About the School

Our school's vision is "Quality Pathways to Success." This vision is simple yet powerful and is predicated on high standards, solid foundations, innovative practices, strong traditions, and the agreed values of Quality, Harmony, and Sustainability. Yeronga State High School provides opportunities for all students, irrespective of background or ability, to access a broad range of knowledge, skills, and competencies. The school offers learning pathways to a socially, economically, and environmentally balanced future, accompanied by the promotion of values and attitudes that enable students to become more resilient and ready to engage in various post-secondary schooling options both within Australia and overseas. Our students are empowered with the capability and skills to make the world a better place through tolerance of diversity and an inclusive culture. We enable students to work with others to promote understanding, break down barriers, and collaborate harmoniously to foster active and informed global citizenship.

Your Opportunity

As the Attendance Officer, you will:

• Support a learning environment by monitoring student attendance, producing absence reports for senior leaders, and liaising with parents/carers to verify student absences.
• Contribute to the effective and efficient operations of the school by providing a high level of administrative support to the Principal and Business Manager.

The Attendance Officer reports to the Business Manager, Principal or nominated delegate.

Your Responsibilities

As the Attendance Officer, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Generate daily reports on absenteeism, send SMS messages to parents/carers, advise and follow up with teachers, and document relevant information on an excel spreadsheet and on OneSchool.
• 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, liaising with Student Support Officer, Head of Special Education Program, and Guidance Officer to address issues relating to students experiencing problems that prevent their engagement at school.
• 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.

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

Interested? To Apply

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should be familiar with your relevant work history).
• Attach a written statement (2-page maximum) in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

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). The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.