Ark Boulton Academy

Attendance Officer

Location: Sparkbrook, Birmingham less than 10 minutes’ walk from Small Heath train station

Contract: Permanent

Start date: As soon as possible

Salary : Ark Support Staff Band 7 (Outside London) £25,409 - £31,099 (£24,798 - £30,351 pro rata) 

Closing date: Monday 02nd  January at 9:00am

Join our dedicated and growing Welfare team where we work together to promote an ambitious and aspirational culture to students and staff alike. At Ark Boulton Academy we believe that every young person deserves a great education, regardless of their background and our aim is to provide our students with the skills and qualifications they need to continue their journey of life-long learning in a university or career of their choice.

We are looking for an experienced Attendance Officer to join our busy attendance team at Ark Boulton Academy. This is a newly designed team with the school adding capacity to support the needs of our school on its improvement journey.  This role will be an integral part of the Safeguarding & Welfare Team.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a school environment and have an understanding of the issues that may affect a student’s ability to attend school.

The Role:

The role will involve home visits and early help assessments. Knowledge of the fast track/ spotlight process is desirable but not essential. You will have excellent communication, numeracy and literacy skills. Have excellent IT skills including Word, Excel and ideally experience using Bromcom and Impero Edaware. You will have the ability to prioritise tasks and manage your own workload to achieve deadlines, often managing conflicting priorities.

The successful candidate will hold exceptionally high expectations for all pupils and give them every opportunity to succeed.

Ark Boulton Academy is part of Ark, one of the UK’s most successful school groups, with a network of 39 schools in 4 locations across the country. We offer:

·         Twice as many training days as standard

·         Weekly staff training designed to meet the needs of the school

·         Coaching for every teacher

·         Access to the high-quality, regular professional development

·         Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the network

You will:

·         Experience of establishing effective, appropriate relationships with a variety of young people at the relevant age and their families.

·         Experience of working with young people.

·         Experience of working with multi-agencies.

·         Experience of dealing with challenging young people and managing difficult situations calmly and confidently.

·         An understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures

·         Works well as part of a team

·         Able to analyse and interpret data

·         Able to balance competing priorities and use own initiative to meet deadlines

·         Experienced and effective communicator with a wide range of stakeholders

·         Experience of working in a similar role in a school environment (desirable)

·         Experience of working with management information systems (Bromcom or similar MIS)

·         Excellent IT skills including word and excel

·         Good administrative and organisational skills

·         You will have excellent numeracy and literacy skills.

View the full job description and person specification here.

How to apply:

To apply for this post, please complete the application form found here and submit by the deadline. 

If you have any queries, please contact HR@arkboulton.org.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.  

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.