Attendance Officer

**Job Outline and Person Specification**

**Position Title** - Attendance Officer

**Location - **Okehampton College

**Reporting to - **Associate Vice Principal responsible for Attendance

**Job Term - **Permanent

**Hours - **Monday to Friday 08.00am - 4.00pm - term time

**Grade - **NJC Grade D

**Salary - ** £24,702.00 to £26,421.00 (Full-Time Equivalent)

**Organisation - **The Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust

**About Us**:
Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust was created in January 2018 based on a shared vision, embracing both the Co-operative values and those of our Church of England schools.

We are excited about the opportunities that such a cross phase Trust is able to offer our communities and we are committed to create an ambitious, forward thinking learning environment for all our pupils, students and staff. There will be opportunities for everyone connected to the Trust to grow and develop and therefore fulfil their ambitions. We welcome your interest in joining our vibrant family of schools that this exciting opportunity brings. The trust is currently made up of 3 secondary schools, 14 primary schools, and an all-through specialist SEMH school in our Trust, helping just under 5000 children and 850 staff to thrive - this is a truly exciting Trust to be involved with.

Our network of schools is driven by a shared vision of excellence, creativity, and community engagement. We believe in fostering an environment where every learner can thrive, and our team plays a pivotal role in making this vision a reality.

Everyone in our Trust truly matters to us and we have a commitment to continuous professional development and learning for all. Through our innovative myTalent development approach, we want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to achieve their very best

**Why Join Dartmoor MAT?**
- A supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Opportunities for professional development and growth.
- Pension Scheme
- Cycle to work Scheme
- Tech Scheme
- A comprehensive wellbeing package.
- A chance to make a positive impact on the lives of students and the community.

**Summary of the role**

The Attendance Officer will work alongside key staff in school and across other agencies and organisations (such as the Local Authority, Education Welfare Service, and SOL Attendance) to promote the highest standards of student attendance, ensure levels of absence are low, and work with children and families to support the assurance of excellent attendance.

To this end the Attendance Officer will drive attendance to targets set by the College Senior Leadership Team, DMAT, and Local Authority representatives, so that students are able to effectively access learning and make excellent academic progress.

The Attendance Officer will demonstrate the drive and initiative to work in an independent and flexible manner where management of workload and personal organisation will be vital skills.

A good working knowledge of how to deal with more complex and challenging situations will be necessary.

The Attendance Officer will thus:

- Promote and support high levels of attendance to support students in achieving their full academic potential.
- Promote a strong and resilient attendance and punctuality culture across the College community, amongst staff, students, and families.
- Form and foster strong relationships with parents/carers.

**Main duties and responsibilities**:
You will be responsible for Instilling high expectations of attendance amongst students, staff, and parents and carers, keeping attendance a high-profile element of the College’s collegiate work.

The role holder will be adaptable and resilient, ready to undertake a diverse range of tasks including the following:

- Instilling high expectations of attendance amongst students, staff, and parents and carers, keeping attendance a high-profile element of the College’s collegiate work.
- Ensuring equitably high rates of attendance across student groups, particularly of disadvantaged students and students with SEND, in relation to regional and national rates of attendance
- Monitoring the attendance of student groups, against the Attendance ‘diamond’ of five categories of intervention.
- Ensuring equitably high rates of attendance across student groups, particularly of disadvantaged students and students with SEND, in relation to regional and national rates of attendance.
- Identifying and working with individuals and groups of students to improve attendance, where necessary.
- Implement and follow school attendance and punctuality policy.
- Ensure all registers (AM, periods 1, 2, 3, and 4, PM and period 5) are completed daily, and that no missing marks or unexplained absences remain at the close of each day.
- Remind any necessary staff to complete registers, monitoring non
- or late completion, and inform the Associate Vice Principal responsible for Attendance of any persistent concerns for action
- Working closely with parents/carers and students t