AddressAn exciting opportunity exists to join the team at Toolooa State High School as an Attendance Officer, where you'll showcase your organisational skills and professionalism. As the Attendance Officer you will support a learning environment by monitoring student attendance, producing absence reports for senior leaders, and liaising with parents/carers to verify student absences. You will also co-ordinate staff absences and process daily staff supervisions. You will contribute to the effective and efficient operations of the school by providing a high level of administrative support to the Business Manager. This position is offered on a fulltime permanent basis.
About the Department:
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About Toolooa State High School:
Our School is an inclusive, innovative and progressive secondary school, located in the industrial city of Gladstone in Central Queensland. Students of Toolooa State High School enjoy a positive reputation within the local community, particularly for their success in academia and extra-curricular initiatives.
The Toolooa community prides itself on putting students first in all aspects of their learning. Our staff are hard-working and dedicated to providing the best possible outcomes for all students. The core values of respect, achievement and responsibility underpin everything that we do at our school, and we are proud of our students' commitment to these values.
Role:
Applicants with current working knowledge of ID Attend and OneSchool Timetabler are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to;
- Generate daily reports on absenteeism, send SMS messages to parents/carers, advise and follow up with teachers, and document relevant information in ID Attend and on OneSchool
- Generate a ‘Daily Attendance Report' every morning and provide to all teaching staff and deputy principals, and advising teachers of amendments to attendance records due to late notification
- Collect and coordinate data to determine and document reasons for absences by students chronically absent, monitor student programs, and provide information to teachers and school leaders where necessary, liaising with Student Support Officer, Head of Special Education Program, and Guidance Officer to address issues relating to students experiencing problems that prevent their engagement at school
- Maintain a database listing student that are independent students, students residing with carers (guardian kinship care/child safety officers), students where there are legal orders against the parents/guardians, or other issues that may impact on student attendance
- Monitor attendance as a means of increasing awareness of students experiencing problems, and to allow for intervention before such problems get out of hand, and provide this information and advice to assist teachers with managing students with non-attendance issues
- Forge links between the school and families of students who show persistent absence from school to encourage students' continuous attendance at school, assist teachers addressing these barriers to school attendance, and contribute to the development and implementation of strategies and procedures to counter causes of school non attendance
- Identify barriers to students attending school and achieving outcomes by referral to appropriate support services, especially students at risk (at home or in the school environment)
- Manage and process all staff absence data and process daily school wide supervisions
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 1-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. ( https://alt-qed.qed.qld.gov.au/working-with-us/induction/department/human-resources/inclusion-and-diversity#:~:text=Pathways%20to%20Parity,participate%20fully%20in%20our%20workplaces. )
