Fixed Penalty Notice Officer

**Permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £25,419 to £27,514 per annum (Scale G) | Norwich**

Joining the Education Quality Assurance and Intervention Service will give you an opportunity to be part of an innovative team that makes a difference to the education and safeguarding of children in Norfolk.

Working in our Service will give you the opportunity to influence and provide support and challenge so that Norfolk children and young people receive the very best from their education.

Be part of our ambition to be the best.

**Details about the role**

We are pleased to be recruiting to the post of a Fixed Penalty Notice Officer (Attendance) to join the Attendance Team.

Norfolk County Council is expected to comply with a range of legal duties in relation to children’s entitlement to a full-time and efficient education, children missing education, child employment and safeguarding. It is the Attendance Service’s function to ensure that these duties and expectations are met.

Under the management of the Attendance and Entitlement Manager, the Fixed Penalty Notice Officer will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of Norfolk County Council’s Fixed Penalty Notice Protocol in accordance with legislation, national guidance and associated timescales where applicable. This will include ensuring any legal action taken is compliant with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.

**Who you will work alongside**

The role will require the post holder to work alongside Norfolk schools to ensure that the Local Authority’s Fixed Penalty Notice Code of Conduct is implemented effectively and provide advice and guidance to schools and academies in the correct implementation and use of Penalty Notices. The post holder will also need to work alongside colleagues from other teams including, Finance and NPLAW. As well as the Courts and other Local Authorities.

**Key skills required**

**Safeguarding statement**

Job holders will be expected to understand what is meant by safeguarding vulnerable groups and how to raise concerns.

**Working pattern / hours**

There is one post available on a permanent basis. 1 full-time role covering 37 hours per week Monday to Friday.

Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

**Contact details**

**job description and person specification**

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**Closing date**:
We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage.Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk.Our county offers people a great place to live, work and visit, as well as providing an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the County.

We provide high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils in order to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.