About the role
About us
Tannum Sands State High School is committed to being a restorative school, learning-focused community where everyone has the right to feel like they belong and are supported.
Our focus is on building and maintaining respectful relationships, with everyone being responsible and accountable, and developing personal excellence and integrity by repairing/managing any harm openly and fairly.
Being restorative underpins all aspects of our work and we proactively seek to develop strong, respectful relationships between all members of our learning community and work with them to support the work of creating our futures.
Your opportunity
- Prepare daily attendance reports, notify parents/carers of absences, follow up with teachers and maintain accurate attendance records in Excel and OneSchool.
- Monitor student attendance, identify patterns of chronic absenteeism and work with school staff to address barriers to engagement.
- Maintain student records relating to care arrangements, legal orders and other circumstances that may affect attendance.
- Build relationships with families and collaborate with teachers and support staff to develop strategies that improve student attendance and connect at-risk students with appropriate support services.
- Provide administrative support, including assisting at the student counter, managing timetable variations, coordinating work experience and off-campus activities, and providing student first aid.
Please view the role description for a full list of responsibilities.
Interested? To Apply
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
- Attach evidence of the mandatory requirements outlined in the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.