Attendance Officer - Colne Valley High School

Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Colne Valley High School.

To start – Immediately

This is an exciting opportunity to join Colne Valley High School as an enthusiastic and dedicated Attendance Officer.  We are seeking to recruit an individual to work within our school who has the inspiration, drive, and motivation to make a difference to the lives of young people.

As the Attendance Officer, you will be responsible for ensuring the high attendance of pupils within the school, supporting the drive that attendance is at least in line with the national average.

The successful candidate will need to have excellent interpersonal skills along with strong administration skills as the role consists of a variety of tasks related to the monitoring of attendance and punctuality using our computerised systems. You will need to be confident and effective at analysing data, updating our systems, and collating reports for our Senior Team and the Local Authority.

Candidates should have excellent ICT, telephone, verbal, and written skills and have experience of working in a busy and demanding environment. You will need to enjoy working with young people, be flexible, have a positive approach and be able to manage your time to meet deadlines.

You will work in partnership with families to ensure student absence is reduced. As the Attendance Officer you will be required to work closely with a range of other agencies and services to ensure that vulnerable and at-risk children and young people access educational provision.

It is essential that the person for this role is organised, able to multitask, work flexibly and have a ‘can do’ approach working collaboratively with staff and students to achieve positive outcomes.

To apply for the position please complete our application form, as a Word Document and return to Hayley Drummond, Recruitment Officer at h.drummond@greatheightstrust.org.uk

Closing date:  Monday 30th April 2024, 9.00am

Interviews: TBC