Job Title: Attendance Officer
Pimlico State High School is seeking a professional and motivated individual to join our school team.
This role plays a vital part in supporting student engagement and improving attendance outcomes through proactive monitoring, follow-up, and collaboration with students, families, and school staff. We are looking for someone who can work closely with school leadership, guidance officers, and external agencies to promote regular school attendance and address barriers impacting student participation.
The Role Includes:
* Data Management: Manage administrative processes for the School Attendance Policy including recording planned and unplanned student absences via QParents phone calls texts emails unmarked roll follow-up student exits exclusions processing exemptions leave forms
* Absence Tracking: Coordinate with year level Deputy Principals regarding unexplained absence letters track chronic absenteeism collect analyze attendance data to identify patterns reasons for absences
* Student Support Intervention: Provide attendance data reports to the senior executive student support teams to support interventions for students experiencing attendance engagement challenges
* Families Engagement Strategies: BUILD AND MAINTAIN LINKS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WITH PERSISTENT ABSENCES ASSIST TEACHERS IN ADDRESSING ATTENDANCE BARRIERS CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SUPPORT SERVICES GENERAL OFFICE DUTIES IDENTIFY BARRIERS TO ATTENDANCE REFER AT-RISK STUDENTS TO APPROPRIATE SUPPORT SERVICES UNDERTAKE GENERAL OFFICE RESPONSIBILITIES SUCH AS FILING ANSWERING PHONES FIRST AID SUPPORT FRONT COUNTER ASSISTANCE PLEASE REFERENCE THE ATTACHED ROLE DESCRIPTION FOR ANY MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION