Attendance Officer

**About Us**:
Welcome to Wynnum State High School. Our school has excellent facilities, outstanding programs and strong relationships within our cluster and beyond. We are PROUD of our school and put the needs and wellbeing of our young people first.We are situated only minutes away from beautiful Moreton Bay and the delightful communities of Manly and Wynnum. Access to the city is direct as we are walking distance from Manly train station. Our school motto is 'We're Wynnum, We're Proud'. All of our students are encouraged to be PROUD (positive, respectful, on-task, unified, determined) young people.This is a great school in which students can learn, grow and achieve. We are passionate about developing students and teachers and we model this by setting high expectations, exuding great optimism and believing that we can achieve so much together. We're Wynnum and We're PROUD.

**About the Role**:
**Responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Generate daily reports on absenteeism, send SMS messages to parents/carers, advise and follow up with teachers.
- Generate a 'Daily Attendance Report' every morning and provide to all teaching staff and deputy principals, and advising teachers of amendments to attendance records due to late notification.
- Collect and coordinate data to determine and document reasons for absences by students chronically absent, monitor student programs, and provide information to teachers and school leaders where necessary.
- Maintain a database listing student that are independent students, students residing with carers (guardian kinship care/child safety officers), students where there are legal orders against the parents/guardians, or other issues that may impact on student attendance.
- Monitor attendance as a means of increasing awareness of students experiencing problems, and to allow for intervention before such problems get out of hand, and provide this information and advice to assist teachers with managing students with non-attendance issues.
- Forge links between the school and families of students who show persistent absence from school to encourage students' continuous attendance at school, assist teachers addressing these barriers to school attendance, and contribute to the development and implementation of strategies and procedures to counter causes of school non-attendance.
- Identify barriers to students attending school and achieving outcomes by referral to appropriate support services, especially students at risk (at home or in the school environment).
- Provide administrative support including assistance at the student counter, assistance in managing variations to student timetables including school-based apprenticeships, work experience, off campus activities, etc., providing first aid for students
- Oversee day to day operations of enrolments and provide enrolment management policy advice.
- Maintain student administration systems for the purposes of reviewing student enrolment data, and producing and distributing statistical data.
- Assist the Business Manager in undertaking statistical analysis and advisory activities to ensure business continuity in the event of student absences.
- Consult with the Business Manager on a regular basis in relation to enrolment data, policies and enquiries.
- Prepare enrolment documentation, and coordinate and assist with enrolment activities for new students.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

**How to Apply**:
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- Applicants are invited to submit a resume including two referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history).
- A maximum two (2) page written response outlining your suitability for the role referring to the 'Your Role' tasks listed.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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