Attendance Officer
| Posting date: | 14 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 February 2026 |
| Location: | Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DQ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 404fe699-d63f-44b1-8f35-dea28eed874e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Desirable:
Experience of working with children and within a school attendance related service
Up-to-date knowledge of attendance regulations
An understanding of the issues affecting truancy and non-school attendance
Working with young people and their families, preferably within an educational context
Skills and abilities:
Well-developed administrative and organisational skills
Ability to cope with stressful/conflict situations
Ability to manage home visits
Sensitivity in dealing with confidential issues
Ability to persuade and negotiate and have the confidence to challenge difficult behaviour
Flexibility and initiative to enable decisions to be made on a day-to-day basis to ensure deadlines and other requirements are met
What the school offers its staff
- A happy school team who will share your enthusiasm.
- Opportunities to develop your own ideas and personality to make our school even better!
- Experienced and approachable leaders who will support you and your professional development.
- A kind, caring ethos that puts children at the heart of everything we do.
- We also offer employee benefits and onsite free parking,
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Desirable:
Experience of working with children and within a school attendance related service
Up-to-date knowledge of attendance regulations
An understanding of the issues affecting truancy and non-school attendance
Working with young people and their families, preferably within an educational context
Skills and abilities:
Well-developed administrative and organisational skills
Ability to cope with stressful/conflict situations
Ability to manage home visits
Sensitivity in dealing with confidential issues
Ability to persuade and negotiate and have the confidence to challenge difficult behaviour
Flexibility and initiative to enable decisions to be made on a day-to-day basis to ensure deadlines and other requirements are met
What the school offers its staff
- A happy school team who will share your enthusiasm.
- Opportunities to develop your own ideas and personality to make our school even better!
- Experienced and approachable leaders who will support you and your professional development.
- A kind, caring ethos that puts children at the heart of everything we do.
- We also offer employee benefits and onsite free parking,
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.