supervise the admissions team processing in year applications, in conjunction with relevant team leaders, to determine areas for improvements.
To develop a log of recommendations to inform an improvement strategy and implementation plan.
To develop recommendations with a view to creating efficiencies and a more sustainable model for in year admissions processes.
To lead on development for digital customer service improvements with partners Connect to Cardiff and local Hubs.
To secure maximum use of current, and emerging, digital technology to enhance customer contact and to secure effective, efficient administration, verification and allocation of education places.
To provide regular data and management information, as required, to the Admissions Manager to ensure reports on In Year applications are comprehensive and provide information in a timely manner.
To proactively capture, analyse and use lessons learnt from In Year trends and data to improve admissions processes.
To support the administration of admissions in accordance with agreed processes and protocols for in year admissions, as required by the Admissions Manager.
To liaise closely with the Engagement Manager and other lead officers (including for example, the Closing the Gap officer responsible for asylum seekers, Looked After Children Co-ordinator) regarding school in year applications.
Additional information
This post is temporary until 1st April 2024.
Internal candidates who wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis must obtain approval prior to application using Form SEC1 (4.C.081). Requests may only be approved by the relevant Director/ Assistant Director/ Chief Officer or senior nominated officer graded no lower than OM2 or in the case of schools based staff the Headteacher / Governing Body.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
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