Admissions Manager

About the Role

Reigate Grammar Schools UAE is opening RGS Sharjah in Masaar, Sharjah, and is hiring a founding Admissions Manager to establish the admissions process from the ground up. The school’s lineage goes back to Reigate Grammar School in the UK, which was founded in 1675 and represents over 350 years of British educational tradition.

This is a commercially driven, parent-facing position for someone who can manage the complete admissions journey from the first enquiry through to final enrolment. The role covers lead handling, school tours, applications, registrations, CRM-based follow-up, parent communication, and conversion reporting.

The ideal candidate will be highly motivated by targets, comfortable engaging with parents, confident using technology, and consistent in follow-up. Background in school admissions is preferred, though strong sales professionals may also be considered if they can demonstrate clear conversion success.

Key Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the admissions process, starting from initial enquiry and continuing through to enrolment.
• Turn prospects into tour bookings, applications, registrations, and confirmed paid enrolments.
• Handle parent phone calls, WhatsApp follow-ups, email communication, school tours, open days, and information sessions.
• Maintain accurate CRM records for lead source, stage, next action, outcomes, and conversion performance.
• Partner with the marketing team to strengthen lead quality, improve messaging, manage objections, and streamline the conversion journey.
• Use AI tools, automation, templates, and dashboards to speed up and improve the sales process.
• Provide weekly updates on pipeline progress, parent feedback, and competitor observations.

What We Are Looking For

• A strong sales mindset with clear energy and commitment toward target achievement.
• Experience in school admissions, education sales, real estate, hospitality, premium customer sales, or other high-value relationship-based sales environments.
• Well-developed CRM habits, organised pipeline management, and quick response times.
• Comfort using AI, automation tools, WhatsApp, dashboards, and digital operating systems.
• Professional manner appropriate for a premium British school environment.
• Excellent English communication skills; Arabic or other UAE community languages are an added advantage.

Preferred Experience

• Admissions experience within UAE or GCC schools.
• Exposure to premium British curriculum schools.
• Hands-on experience with HubSpot, Salesforce, OpenApply, iSAMS, Engage, or similar CRM platforms.
• Familiarity with Meta leads, Google Search leads, referrals, open days, and community partnership channels.

Additional Information

This role is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is a full-time, on-site position. No salary figure, vacancy count, start date, or application deadline was provided in the source.