Admissions Manager

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Admissions Manager
Location: Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Hours: Monday to Friday
Contract: Permanent

We are seeking an exceptional Admissions Manager to drive student growth across our school(s) by delivering a distinctive, market-leading and truly ‘surprising and delightful’ customer experience. The successful candidate will embed a sales-focused mindset across the school and ensure every colleague understands their role in supporting the organisation’s growth strategy. Success in this role requires equal focus on both enrolment and the retention of existing students.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and optimise the full admissions pipeline, ensuring high conversion and supporting strong retention at all transition points.
• Provide regular reporting, forecasting and insight-driven actions to improve performance.
• Deliver a first-class customer journey through excellent digital engagement, rapid follow-up and outstanding conversion events such as tours and open mornings.
• Ensure admissions standards are met or exceeded and act as a key brand ambassador, maintaining strong market awareness and understanding parent needs.
• Develop annual enrolment targets with senior leaders and act on customer feedback from multiple channels to enhance the admissions experience.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with feeder schools, agents, partners and community influencers, while ensuring compliance with all visa, immigration and regulatory requirements.
• Support and guide the Admissions & Marketing team, manage external agency relationships, ensure appropriate resourcing, and collaborate closely with colleagues across operations, teaching and support functions.

Essential Attributes & Experience

• Warm, personable and naturally engaging, with strong gravitas and confidence operating autonomously.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with diplomacy, tact and an ability to engage effectively at all levels.
• Strong analytical ability, comfortable interpreting data to identify trends and commercial insights.
• Highly organised, calm under pressure, detail-focused and skilled at managing multiple stakeholders.
• Strong IT proficiency including Microsoft Office and database/CRM systems.
• Proven experience in customer-facing roles (ideally within sales or customer service) and working within complex, service-driven environments.
• Familiarity with the competitive schools marketplace is an advantage.

Come join an amazing team and make a real difference every day!

Why Join Us?

At Outcomes First Group, you will make a real difference every day, positively impacting the lives of pupils and vulnerable young people. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people.

All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful candidates to an enhanced DBS. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Outcomes First Group is committed to a fair, thorough, and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. While we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, we do not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other costs incurred as a result of delays or compliance processes.