Attendance & Cover Manager, Sunderland

PERMANENT, 37 HOURS PER WEEK, 39 WEEKS PER YEAR 

Base: Red House Academy, Rutherglen Road, Red House Estate, Sunderland, SR5 5LN 

Northern Education Trust is a DFE approved charity that sponsors academies to ensure that every student achieves their full potential. The Trust sponsors 20 1 academies; 10 secondary and 11 primaries across the North of England in ten Local authority regions. There may be some requirement to travel to academies across the Trust. 

We are seeking an Attendance and Cover Manager at Red House Academy to lead the academy attendance team in providing operational and administrative support to promote whole academy attendance strategies, to improve attendance and persistent absence in line with academy targets. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and have the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues at all levels. 

You will have first-rate organisational and ICT skills including the ability to multi task and manage a number of conflicting priorities in order to support all related matters. 

Northern Education Trust is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check. We expect all adults who work for the Trust to share our commitment to safeguarding and the health and wellbeing of our students. 

For further information please download an application pack from http://redhouseacademy.org or contact Rachel McMahon (Business Manager) on r.mcmahon1@northerneducationtrust.org. Please note completed applications must be returned to Rachel by email. 

Closing dates for applications is 10th December 2019.