Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: £26,832 - £28,146 Per annum (Pro rata for part time)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 10th September 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity that have arisen within the School Admissions and Pupil Services as an admissions officer, a great opportunity to support children getting into education. The post holder will:
- Process a range of applications in relation to the admission of school places
- Advise clients in accordance with national and local legislation/policies
- Work with a range of internal and external agencies to ensure children receive education
- Be supporting senior staff in the preparation of information for appeal hearings (admissions and exclusions)
- Provide advice on local authority and national policy in areas of responsibility
- Maintaining files and records, both manual and computerised.
- Be flexible with other duties as may, from time to time, be required within the grade for the post.
- Managing spreadsheets and keeping records up to date
About You
To apply for this post, you must have:
- Education to GCSE ‘C’ or equivalent including English Language and Mathematics, or equivalent NVQ level in administration or relevant excellent customer care experience
- Knowledge and experience of administrative processes and systems
- Evidence of good organisational skills
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, regulation and local policy related to this post
- Evidence of a good attendance record
- Able to work to tight timescales
- Be self-motivated, able to work under own initiative
- Experience of Microsoft Office including Microsoft Excel
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. The needs of the service for this post will require the candidate to work from County Hall. Wherever possible, we will consider and accommodate working arrangements on occasions that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Amena Hajat, Admissions/Operational Lead
Telephone: 0116 305 5310
Email: amena.hajat@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
About Leicestershire County Council
Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.
Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.
For further information on what it’s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:
Our Recruitment Process
Our Organisational Values
Our Employee Benefits
Working for Us