Attendance Officer

Attendance Officer Do you have experience of providing support and guidance to young people? Can you demonstrate a student-centred approach? Are you passionate about helping students to reach their full potential? If you have answered yes to these questions then we want to hear from you! Blackpool Sixth is an outstanding college specialising in 16-19 education. We have an exciting opportunity for an Attendance Officer to join our Student Services team. This is a permanent post and a full time role would be 36.25 hours per week, staff term time only. We would however consider applications from those looking for a part time role, but the expectation would be that the successful candidate works a minimum of 20 hours per week over 4 days (the salary will be adjusted accordingly). This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of a college-wide team where you will focus on supporting students to improve their attendance and overcome any barriers to this. As an Attendance Officer your focus will be on improving student attendance and punctuality across the college by rigorous monitoring and delivering targeted interventions, as well as providing effective administrative and clerical support to the Student Services team. This is an ideal post for a person who is passionate about establishing strong rapport with students, removing barriers to attendance and working with individuals to bring about improvement where this is needed. At the same time, post-holders must be rigorous about maintaining high expectations, standards and discipline in line with college systems. A day in Student Services could see you: * Proactively monitoring attendance trends and working with the pastoral team to implement effective strategies. * Developing and overseeing attendance improvement plans for individual students, setting achievable targets and regularly reviewing progress. * Following up student absences and setting high expectations for attendance * Providing administrative support for attendance monitoring and pastoral interventions. Closing date: 5th February 2025 at 9:00am Interviews: 12th February 2025 The benefits Our people are extremely important to us and we are therefore delighted to provide the following benefits:- * Cycle to work scheme for contracts over 12 months * Free use of the college gym * Generous pension contributions * Education specific learning and development * Free car parking * Subsidised Costa Coffee on site and a wide range of catering outlets * An in house People & Wellbeing site with loads of self-help guidance * Access to wellbeing and counselling services for you and your family * Wellbeing day on Wednesday 14th February 2025 with the full day off for all * Long service awards recognising loyalty and dedication * 15 hours of gifted TOIL (pro-rata) to use for flexibility throughout the year * Family friendly policies to support our staff with parenting and caring responsibilities * Be yourself; enjoy being part of a culture and community with different backgrounds, interests, faiths and lifestyles If this sounds like you, please hit apply now! Reference: SE3839 Vacancy: Attendance Officer Location: Blackpool Salary: £20,639 to £22,433 per annum for full time, college staff term time only (pro rata for part time) Hours: Full (36.25 hours per week, staff term time only); part time would also be considered (20 hours per week over 4 days) National World / Smart Hire are advertising on behalf of an external company. INDSH Equal Opportunities and Safer Recruitment Practices We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of a protected characteristic, or is disadvantaged by any conditions or any related individual requirements. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and all diverse groups. The college provides equality of access, services and care to everyone, regardless of people’s age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression or trans status, race, religion or belief or sexual orientation. All staff will be carefully selected using recruitment and selection procedures designed to emphasise the college’s commitment to safeguarding. All posts, including volunteers, are subject to enhanced DBS clearance. All shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of any criminal record or information that will make them unsuitable to work with children. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn should any information come to light that has not been included in the self-declaration. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from regulated activity relevant to children, anyone caught doing so will be reported to the police immediately. Please note that we reserve the right to review your online presence in line with keeping children safe in education guidance