Attendance Officer - Talbot Primary School, Poole

Role Summary Talbot Primary School are seeking to appoint a reliable, flexible and enthusiastic Attendance Officer to join our busy school business team. The post requires a high degree of interpersonal, organisation, communication and administrative skills (including initiative, flexibility, diplomacy, discretion and confidentiality and a professional approach). We Are Seeking a Professional Individual Who

• Has previous experience of working in a similar role within a school environment
• To provide excellent all round administrative support to the school as a whole including the Headteacher, School Business Manager and the Office Team.
• Liaison between Parents/Carers, all staff, Governors and external agencies.
• Monitoring Attendance with reports to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team.
• Representing school at meetings and legal proceedings.
• Oversee the registration process and ensure attendance of all pupils is tracked every day with absences followed up and accounted for.
• The candidate will need to take decisions on a day-to-day basis to ensure administrative deadlines and requirements are met, to prioritise own workload including the timely production of information and analysis of data.To deal with changing and conflicting deadlines and to frequently deal with non-routine queries and forwarding matters to appropriate staff where necessary.
• Formal letter writing, writing up reports.
• Diary Management via Microsoft Outlook.
• Maintain confidential databases including Bromcom MIS and CPoms.
• Can build and maintain professional and positive working relationships.
• Organising and maintaining effective filing/file management systems.
• Ensuring all Safeguarding matters that may be disclosed to you are logged correctly.
• Has good interpersonal skills.
• Has discretion and sensitivity.
• A good team player.
• Ensure a safe, secure and caring environment for the well-being of the children. What We Offer You
• An opportunity to be part of a collaborative team with a shared vision of excellence
• A real career path in a thriving and respected organisation
• Flexible working approach, where possible
• Excellent training and development programmes and opportunities
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme / Teacher Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with length of service (support staff)
• Access to our benefits portal offering a full range of discounts available through Lifestyle Savings
• Access to wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme, this includes free confidential telephone and face to face counselling for employees and family members
• Access to financial wellbeing support through a company that provides comprehensive guidance on all things mortgage related
• Eligible for a Blue Light card