Connecting Education
MIS & Data Manager
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MIS & Data Manager
Location: London/Surrey border (M3 Corridor)
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, full time (40 hours), 5 days per week on-site
Start date: Immediate start available
About the School
Our client is a leading independent co-educational day school in Surrey, educating students aged 11–18. With a proud academic heritage spanning several centuries, the school combines high academic standards with a genuinely individual approach to every student, alongside an outstanding co-curricular programme spanning sport, music, drama, and the arts.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an MIS professional to take ownership of the school's Management Information System at a pivotal moment: the school is currently utilising SIMS and is transitioning to iSAMS during the next academic year. The successful candidate will play a central role in that migration, as well as in the day-to-day management of school data.
You will work closely with senior leadership, teaching staff, and administrative teams to ensure data is accurate, secure, and used effectively to support strategic decision-making across the school.
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Key Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain the school's MIS, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and security at all times
- Play a leading role in the migration from SIMS to iSAMS, including data cleansing, mapping, testing, and staff training
- Assessment, Reporting & Analytics:
- Produce timely, accurate reports and analysis for senior leadership, governors, and external stakeholders (including census returns and statutory reporting)
- Provide training and ongoing support to staff on MIS usage and data management best practice
- Ensure full compliance with data protection regulations (GDPR) and school policies
- Analyse and interpret data to support school improvement initiatives and strategic planning
- Act as the key liaison with IT staff and external suppliers to troubleshoot and resolve MIS-related issues
- Manage user access, permissions, and system configuration within the MIS
About You
Essential:
- Proven experience managing an MIS within a school or educational setting
- Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to interpret and present complex data clearly
- Ability to liaise with suppliers and external vendors, manage contracts, and support cost-effective purchasing decisions.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, comfortable working with staff at all levels, including senior leadership
- Good working knowledge of data protection legislation (GDPR) and ISI data requirements
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines
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Desirable:
- Prior experience of iSAMS, or experience of managing a SIMS-to-iSAMS (or comparable) MIS migration
- Knowledge of SQL, database structure, or other data querying and reporting tools such as Power BI
- Experience delivering staff training on MIS systems
- Experience producing census returns and other statutory school reporting
- Degree-level qualification or professional IT/data-related certifications
This role is being handled by Connecting Education, who are a retained recruitment partner on behalf of the school. Successful candidates will be shortlisted as they apply, so please do register interest early!
All applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory reference checks in line with the school's safeguarding policy.
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