Engagement Officer - Tully State School

Tully State School is looking for a dynamic, multi skilled person to take up the position of Engagement Officer. As the Engagement Officer you will support a learning environment by monitoring student attendance, producing absence reports for Leadership and liaising with parent/carers to verify student absences. This position is offered on a full-time basis.

Your role:

As the Engagement 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.
• Contribute to the effective and efficient operations of the school by providing a high level of administrative support to the Principal and Business Services Manager.

The Engagement Officer reports to the Business Services Manager, Principal or nominated delegate

Responsibilities include:

• Generate daily reports on absenteeism, advise parents/carers and teachers, and document relevant information for input into the school engagement process.
• Collect and coordinate data relating to student engagement, follow up students who are chronically absent, monitor student programs, and provide information to teachers and school leaders. Liaise with the Leadership team to address issues relating to students experiencing problems that prevent their engagement at school.
• 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.
• Develop relationships 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.
• Other suitable duties, consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the position as directed by the supervisor or nominated delegate.

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 2-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). 

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