POSITION REFERENCE: 50142228

Directorate: Children’s Services | Service: Education, Early Start & Prevention
Salary: £25,583 - £25,989 Plus laptop
Working Arrangements: full time inc. agile working
Hours per week: 1 x 37 hours, 5 days temporary until 31st August 2026
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
Suitable for Secondment: Employees wishing to be considered for secondment should agree with their head of service before submitting an application form.
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Closing date: 12/09/2025 at 23:59

THERE’S SO MUCH HAPPENING IN OUR THRIVING BOROUGH, AND NOW’S THE PERFECT TIME TO JOIN OUR EXCELLENT EDUCATION, EARLY START & PREVENTION TEAM AS WE WORK TO MAKE BARNSLEY THE PLACE OF POSSIBILITIES.

• We’re an award-winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough supporting around 243,000 people.
• Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
• If you join the team you’ll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we’ll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
• We’ll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
• There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
• Key to our success is working with our residents, partners, businesses and organisations and building these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.

WHEN APPLYING, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE PREPARED TO START WORK WITH ALL THE NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS, SUCH AS A VALID VISA, RELEVANT TO THE TYPE OF WORK YOU WILL BE UNDERTAKING. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT OUR ORGANISATION DOES NOT POSSESS A HOME OFFICE LICENSE AND, AS A RESULT, IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP FOR ANYONE SEEKING A VISA AS A SKILLED OR TEMPORARY MIGRANT WORKER.

Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.

YOUR ROLE IN OUR JOURNEY

As a Systems Coordinator Officer for the Education Welfare Service, you will have the opportunity to support the shaping of service delivery to improve attendance in education across the borough. You will be responsible for supporting the coordination of systems that assist the operational performance of the Education Welfare service in fulfilling it’s statutory and non-statutory functions. By working alongside the team you will support the service in gathering, recording and tracking information to ensure systems and process run efficiently and effectively. You will work in collaboration with the management team to engage schools and academies in providing complete and timely information to support the service in meeting the legal requirements of it’s statutory processes whilst supporting the service in aligning service delivery and objectives to support Barnsley’s vision of a brighter future and the 2030 plan to transform our borough into the place of possibilities.