Job title and organisation: Cluster Attendance Office - Inner East Cluster
Salary: Grade SO1
Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only + 5 days
Contract: Permanent
Location: Inner East Cluster, c/o Shakespeare Primary School, Lincoln Road LS9 7NP
Closing Date and Time: Monday 8 December 2025 at 5:00pm
The Inner East Cluster are looking for an Attendance Officer to join our team
You should have proven experience of engaging and working with children, young people and families experiencing attendance and punctuality challenges. You will have a thorough understanding of the barriers families face to accessing education. You must be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills and experience of working in partnerships..
As well as working with a range of staff across 9 Inner East schools, you will build relationships with a wide variety of agencies to ensure the right level of support is available for families to improve attendance.
You must be highly organised, analytical and able to keep detailed records and case notes. You must also have the ability to communicate with a range of partners, colleagues and families.
This is a varied, challenging and rewarding role; working as part of a cluster targeted response for children, young people and their families.
You will need to be flexible with your working hours to accommodate home visits before and after school.
For more information please contact Diane Walker on 07703 049300
These roles will be employed by a cluster school with day to day management provided by the cluster leadership.
Appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS), medical declaration and suitable references (prior to the interview we will request your references)
Applications to be returned by email to iecadmin@innereastcluster.org.uk
CVs are not accepted as part of our recruitment process.
Closing date for applications: 5pm, 8 December 2025
Shortlisting and notification of interview: 10 December 2025
Interviews will be held 16 December 2025
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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