Attendance & Admissions Officer

If you’re looking for a fast-paced working environment where every day is different, then this is certainly the role for you. As part of our commitment to help students achieve the best possible results, we are looking for a committed, hard-working and enthusiastic individual to be part of our welfare team. You may already have experience of working in an educational setting or maybe looking for a new challenge. You will be confident and assertive individual with strong behaviour and data management skills to ensure a constructive attendance processes are followed and enforced. Your duties will include managing and communicating the Academy attendance tracker with key colleagues. This will include Form Tutors, Pastoral Teams and Senior Leadership Team (SLT). You will follow up with absent children and lead on home visits and welfare checks. Referring to Early Help and Birmingham Children’s Trust where appropriate. You must also be ICT competent and have GCSE’s grade C or above in Maths and English. We are part of Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust, welcoming students from 11 years old to 16 years old, providing a standard of academic excellence for secondary and education. We are very proud of the positive learning experience offered to our students and the support available to ensure they achieve their full potential. In return, we will offer you: - A collaborative and inclusive culture, where team members will upskill you and give you regular opportunities to learn from each other in a safe and collaborative environment. - An opportunity to undertake structured CPD via access to the National College online CPD platform and/or apprenticeships such as [the CIPD or Coaching via our Apprenticeship Levy-amend examples based on roles]. - Access to Career Pathways and Pledge to help you plan for and make your goals a reality via our Professional Growth and Performance process. - A wellbeing culture, with paid and unpaid time off to support life events via our Life Leave Policy, access to a Wellbeing Champion and the opportunity to participate in our annual staff wellbeing survey with Edurio, so we know and can respond to views. - Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which includes confidential counselling, access to wellbeing advice and a lifestyle app called “My Possible Self”. - Access to a suite of supportive policies, such as Life Leave, Wellbeing, Career Break and Family Friendly. - Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). - Access to a comprehensive employee rewards package including Long Service Awards, Employee Referral Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and contribution to glasses and eye-sight tests for eligible display screen users. - Opportunity to be part of key Trust-wide collaborative groups such as the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI working group) and Wellbeing working groups, including menopause support and neurodiversity support. - Generous a