Attendance Officer - Term Time

Woodlands; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive educational institution in Folkestone is seeking a reliable Attendance Officer to enhance student attendance and punctuality. The successful candidate will use their exceptional people skills and communication abilities to interact effectively with students, parents, and external agencies. They will manage all attendance-related matters, promoting positive attitudes towards education. The role offers a full-time schedule during term time with numerous employee benefits, including professional development and healthcare access.

Benefits

Fully funded access to Benenden Healthcare

Outstanding professional development

Regular wellbeing and social activities

Access to Mental Health First Aiders

Cycle to work scheme

Free parking on all our sites

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a school preferred.
• Ability to interact effectively and sensitively with young people.
• Confidence when dealing with parents and external agencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide a specialist service to improve school attendance and punctuality.
• Promote positive attitudes towards education.
• Be responsible for all attendance matters.

Skills

Excellent people skills

High level of communication skills

High level of literacy skills

High level of IT skills

Ability to respond calmly and sensitively under pressure

Tools

Bromcom

Google Suite

Job description

Turner Free School is looking to appoint a highly reliable and efficient Attendance Officer. Your role will be to provide a specialist service to help the school raise achievement by improving school attendance and punctuality. You will be able to promote positive attitudes towards education and be responsible for all attendance matters. Please see the job description for full details of the role.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Excellent people skills, being able to respond appropriately to diverse and sometimes challenging situations.
• Ability to interact effectively and sensitively with young people
• Confidence when dealing with parents and external agencies
• Capacity to respond calmly and sensitively under pressure.
• High level of communication skills.
• High level of literacy skills.
• High level of IT skills with knowledge of Bromcom or Google Suite an advantage.
• Experience of working in a school, with a knowledge of school-based systems would be preferable.

Benefits of Working for Turner Schools

We care about our staff's personal and professional wellbeing and are pleased to offer the following benefits:

• Fully funded access to Benenden Healthcare
• Outstanding professional development through our Turner Institute
• Regular wellbeing and social activities
• Counselling and mental wellbeing support
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Cycle to work scheme
• Innovation Awards that encourage staff to put forward innovative ideas to make a difference to children’s experiences
• Trust Vision and Values awards to recognise staff contribution
• Free parking on all our sites with access to E chargers

Our staff tell us that the Trust is a supportive and motivational place to work, with real attention paid to staff wellbeing, workload and professional development. Further information about our Trust can be found on our website: www.turnerschools.com

37 hours a week

Term Time + 2 additional weeks (to include INSET days)

The working hours would principally be 8.30am - 4.30pm but the ability to be flexible around this, sometimes starting and finishing later to accommodate meetings, would be ideal.

We reserve the right to close the advert early if a suitable candidate is found.