Attendance Officer

About us

Wakatipu High School is a co-educational public school located in Queenstown and has a roll of over 1500 students. The school is modern and offers amazing facilities for students and staff alike.

About the role

This role requires a high level of coordination between different stakeholders - meaning organisational skills and attention to detail are crucial alongside computer literacy.

This role is permanent part time (35 hours per week, 8.30am - 4.00pm) during school term time only which is 40 weeks per year.

Preferred start date: Monday 24 March or by negotiation.

Qualifications & experience

• Administration and Data Entry experience required
• Attention to detail is critical
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Experience with Google Office (or MS Office) suite, particularly Sheets/Excel and Docs/Word
• Comfortable using a range of software applications and ability to pick up new applications easily

Tasks & responsibilities

• Data Entry and Validation
• Liaising with teachers, parents and students for unexplained absences as required
• Prepare attendance related data and reports for senior leadership and Ministry of Education
• Review attendance data for patterns
• Monitor and address concerning attendance patterns with school leadership
• Maintains student and staff privacy and protects operations by keeping information confidential

Please see the position description for the full list of responsibilities.

Benefits

This job is term time only. Enjoy having all the school holidays free to spend with your whanau or out and about exploring all that Queenstown has to offer.

The pay rate will be as per the Support Staff in Schools' Collective Agreement at the Administration Staff Salary Scale Grade 4, Steo 9, $32.27 per hour.