Education Data & Census Assistant - 10-Month

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Stafford; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffordshire County Council is seeking a administrative data officer to join the Schools Data Team on a maternity cover basis for 10 months. You will work with schools to ensure accurate data for the school census, supporting Department of Education returns.

You will mainly be office based with some home working on a rota; excellent communication and data entry skills are essential to manage data quality and project notes while meeting deadlines.

Qualifications

• The ability to communicate clearly, confidently and effectively with a range of people across the organisation and externally through phone, e-mail and in person.
• Be able to develop effective working relationships and provide excellent customer service.
• Good organisation skills and attention to detail, as you'll be keeping data updated and you'll be working to deadlines.
• A flexible approach to work as sometimes things can change, and so you'll need to be able to prioritise work and sometimes change tasks quickly.
• An ability to work as part of a team but also using their own initiative.
• A passion to always give the best service
• MS Office knowledge

Responsibilities

• Process school data and work closely with schools to ensure the data is accurate.
• Collect weekly attendance for pupils attending Staffordshire Schools and our vulnerable populations.
• Work with schools to collect and import school files.
• Data Quality – run reports and update data.
• Produce high quality processes notes and arrange meetings for projects.
• Manage the School Census. Working with schools to ensure they have recorded the data correctly.
• Collect assessment data from schools.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Organisation

Flexibility

Teamwork

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Staffordshire County Council is seeking a administrative data officer to join the Schools Data Team on a maternity cover basis for 10 months. You will work with schools to ensure accurate data for the school census, supporting Department of Education returns.

You will mainly be office based with some home working on a rota; excellent communication and data entry skills are essential to manage data quality and project notes while meeting deadlines.