Deputy Office Manager - Attendance Lead

Deputy Office Manager - Attendance Lead

Salary: Scale 5 (Pt 12-15, £31,524-£32,931 per annum, to be pro rata'd to actual working weeks)

Working 35 Hours per week on a shift/rota basis, either 07:45am-15:45pm, 08:00am-16:00pm or 09:00am-17:00pm. This role is working at either our Sandringham or Longbridge Road Campus.

Term time only plus ten days

Start Date: As soon as possible

Are you looking for a place to work where no one day is the same where you can really make a difference to the lives of young people? Are you a hardworking, and competent administrator who loves to learn new skills and provide an outstanding service? Are you ready to take up a new challenge to supervise and deputise when necessary?

 If so this could be the role for you….

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding, innovative and committed Senior Administrator with a focus on leading Attendance who will play a significant part in the development of the school core administrative services.

 The successful candidate will have excellent IT skills, be an outstanding Administrator and have a good understanding of implementing and embedding new systems and processes along with ideas or proven strategies for improving attendance in school procedures.

 The successful candidate will be able:

•  To undertake a range of administrative tasks with ease, reflecting on current practice and streamline systems and processes to reduce workload and improve efficiency and effectiveness
•  To work collaboratively and proactively with students and their families to ensure that children and young people can have full access to the educational opportunities offered at Barking Abbey.
•  To work in partnership with key staff to monitor and improve school attendance systems and procedures
• To manage the school’s caseload of persistent absentees and non-attendees across the school.
•  To encourage, enable and, where necessary, enforce the school attendance procedures of all children of school age, working with the wider family, community and external agencies.
•  To promote the welfare, mental wellbeing, appropriate development and protection of children and young
•  Support the Office Manager in all aspects of administration, including admissions, census, first aid/medical, Sixth Form administration, ParentPay, Free school meal administration and reception duties.

This role will be predominantly based at one campus, however there may be a need for work to be undertaken across campus offices.

Working hours will be between 07:30am-17:00pm (Shifts for this will be 7 hours a day working either 07:30- 15:30 or 09:00-17:00 to suit the operational needs of the school).

Barking Abbey is an Ofsted Outstanding heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment.

The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.

Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.

In return we offer:

• A supportive and encouraging staff team

• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school

• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management

• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems

We are proud that Ofsted recently judged the school to be Outstanding in all areas. The report states; “This is a large and diverse school where difference is valued. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are supportive and respectful of each other. Pupils’ conduct is exemplary, both inside lessons and around the school.

Leaders have established simple and clear rules that everyone understands. Pupils are focused, engaged and participate well in lessons. Staff feel that their workload and well-being has been carefully considered by leaders. They appreciate their open-door policy”. (Ofsted, February 2024)

Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey:

https://www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk/home/join-us/staff-vacancies/

To find out more about how teachers can secure rented accommodation at a discounted rate of 20% please contact: info@bdsip.co.uk

Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants.

Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successful candidates as part of our due diligence checks.