We want the best possible candidates to apply for jobs with Kirklees Council. To do this we widely advertise our vacancies and offer a modern, fair recruitment procedure.

We strongly believe that Kirklees Council is a good employer, providing excellent terms and conditions to our employees. All we ask in return is that you give us your best in helping us provide high quality services to people who live or work in the area, or who come to visit the district.

We are a metropolitan single tier authority, the 13th biggest local authority in the UK in terms of population. We have an elected Leader and Cabinet structure, and a very talented and dedicated workforce across five directorates:

Children and Young People
Place
Resources
Communities, Transformation and Change
Commissioning, Public Health and Adult Social Care

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Company Size: 10,001+ employees

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**We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.**

**Organisation**

Kirklees

**Directorate**

Children & Families

**Service Area**

Learning & Early Support

**Hours**

14 hours 48 mins

**Number of Jobs**

1

**Location(s)**

Mainly working from home with frequent work in the office days in Civic Centre 1, Huddersfield

**Position type**

Temporary

**Length of contract**

up to 11 months depending on start date

**Grade**

6

**Salary**

£10,332 - £11,013

**Advert Wording**

Pupil Admissions are a team of 18 staff which includes, 11 FTE Admissions Officers/Business Support Officer posts, 3 FTE Assistant Admissions Managers, 1 Deputy Pupil Admissions Manager, 1 Admissions Team Manager and 1 Strategic Lead Admissions Manager.

**Role**

**Your role is to work as part of the team to make a difference for the children and young people of Kirklees by enabling children to secure a school place by:**

- Making admissions processes as fair and simple as possible

- Working with parents and carers to provide advice and guidance about applications for their children

- Building relationships and working in partnership with all colleagues, schools, partners, and neighbouring local authorities

- Working collaboratively and flexibly with colleagues across the council to support the admissions function

- Ensure compliance with the School Admissions Code.

**As a key member of the team you will undertake a range of duties that will include:**

- Specialist and technical administrative support;

- Data processing (input and retrieval), including service based IT systems;

- Responding to complex enquiries;

- Information and record management as directed;

- Provide project support, research and collate information as directed;

- Complex and specialist word processing;

- Produce routine statistical information and management information;

- General administrative duties.

**Sharon Oldfield is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.**

This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email:or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

If you are internal and want to apply for this job as a secondment you must be a substantive employee of the Council with over 6 months continuous service and have successfully completed your probation period.

Applications for secondments will only be accepted if approved by your manager, you will be asked to confirm on your application form that you have the relevant permission. If you are refused permission to apply for a secondment, please contact HR Recruitment to register the refusal.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We encourage you to read our

**Closing date**

19 April 2026, 11:55 PM

**Important Information**

**Job Profile/description**

**Additional document 1 **

Business Support Officer - Pupil Admissions

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