Attendance & Retention Officer

Attendance & Retention Officer

At St Helens College we are always looking for new talent, and welcome applications from all sectors. Whether in a teaching & learning role or in one of our specialised Business Support functions, you'll be involved in nurturing and developing the next generation of construction workers, engineers, health workers and countless others.

St Helens College is a great place to work and with a new leadership team taking shape we are on a transformational journey as we strive to be better and do better - be part of our story!

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and efficient individual to contribute to student achievement by the effective implementation and administration of the attendance management strategy. Utilising your strong communication and interpersonal skills with young people and their parents/carers, alongside your excellent ICT skills you will make a real difference to the long-term success of our students.

This role will be an integral part of both the Student Support and Curriculum teams in proactively supporting the achievement of high levels of attendance from students and taking immediate action to deal with absence.

The role will also be to monitor attendance data and follow up with students/parents/carers to check the reasons for absence and to encourage improved attendance where needed.
• Level 3 in relevant subject area (or equivalent)
• Hold English and Maths GCSE (A*-C/9-4)
• Excellent communication skills
• High level of organisational skills

The benefits package includes generous annual leave, membership of final salary or career average pension scheme, professional development and training, PAM Assist, free on-site car parking, free Perkbox membership and other voluntary benefit schemes.

St Helens College is committed to Equality and Diversity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, students and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas & Immigration to enable sponsorship of migrant workers. Therefore, we cannot progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

Please note we do not accept CV’s from recruitment agencies. Any speculative CVs sent to the College will NOT be considered.

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the adverts should we receive a sufficient level of interest!
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