AddressWarwick State High School is looking for someone who is a dynamic team player, with excellent relational skills and attention to detail to join us as our Attendance Officer. This role is being offered in a Permanent Part-Time capacity (0.83FTE), 60 hours per fortnight.
About the Department of Education:
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 the School:
Warwick State High School is a vibrant and inclusive learning community of over 680 students and approx 65 teaching staff.
Founded in 1912, the school is one of the oldest state secondary educational institutions in Queensland. Our gracious heritage buildings reflect a proud tradition of educational excellence, while modern classrooms and facilities provide the environment and resources to prepare our students for the challenges of the 21st century. The school offers a challenging and balanced curriculum which encourages students to explore options and achieve their personal best.
Your Role:
The role of Attendance Officer supports our learning environment by monitoring student attendance, liaising with parents/carers to verify student absences and contributing to the effective and efficient operations by providing a high level of administrative support to school leaders.
Responsibilities include:
- Generate daily reports on absenteeism, send SMS messages to parents/carers, advise and follow up with teachers, and document relevant information. Identify reasons for students who are chronically absent and provide information to school leaders, where necessary.
- Forge links between the school and families of students who show persistent absence to encourage students' 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.
- Maintain a database of 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.
- Provide administrative support including assistance at the student counter, assistance in managing variations to student timetables including school based apprenticeships, work experience, off campus activities, etc., providing first aid for students.
About You:
• Excellent relational skills, great time management, strong communicator with the ability to display tact and sensitivity, strong attention to detail
Mandatory requirements:
In accordance with the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 a person is prohibited from working in regulated child-related employment unless the person holds a current Working with Children Check clearance (Blue Card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page response to the How you will/may be assessed section of 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. )
