Engagement Officer

BUSY Schools; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution is seeking a proactive individual to support student engagement and complete administrative tasks. This full-time position involves forming relationships with students, parents, and stakeholders to monitor attendance and course completion. Ideal candidates will excel in building cooperative relationships, managing tasks simultaneously, and ensuring engagement in individualised pathways. The role offers paid parental leave, training commitments, and is focused on safeguarding children and fostering diversity.

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave

13 weeks long service leave

12.5% superannuation

NFP Salary Packaging

Training and Professional development

Career progression opportunities

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Proven ability to develop cooperative working relationships with stakeholders.
• Able to self-manage completion of simultaneous tasks and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support students to engage with the whole school program.
• Document information into the student management system.
• Monitor attendance and liaise with the Education Youth Worker.
• Provide administrative support at Reception.

Skills

Cooperative working relationships

Self-management

Job description

Our purpose is to make skills, education and employment accessible to every person, so they can create their own world of unbounded possibilities.

About The BUSY School…

The BUSY School is part of The BUSY Group, a not-for-profit organisation presenting over 45 years as a community partner providing employment services, vocational education and training, apprenticeships, mentoring, NDIS, disability employment support, and allied health services.

The BUSY School is an independent Special Assistance School with 10 campuses across Cairns, Brisbane, and Gold Coast/Coolangatta, providing an alternative program for Year 11 and 12 students who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from education.

Each campus provides a supportive and safe learning environment for young people by providing them with an education program that includes vocational education and training (VET), work experience and opportunities for school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. Our team support the students to gain employability and transferability skills to increases their sense of wellbeing, resilience, belonging, academic achievement, career exploration and employment outcomes.

Our teams’ focus is centred at re‑engaging our students to learn, remain eligible for a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and gain employment or further training outcomes upon student’s graduation from Year 12.

Job Description

About the position...

We are looking for our next superstar! Support students to engage with The BUSY Schools whole school program and complete associated administrative tasks to support students’ pathways. The role is proactive in forming relationships with students, parents/carers, school staff, registered training organisations (RTOs), trainers and employers to monitor attendance and course completion, and support enrolment into identified courses.

This role is permanent full time, only required to work 40 weeks a year (term time) with 4 weeks annual leave. The proposed salary below is calculated annually accordingly in relation to working time.

• Paid Parental Leave program
• 13 weeks long service leave
• 12.5% superannuation
• NFP Salary Packaging (up to $15,900 per year) PLUS meal and entertainment card!
• Training and Professional development commitment
• Career progression and internal transfer opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program

So, what does an everyday look like?

• Document relevant information into the school’s student management system to maintain currency of student attendance and thus engagement in their individualised pathway.
• Advise relevant stakeholders of amendments to attendance records due to late notification.
• Collect and coordinate data relating to student engagement, follow up with parents/carers and students who are absent, monitor student programs, and provide information to campus leadership, teachers and the industry team.
• Monitor attendance and liaise with the Education Youth Worker to address issues relating to students experiencing concerns that prevent their engagement at school.
• Provide administrative support including assistance at Reception, assistance in managing variations to student timetables, including school-based apprenticeships, work experience, off campus activities, etc.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Proven ability to develop cooperative working relationships and work as part of a team with broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Able to self‑manage completion of simultaneous tasks and meet deadlines.

Next steps...

This role will actively commence recruitment from the date of advertisement. The closing date of this ad is dependent on the appointment of the role.

The BUSY Group is an organisation that prioritises the safeguarding of children and all vulnerable people by actively adopting strategies that embed a culture of zero tolerance for abuse of any kind. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening including criminal history and relevant working with children checks.

The BUSY Group is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from First Nations People, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.