Attendance Officer
Outwood Academy Acklam
Northern Region
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary Grade 4, (NJC points 7 -11): £8,838 - £9,566
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required to start ASAP
- Apply by:
- 2 June 2019
Job overview
Northern Region (Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton)
20 hours per week over 5 days, term time only
Outwood Grange Academies Trust seeks applications from suitably experienced individuals with the imagination, energy and confidence to become an integral part of our Wakefield and Barnsley academies’ attendance teams.
The successful applicant will be employed to work across the Northern region of Outwood Grange Academies Trust, and can be deployed to work at any academy within that region. The academies within the Northern region are:
Middlesbrough: Outwood Academy Acklam and Outwood Academy Ormesby.
Redcar and Cleveland: Outwood Academy Redcar and Outwood Academy Bydales.
Stockton: Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Trust. Our single goal is ‘students first – raising standards and transforming lives’ and you will be part of a strong team working to this sole aim. You will be joining a highly innovative, inspirational and ambitious organisation and you must possess the skills and determination to make a significant difference to the lives of our students.
To be successful in this rewarding role, you will need to be extremely well organised, have the ability to prioritise work and ensure that strict deadlines are met. The ability to work on your own initiative and work within existing teams is essential. Candidates should have excellent communication skills and able to remain calm in a busy environment whilst maintaining confidentiality at all times.
The purpose of this post is to providing operational and administrative support to promote whole school attendance strategies to fulfil our responsibility in the improvement of attendance across all our academies.
Owing to the nature of the role, an ability to relate to the academy’s students and their parents/carers in a positive and proactive way is crucial. Strong IT skills and practical experience of using Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, are essential for this role. Experience within a school attendance role is advantageous.
Please note that there is currently a job evaluation exercise being undertaken across the Trust. The salary advertised for this post is therefore subject to job evaluation and may change.
For more information and to apply online, please go to: www.outwood.com > Vacancies.
Closing date: Midday on Monday, 3 June 2019.
Interview date: w/c Monday, 10 June 2019.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students. All offers of employment will be subject to enhanced DBS Checks.
About Outwood Academy Acklam
Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson
Principal: Graham Skidmore
Outwood Academy Acklam became part of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust in 2013 and strives to be an exemplar of best practice for schools across the North East of England. Outwood Academy Acklam is rated Good by Ofsted with Outstanding leadership and we are delighted to be based in the friendly North East town of Middlesbrough.
We are proud that in its report, Ofsted noted that ‘Staff morale is extremely high’ at the academy and that our staff ‘are proud to work at Outwood Academy Acklam’, and highlighted that our staff ‘say that senior leaders listen to and value their opinions.’
We are innovators with a knowledge-rich curriculum, designed to personalise learning for every student, helping them to reach their potential.
Our objective is to create well-rounded and successful citizens who deeply embrace British Values: respect for democracy and the rule of law, passion for individual liberty, a commitment to mutual respect, and tolerance for differing faiths and beliefs.
We aim to create an environment where every student leaves with an enquiring and open mind, ready to deal with all of life's challenges and engage with a diverse, thrilling and constantly changing world.
We have won numerous awards as a school and we are proud to have been awarded Gold Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award and Inclusion Centre of Excellence by IQM.
The Outwood Family of Schools pride ourselves on fully supporting colleagues within the Family both professionally and personally.
We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
As a founding Trust of the National Institute of Education (NIoT), we will actively invest in your future through working closely with the Outwood Institute of Education and NIoT to offer access to a wide range of CPD opportunities, with all teaching staff receiving a minimum of two hours of CPD each week.
We also offer a generous employment package with a whole host of staff benefits, including family friendly policies, enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period, funded CPD for qualifications up to and including Masters level plus other exclusive benefits including a partnership with car leasing company, Synergy.
All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.
If you share our vision, join our family.
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