Family Liaison Officer

Role: Family Liaison Officer

Reports to: Assistant Headteacher/ SENCO

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 36 hours per week, term time + 5 days (39 weeks)

Salary Grade / Scale: Grade 7, SCP 17 - 23

Salary: £23,836 - £26,999 FTE gross p/a

Start date: September 2020

Are you an inspirational Family Liaison Officer with a passion for promoting the benefits of regular school attendance?

We are looking for an exceptional Family Liaison Officer with a proven track record of delivering results and improving school attendance by working closely with both students and families. This is an exciting opportunity if you want to join a school on an ambitious journey of transformation and you would like to use your experience and professional expertise to make a difference.

The Birkenhead Park School wishes to appoint an outstanding individual to join our dedicated staff. The post holder will promote the importance of excellent attendance for all students, and deliver targeted work to remove barriers to attendance for identified groups and individual families. You will use attendance data to inform your work and make strategic plans to ensure that our students achieve the best possible academic outcomes. This is an opportunity to join a school which is both ambitious and innovative and for you to play a key role in its future success and aspirational goals. You will work as part of a committed, supportive and passionate pastoral team who live out the school values every day. This is a position that will offer you a platform to make a real difference, both to our students, colleagues and the wider school community.

The successful candidate will possess drive, energy and creativity, excellent interpersonal skills, be highly organised and have the ability to engage positively with both students, families and colleagues. A willingness to promote attendance in innovative ways will also be required, as will a good working knowledge of using ICT systems to analyse a range of data. The role maybe suitable for an existing attendance officer looking to develop their career further. The post offers challenge, reward and opportunities for personal development. 

The School is part of the BePART Educational Trust which was set up by Birkenhead Sixth Form College, an Ofsted Outstanding post-16 specialist, recently awarded TES Sixth Form College of the Year 2018. The School and the College work together collaboratively to share and develop educational best practice and create an inspiring culture with opportunities for career development. The Birkenhead Park School aims to achieve “Ambition and Excellence for All” and we are committed to providing the best possible education for every student. The School is driven by the values of Positivity, Ambition, Resilience, and Thoughtfulness, and building character is seen as a fundamental priority in securing our students’ future success.

Please download a job pack for further details.

You can Quick Apply via TES, or application packs are available from 

www.birkenheadparkschool.com/job-vacancies

Completed applications should be returned to the HR Department by email to: recruitment@birkenheadparkschool.com

The closing date for receipt of a completed application form is:

Noon – Monday 1st June 2020

Shortlisting 2nd June 2020

Interviews will be held via Zoom on 4th and 5th June 2020

The Birkenhead Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Applications will only be considered when submitted on a fully completed School application form. All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of age, sex, race or disability.