TheRuth Gorse Academy is seeking to appoint a dedicated, resilient and highlymotivated Attendance Officer to join our pastoral team. This is a key rolewithin the academy, focused on promoting excellent attendance and punctuality,ensuring that every student has the opportunity to achieve their fullpotential.
The successful candidate willwork closely with students, families, pastoral leaders and external agencies toidentify and remove barriers to attendance. They will monitor attendance data,support intervention strategies, conduct home visits where required and buildpositive relationships with parents and carers to improve outcomes for youngpeople. The role demands a proactive and compassionate individual who iscommitted to making a difference in the lives of students and ensuring highlevels of attendance across the academy.
Potential applicants shouldhave:
- Experience of working withyoung people and supporting them to overcome barriers to success, ideallywithin a secondary school environment.
- Excellent communication andinterpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships withstudents, parents/carers, colleagues and external agencies.
- A strong understanding ofattendance processes, safeguarding responsibilities and the factors that canimpact student attendance and wellbeing.
- The ability to analyseattendance data effectively and use this information to inform targetedintervention strategies.
- A passion for improvingoutcomes for young people, together with the drive, resilience anddetermination to make a positive difference to students’ lives.
Potential applicants should have: A Full Clean Driving Licence.
Joining The Ruth Gorse Academymeans becoming part of a dedicated and supportive team that is committed toexcellence, inclusion and ensuring every student has the opportunity tosucceed. If you are passionate about making a lasting difference and want to bepart of an academy on a strong and exciting journey of improvement, we wouldlove to hear from you.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Attendance & Welfare Officer in Leeds employer: The Ruth Gorse Academy
The Ruth Gorse Academy is an excellent employer, offering a supportive and inspiring work environment for our Casual Invigilators. With a strong commitment to staff development, we provide opportunities for career growth, alongside benefits such as membership to a local government pension scheme and access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme. Our culture prioritises flexibility and effective communication, ensuring that you can thrive while making a meaningful impact on the students' examination experience.
