Job start date: 20 January 2025 Hours per week: 36.5 term time only Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Lichfield Road Sutton Trinity Sutton Coldfield B74 2NH Telephone number: 0121 250 5400 Contact email: recruitmentbishopveseys.bham.sch.uk Contract type: Permanent This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and outstanding academy. Are you passionate about education and ready to make a positive impact on students’ lives? We are seeking a dedicated Whole School Attendance Officer to join our team and play a crucial role in ensuring all our students can thrive through consistent attendance. The daily working hours for this post are 8.00am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday. We can offer: highly motivated and engaged students opportunity for continued professional development a friendly and welcoming team supportive leadership team and working environment an active SEN Governor Do you have: a strong understanding of attendance regulations and safeguarding policies? excellent organisational and administrative skills? the ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, and staff? experience working in a school or similar environment? confidence in using IT systems and software for data management and reporting? Are you: an empathetic and approachable individual with excellent interpersonal skills? a proactive problem solver who thrives on tackling challenges? committed to promoting the importance of education and high attendance? skilled at analysing data to identify trends and implement strategies? someone who can work independently but also collaborate effectively as part of a team? Duties to include but not exclusive to: monitor and analyse attendance records across the school to identify patterns and areas for improvement work with students and families to address barriers to attendance, offering support and guidance liaise with teachers, senior leaders, and external agencies to ensure effective attendance interventions maintain accurate records and produce regular attendance reports for school leadership Candidates will need to meet the requirements of the person specification. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. How to apply: Application forms and further details are available via our website Informal enquiries and visits are welcome by contacting Meahwish Mahmood, HR Manager via: recruitmentbishopveseys.bham.sch.uk or by telephone on 0121 250 5400. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.