ATTRIBUTES

The successful candidate will have a strong continuous improvement mindset and demonstrate expertise and skills that indicate an excellent understanding of attendance and engagement in education, and the complexities for schools, young people and families in relation to school attendance.

The successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate the public sector values of Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights are demonstrated in day to day work.
• Identify and respond to stakeholder (school and parent) requirements. Use an understanding of stakeholders’ context to tailor responses and manage complex relationships within a school, regional and community context (customer focus).
• Develop systems and processes for managing multiple elements of the role, and manage timelines in relation to the work and incorporate data to track and monitor relevant work (project delivery).
• Collaboratively with schools and Area workforces to support responses in relation to attendance and engagement in education, and to implement requirements of the role (partnering and co-creation).

Other attributes of the role include the ability to:

• provide specialist expertise and advice, and incorporate excellent knowledge of DE policies and priorities in relation to attendance and engagement in education, and provide expert advice and guidance to stakeholders in relation to current evidence and good practice in relation to attendance and engagement.
• deal with complex concepts, and understand multiple data and recording systems to support the work in response to attendance and engagement.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Essential: A relevant tertiary qualification in a related field, e.g. Education, Nursing, Allied Health.
• The successful applicant will be required to provide a current Working With Children Check.

How to Apply

• Applicants should keep a copy of the position description and the advertisement text as it can not be accessed once the job has closed.
• Applicants are encouraged to submit a resume and detailed cover letter that addresseskey selection criteria and attributes (listed above) needed for the role.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Working as part of a multidisciplinary area team, the primary responsibility of this role is to contribute to the
implementation and support of government policy and programs in relation to student wellbeing, engagement and attendance.

This role includes but is not limited to:

• contributing to the design and support of wrap around models for children and young people at risk of disengaging from education
• works collaboratively with department staff including Health, Wellbeing and Inclusion Workforce staff in the development of network strategies and assists Senior Education Improvement Leaders in leveraging local partnerships to address the needs of all children, particularly vulnerable and disengaged children and young people
• leads and facilitates efforts to support vulnerable children and young people
• helps broker solutions for highly complex individual cases beyond the capacity of local providers and networks, and to deliver capability building activities
• facilitates collaborative partnerships across the region, and
• promotes and maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders including schools, area staff including health wellbeing inclusion workforces; and external community agencies, services and Departments such as the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.

Other attributes of the role include the ability to:

• provide specialist expertise and advice, and incorporate excellent knowledge of DE policies and priorities in relation to attendance and engagement in education, and provide expert advice and guidance to stakeholders in relation to current evidence and good practice in relation to attendance and engagement.
• deal with complex concepts, and understand multiple data and recording systems to support the work in response to attendance and engagement