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DLD College London Westminster New Quick apply Job type: Full Time, Permanent Start date: November 2023 Apply by: 17 November 2023 Job description The Principal is looking for a strong Administration Officer to join DLD College London, starting in November 2023. DLD College London is an award-winning independent, co-educational boarding and day school situated in the heart of London overlooking Westminster and the River Thames. The Administration Officer will be responsible for a wide range of administrative tasks across the collegeâs operations, and for supporting the Bursar with financial administration. This is an exciting and varied role that will suit someone with strong administrative experience, good organisational skills, and a flexible âcan doâ attitude. DLD College London DLD College London, affectionately known as DLD, is a multi-award-winning boarding and day school in the heart of London opposite the Houses of Parliament and close to Waterloo and South Bank. Its mission is to âDevelop the next generation of Leaders to take their place in a challenging and Diverse worldâ; from now on, that is what DLD now means to us â Development, Leadership, and Diversity. DLD was founded in 1931 by Davies, Laing Dick to provide tutoring for Oxbridge and the Colonial Service entrance exams. After the Second World War, the college specialised in âAâ and âOâ Level teaching. Over some fifty years, there has been a gradual transformation so that DLD now is a school for 13-19 year-olds providing full-time education for some four hundred children. Our pupils come to us from all over the world. They are attracted by our enviable location, wide range of subjects, high academic achievement, outstanding pastoral care and our award-winning boarding in the heart of London. Our focus is first and foremost on the wellbeing of our students (and staff) and removing any barriers to learning, which will help them be happy and achieve their potential both in and out of the classroom. In September 2015, DLD College London relocated to brand new, purpose-built premises by Waterloo station, overlooking Westminster and the River Thames. It focuses on each student as an individual, offering each child the best teaching and educational resources. It aims to build confidence, enabling them to accessvarious degree courses at top universities in the UK and worldwide. DLD is a school noted for its friendliness, warmth and informality â our award-winning Wellbeing Centre is the beating heart of the school. As part of the Abbey DLD Group of Colleges, DLD aims to maintain a âgold standardâ of educational quality. Our pupils follow a number of academic pathways, from our ground-breaking Year 9 curriculum, GCSEs and A Levels, to BTECs and our popular International Foundation Programmes (IFP). Classes are small, enabling students and teachers to focus on the most effective ways of learning. We stretch and challenge our students, motivating them and raising their expectations of themselves. Moreover, our learning community is supported by e-learning platforms and a desire to develop core skills necessary for the future of work. Theschool offers superb, modern teaching facilities and resources in one of Londonâs safest and most accessible areas, a stoneâs throw from Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament. While the school is strong in all academic areas, our creative arts continue to flourish, and our theatre, art and design, music and photography studios are scintillating and inspiring places. Our boarding provides some 250 rooms in our purpose-built boarding house directly above our school premises. DLD recently won the Special Judgesâ Independent School of the Year Award and the âBoarding School of the Yearâ Award in 2020 and again in 2023. DLD has also recently won the Independent Schoolsâ Association award for âInnovation in Pupil Voiceâ and Talk Educationâs âInnovation in Educationâ in 2023. It was one of the finalists in the 2020 TES Awards for Boarding School of the Year and has been listed in the prestigious Tatlerâs Schools guide in 2022, 2023 and 2024. In addition, DLD is the only school in the UK to receive the Gold Award for âMental Health in Boardingâ from the Carnegie School of Education. DLD is a thriving boarding and day school with an enviable range of co-curricular activities, including sporting, cultural and social opportunities using âLondon as its Classroomâ. The Good Schoolâs Guide recently said, âIt is one of the most unique and exciting schools in Britain: urban, modern, forward-looking and undeniably coolâ. We look forward to welcoming you to DLD College London soon. Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes Fair Recruitment Policy.