Attendance Engagement Officer

**Estimated start date**:Commencing Term 4, 2024

**Position tenure**:Full Time | Fixed Term

**Weeks worked**:School terms weeks only (holidays unpaid)

**Tenure duration**:Until Term 4, 2025

**Total Paid Hours (per week) & days required**:38 hours per week, Monday to Friday

**Salary level, range or hourly rate**:School Officer Level 3, $33.17 per hour(School Salary Scale)/(Services Salary Scale)

**Employment conditions**: Diocesan Catholic Education Employing Authorities in Queensland Single Interest Agreement

Emmaus College is a Prep to Year 12 co-educational ecumenical College which fosters Christian unity through its active partnership with the local Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran and Uniting churches. Currently, the College has a P-12 enrolment of approximately 1570 students.

Emmaus is located on 21 hectares in a quiet bushland setting at 48 East Street, Jimboomba. It has been built to cater for the educational and faith needs of the Jimboomba, Beaudesert and surrounding communities. ’Excellence in learning within a contemporary Christian community’ is the vision that shapes the Emmaus learning community. **Explore **our school website **to learn more about us.**

Emmaus College is committed to excellence in learning with a contemporary Christian community. We acknowledge that attendance at school can have significant impacts on student progress, achievement, wellbeing and future success in work and life for our students. To improve educational outcomes for every student, regular school attendance requires prioritisation by students, parents and the College.

Research confirms that regular student attendance matters, and that poor attendance, from as early as Prep, has long lasting impacts on a student’s learning and life.

**As the Attendance Engagement Officer, you will**:

- Support a learning environment that priorities student attendance by providing a high level of administrative support to the College Leadership Team.
- Monitor student attendance, use data and reports to inform decision-making and connect with students and families regarding attendance and absenteeism.

**Your role**

General responsibilities include:

- Generating daily reports on attendance and absenteeism, sending communication/text messages to parents/carers, following up on unexplained absences and unexplained late arrivals, and documenting communication.
- Producing the Daily Attendance Report and sharing with relevant staff.
- Celebrating and acknowledging consistent/high attendance and working with relevant staff (e.g. Leadership Team and Pastoral Leaders) to produce data and processes to recognise positive attendance.
- Working with key school staff to produce and action attendance letters.
- Communicate important information about students and families with school staff especially matters related to wellbeing, patterns of unexplained absence and chronic absenteeism.

**Skills required for this role**:

- Interpersonal skills that foster effective communication with families including compassion, empathy and authentic listening.
- Efficiency and organisation to respond to the daily communication demands around absence.

**To be eligible to be considered for this role you will**:

- Hold a Paid Employee Positive Notice Blue Card prior to commencement;
- Be eligible to work in Australia for the duration of the appointment; and
- Have a commitment to and understanding of the ethos and traditions of Catholic Education.
- Have a commitment to Safeguarding
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- Everyone at Brisbane Catholic Education models and fosters a _commitment to the safeguarding of children_ and promotes a culture where _**_student protection is everyone’s responsibility_**_. Successful applicants will complete requisite _Working With Children (WWC)_ pre-employment screening, in accordance with legislation, prior to appointment._

**Contact**: Lee Pope

**Contact number**: 5547 9990

**Closing date**:29-Sep-2024