Admissions Registrar
Harrow International School, Shanghai
China
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive and full package
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2014 or January 2015
- Apply by:
- 25 July 2014
Job overview
Applications are sought for the post of Admissions Registrar at Harrow International School Shanghai with effect from no later than January 2015 and preferably sooner.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure school student enrollment is conducted strictly in accordance with the School's recruitment policies and standards.
- Develop and implement strategic admissions plans designed to achieve the School's roll targets.
- Be directly responsible for the entire admissions process end-to-end.
- Maintain a complete and accurate record of parent/student details and a database of all students in the computerised school management system.
- Coordinate with academic management to ensure that programmes are in place to support students who do not have English as their first language.
- To work closely with the Marketing and Communications team.
Requirements:
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree.
- Previous experience working in an academic institution.
- Knowledge of assessments used for admissions purposes.
- Knowledge of British public examinations and UK curricula.
- Familiarity with China and Chinese culture and a level of proficiency in Mandarin (preferable)
Harrow International School Shanghai
Operating in close association with Harrow School in London, the Harrow International family of schools shares the same vision, ethos and high standards. The Pre-Prep of Harrow International School Shanghai will open in August 2015 and Early Years in January 2016 with the Upper School opening in August 2016. It will be a K-13 day and boarding school with a capacity of 1,500 students on a campus site of 37,000 sq metres. The School will open with around 500 students.
Harrow International School Shanghai will boast a first-rate range of educational and sports facilities, boarding houses and staff quarters. The School will be located in the new Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone which has excellent connectivity to the centre of the city and the airport by metro lines and expressways.
How to apply
The application deadline is 25th July 2014; however, early applications are encouraged as the School will shortlist on a rolling basis. Interviews will be held in August 2014.
For an information pack and/ or to apply for a position please follow this link: www.ticrecruitment.com/harrow/shanghai.
All enquiries should be directed to Gemma McSweeney, Recruitment Manager at TIC Recruitment, who is representing the School.
Email: harrow@ticrecruitment.com
Tel: +44 (0) 2920 212083
Web: www.ticrecruitment.com/harrow
Leadership for a better world
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening.
About Harrow International School, Shanghai
Harrow School Shanghai is a co-educational day school for students aged from 18 months to 18 years. The teaching is based upon the EYFS Framework and the English National Curriculum, culminating in IGCSEs for Removes and Fifth Form (Years 10 and 11), and A levels within the Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13). With a world-renowned reputation for its rich heritage of educational excellence, unique traditions and inspiring Leadership and Service programme, Harrow boasts a state-of-the-art campus with outstanding facilities, all located within 35 minutes of the epicenter of one of the world's most exciting and dynamic cities.
Harrow Shanghai is the fourth international school in the Harrow family of schools, joining those in Bangkok, Beijing and Hong Kong, alongside the historic Harrow School and its near-neighbour, John Lyon School, in London.
The School is organised as follows:
- Early Years -Pre-Nursery, Nursery and Reception
- Pre-Prep-Years 1- 4
- Prep -Years 5- 8
- Senior: Shells, Removes and Fifth Form (Years 9–11) and Sixth Form (Year 12-13)
The School is located in a modern custom-built facility, which accurately reflects the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai. The School combines elements of educational philosophy, practice and traditions from Harrow School in London within the context of the international minded-set of a diverse student body in Shanghai. It is envisaged that the School will eventually grow to a roll of approximately 950. As with the other Harrow Schools, Shanghai’s vision, 'Leadership for a better world', is realised by means of a characteristically Harrow approach to schooling which demands of students and teachers high academic attainment, involvement in a rich array of extra-curricular activities, and engagement in high quality pastoral support structures, particularly the House system. Students are assigned into Houses where their which their academic and all-round well-being is monitored, nurtured and supported.
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