Attendance Officer

The Role

Hareclive E-ACT Academy - Attendance Officer (Permanent)

We currently have a vacancy for an Attendance Officer to commence employment as soon as possible once onboarding processes are complete. The contract on offer is permanent and part time (17.5 hours per week, 3.5 hours per day) and the actual salary for the post is £7,592.10 (Full Time Equivalent £18,333).

The purpose of the job is to assist the Home School Worker in overseeing the schools attendance procedures, ensuring that official registers are accurately maintained and attendance trends monitored. You will help towards improving levels of attendance, reducing absences and reflect the policies and values of E-ACT. Your key responsibilities will be to contribute in ensuring excellent attendance for every child at Hareclive E-ACT Academy (98% or above), working with families to improve attendance and working across the academy to raise awareness of non-attendance.

A brief snapshot of your main activities are as follows:

• To answer and record first day phone calls, and check the voicemail inbox for absence related messages.
• Input absence data into the academy SIMs database
• To follow up on any missing registration marks
• To follow up on any missing reasons for absence
• Answer all telephone calls relating to absence
• To assist the Home School Worker with home visits
• Attendance data analysis for Home School Worker
• Uploading attendance evidence to core computer systems.
• To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, safeguarding, pastoral issues, health and safety, security, confidentiality and data protection.
• Reporting all concerns to the appropriate member of staff.

You will need to have excellent communicative skills and have the ability to hold challenging conversations. You will also need to have a keen eye for data analysis and strong time management skills. Full training for the post will be offered, and we would love to hear from you if you think you would be an ideal candidate for this role.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details on the post.

Our Academy - Hareclive E-ACT Primary Academy

An ambitious 4-11 primary academy in Hartcliffe, Bristol. We are committed to providing an outstanding education by placing the pupils at the centre of all we do.

Come join our team

Quite aside from the opportunity to work with pupils whose energy, creativity and enthusiasm never fail to inspire, our academy is:

• Ofsted good/outstanding rated, recognised for helping pupils to progress from often low starting points.
• Committed to teacher development through E-ACT’s professional learning program in partnership with leading training providers such as Ambition School Leadership.
• Leading the way in youth mental health through our very own Mental Health First Aid programme - we aim to train every teacher as a mental health first aider.
• A leader in the education sector for outstanding employee bene fits including a generous maternity policy and opportunities for flexible working.

We can offer you:

• Auto-enrolment into the Local Government Pension scheme (or Teacher pension if applicable)
• Cycle to work scheme
• A supportive work family
• Excellent CPD opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme with 24-hour access

A great place to live and work

Twice named the best city in Britain to live in by The Sunday Times, Bristol is also home to five E-ACT academies. The city has its own unmistakable identity, and has a thriving current and historical arts scene, not to mention some of the country’s strongest green credentials.

Part of the E-ACT family

We are an E-ACT academy and proud to be part of a community that includes over 15,400 pupils and 2,300 teaching and non-teaching professionals across the country. E-ACT multi-academy trust is responsible for 25 academies across the length and breadth of England.

Our academies can collaborate and share ideas with one another in ways that schools may not be able to. Most importantly, we all feel part of something much bigger as our responsibilities go far beyond the four walls of a single academy, and extend to people and their communities across the country.

We are always on the lookout for dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic people so we can continue to give every one of our pupils the opportunity to explore, solve, create and achieve.

In return we offer the chance to work with amazing people and inspirational pupils, as well as a great salary and sector -leading work -life balance arrangements.

Find out more at www.e-act.org.uk

How to apply

The closing date for applications is Sunday 2nd October 2022 at 17:00. The interview date has yet to be confirmed, shortlisted candidates will be notified directly.

Please read the supporting documentation carefully before completing and returning our application and equal opportunities form.

E-ACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

E-ACT is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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