Attendance Officer

Attendance Officer

 H3 5 – H5 14 (Fringe) – 35 hours pw (£23,500- £27,344 +£689 FTE, £19,148 - £22,191 Pro-rata) Term Time only (38 weeks per year)

Start Date: ASAP

We welcome applications from those of the Catholic faith, all faiths and no faith, and who are supportive of our Christian values and ethos.

Are you self-motivated, do you have an enquiring mind and a strong attention to detail, great problem solving skills and enjoy working in a small busy team? Do you have a passion to work with others to ensure that young people have the right access to education and opportunities? We seek a suitably motivated individual to be appointed as Attendance Officer, who will be responsible for daily attendance monitoring and providing administrative support to the Leadership and Pastoral team.

This is not just “any other admin role” in a school.

As an Attendance Officer, you will help raise achievement by improving attendance and punctuality; you will support safeguarding by identifying and notifying relevant parties of individual concerns regarding pupil attendance and punctuality. You will be supporting the promotion of positive attitudes by pupils and their families towards education and be required to contact parents if an explanation for absence is not received.

As Attendance Officer you will be responsible for the monitoring of whole school attendance, identifying and flagging trends and patterns and administration of other matters as relevant to the role. You will be required to monitor and administer daily attendance and punctuality, checking each morning and contacting home if students are not in school, working collaboratively with form tutors and other staff to ensure that presence, lateness, unauthorised/authorised absence is recorded accurately and reliably in accordance with School Policies.

The role will involve accurately compiling, maintaining and analysing records, timely reconciliations and checks, notifying staff of unexplained absences, preparation of reports, ad hoc data analysis and other administrative or project work as required to support the function. You should be proficient in word and excel, a confident and quick learner, willing to learn new skills and software and be confident in the compilation and accuracy of attendance information. Previous knowledge of sims and/or experience of working in a school or other educational setting would be an advantage but is not essential.

Due to the nature of this role, private information will be handled. The successful applicant must be able to demonstrate commitment and awareness regarding handling data carefully and confidentially.

Previous experience in school attendance or a related field is preferred but not essential. Whether this is your first school role or you are looking for a new challenge, if you have the skills, approach and attributes we would love to hear from you. You will be joining and supported by a team of experienced and dedicated colleagues in a school which has a tremendously talented, committed, creative, and innovative staff; parents who are supportive; and students who are eager to learn, well behaved and motivated to succeed.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure is required for all successful applicants. St Mary’s is committed to the equality of opportunity for all applicants, and we reserve the right to interview on a rolling basis, therefore an early application is advisable.

Apply in writing using the forms available on our website www.stmarys.net : Support Staff Application Form, Consent to Obtain References Form, Rehabilitation of Offenders Form & Recruitment Monitoring Form. Applicants are reminded that they should read the Notes to Applicants before completing an application. Please note only applications on St Mary’s forms will be accepted. Please contact Deirdre McHugh, Interim Headteacher d.mchugh@stmarys.net or Recruitment@stmarys.net  to submit an application or for more information.

Interviews: St Mary’s is committed to the equality of opportunity for all applicants, and we reserve the right to interview on a rolling basis, and close the application deadline early, therefore an early application is advisable.