Attendance and Alternative Provision Officer

Job Title: Attendance and Alternative Provision Officer

Location: Waterlooville, Hampshire

Salary: Support Staff Grade D1 £26,918 (FTE), Actual Salary £15,557.59

Job Type: Permanent, Part-time, Term-time only

Hours of Work: 25 Hours per week, Term-time only, Hours spread across five days but can be discussed at interview

Start Date: Starting 1st September 2025

The Governors are seeking to appoint an Attendance and Alternative Provision Officer to join our hardworking, committed and enthusiastic team. We are looking for a confident and assured person to work in a team providing a wide range of support and administrative tasks in school.

The successful candidate will play a very important role in maintaining and evolving systems that will enable the school to improve on base figures on attendance and truancy as set by the Government, the LEA and the school and provide a range of administrative assistance to meet school requirements. Ideally, the successful candidate will have experience of working in a similar role within the school environment although this is not essential.

If you are a Catholic, you will understand the distinctiveness of Catholic schools such as Oaklands and this will be attractive to you. You do not have to be a Catholic to work at Oaklands; the Governors welcome applications from candidates of differing faith backgrounds or none who can be supportive of the school ethos.

Key Aspects of the role include:

• Customer Service
• Administration
• Attendance
• Staff management and teamwork
• School Policies and Regulations

Please note that a full job description can be found on our website or is available on request.

About You:

Essential:

• GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word and Excel
• Good organisational skills
• Good time management skills
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work with other staff as a team
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written
• Ability to work under pressure
• Stamina, initiative and resilience
• Confidentiality and discretion
• Displays commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people
• Smart appearance and friendly manner
• Ability to work In sympathy with the Catholic ethos of the school, including a commitment to co-operation and helpfulness and a concern for the well-being of others

The following would be desirable:

• Previous experience in a similar role
• Experience of working in an educational establishment (mixed comprehensive school)
• Previous experience of working with SIMS system
• Sense of humour
• Willingness to undertake First aid/Fire Marshall training

Please note all staff will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS application following the initial offer of employment.

Additional Information:

Closing date: Wednesday 18th June 2025 at 12pm

Interviews: Week beginning Monday 23rd June 2025

Please note that once you have applied for the role you will be sent an email with an application form and consent form to fill in.

These forms will need to be fully completed and returned for your application to be considered.

Please click the APPLY to submit your application for this role and you will be sent an email with application forms to complete.

Candidates with previous job titles and experience of; Attendance Officer, Bursary Scheme Administrator, Bursary Officer, College Administrator, Admin Manager, Administration Assistant, Business Support, Business Administrator may also be considered for this role.