Attendance Officer - Redlynch State College

Queensland Department of Education; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Redlynch State College is seeking an Attendance Officer to promote regular student attendance and support wellbeing. The role involves monitoring attendance, following up on absences, and collaborating with staff and families to improve attendance outcomes.

Experience with OneSchool and IDAttend is highly regarded. The position includes daily reporting, data coordination, and collaboration with Student Support to address barriers to attendance.

Qualifications

• Experience with OneSchool and IDAttend is desirable.
• Ability to monitor attendance and follow up with staff and families.

Responsibilities

• Generate daily attendance reports and communicate with parents/carers and staff.
• Create a Daily Attendance Report each morning and share with teaching staff and deputy principals.
• Coordinate data to determine reasons for absences and liaise with support staff.
• Maintain a database of students with attendance considerations and monitor relevant programs.
• Monitor attendance to enable early intervention and support teachers.
• Build links with families to promote continuous attendance and address barriers.
• Refer students at risk to appropriate support services and assist with interventions.
• Provide admin support including student counter assistance and basic first aid.

Skills

OneSchool

IDAttend

Tools

OneSchool

IDAttend

Job description

Attendance Officer - Redlynch State College

Queensland Department of Education – Redlynch QLD

Redlynch State College is a high-performing P-12 school nestled between the rainforest and reef in Cairns, Far North Queensland.

Guided by our motto, "On the Tracks to Success," and our vision, "Learning in Our Valley. Thinking Beyond the Hills," we support every student's learning journey from early childhood to graduation. Our dynamic curriculum is underpinned by innovative teaching, strong community partnerships, and a culture of high expectations.

We are committed to our core values of Respect, Safety, and Commitment to Learning and Wellbeing, which shape every interaction and foster a supportive and engaging school environment. Redlynch is a place where educators and staff thrive, learners are empowered, and every student is equipped for future success.

Your opportunity:

The Attendance Officer plays a crucial role in promoting regular student attendance and supporting the wellbeing and welfare of our students. The role involves monitoring and following up student attendance, implementing strategies to address absenteeism, and working collaboratively with staff, students and families to support positive attendance outcomes.

The successful applicant will contribute to creating a positive and supportive school environment that encourages student engagement and participation in learning.

Experience with OneSchool and IDAttend will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Generate daily reports on absenteeism, send SMS messages to parents/carers, advise and follow up with teachers, and document relevant information on an excel spreadsheet and on OneSchool.
• Generate a ‘Daily Attendance Report' every morning and provide to all teaching staff and deputy principals, and advising teachers of amendments to attendance records due to late notification.
• Collect and coordinate data to determine and document reasons for absences by students chronically absent, monitor student programs, and provide information to teachers and school leaders where necessary, liaising with Student Support Officer, Head of Special Education Program, and Guidance Officer to address issues relating to students experiencing problems that prevent their engagement at school.
• Maintain a database listing student that are independent students, students residing with carers (guardian kinship care/child safety officers), students where there are legal orders against the parents/guardians, or other issues that may impact on student attendance.
• Monitor attendance as a means of increasing awareness of students experiencing problems, and to allow for intervention before such problems get out of hand, and provide this information and advice to assist teachers with managing students with non-attendance issues.
• Forge links between the school and families of students who show persistent absence from school to encourage students' continuous attendance at school, assist teachers addressing these barriers to school attendance, and contribute to the development and implementation of strategies and procedures to counter causes of school non-attendance.
• Identify barriers to students attending school and achieving outcomes by referral to appropriate support services, especially students at risk (at home or in the school environment).
• Provide administrative support including assistance at the student counter, assistance in managing variations to student timetables including school based apprenticeships, work experience, off campus activities, etc., providing first aid for students.

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.

Contact Name: Kylie Street, Business Manager (07) 4039 9***
Closing Date: Thursday, 15 October 2026