Job Title: School Organisation Officer
Type of Business: Public Sector
Location: Walsall - hybrid
Hourly Rate: £13.02
Start Date: ASAP
Length of Contract: 6-12 months
Hours: 37.5

GI Group are now seeking to appoint a School Organisation Officer to our public sector client based Walsall. The School Organisation Officer will maintain databases that support the planning of school places within mainstream schools. They will also visit school sites on a regular basis to conduct net capacity assessments, and to attend meetings.

Main Duties of the School Organisation Officer:

• To maintain and update pupil projection databases
• 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
• To liaise with the SEN Team to prepare forecasts of special school pupil numbers
• To provide information to the School Organisation Manager and the Service Manager to support area reviews of the provision of school places
• To 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
• To support with the preparation of reports on school organisation issues for stakeholders and decision makers
• To complete and review net capacity assessments for schools
• To assist with the review and updating of school suitability data
• To liaise with the IFM team to support school expansion projects
• To 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
• To support the School Organisation Manager to respond to queries on the SCAP return
• To support the School Organisation Manager and Service Manager with the preparation and review of the local sufficiency strategy report
• To develop an understanding of admissions legislation and an overview of admissions procedures
• To 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

Role Requirements:

• Experience of working in an office environment
• Experience of interpreting and forecasting from raw data
• Experience of creating and maintaining databases
• Experience of using GIS Software, Collect Database, CapitaOne

Hiring Contact: Laura Vieira
Agency: GI Group

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