Pupil Inclusion Officer

Coventry City Council; Coventry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Coventry is seeking a Pupil Inclusion Officer to support statutory duties surrounding school attendance and inclusion. This role, requiring 32.5 hours weekly for 9 months, demands strong numeracy, literacy, and customer care skills, along with experience in advising on education policies. The organization values diversity and aims to create an inclusive workforce, welcoming applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled, and neurodiverse communities.

Qualifications

• High degree of accuracy and commitment to customer care.
• Experience of advising parents and schools on policy, guidance, or legislation.
• Good team player committed to achieving the best.

Responsibilities

• Support statutory duties and responsibilities for school attendance and inclusion.
• Engage with parents and schools on attendance issues.
• Contribute to safeguarding requirements and inclusion strategies.

Skills

Customer care

Numeracy skills

Literacy skills

Keyboard skills

Advising on policy

Job description

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias. The Education Improvement and Standards team strives to deliver outstanding services for our customers, predominately the children of Coventry, who may be requiring access to education or alternative education provision. We ensure vulnerable children are appropriately supported; have a voice, that hopefully leads to their high achievement and excellent progress. The Service is made up of a diverse range of teams all working together to recognise, support and apply innovative solutions to address the growing issues in relation to trying to educate some of our most vulnerable pupils in schools. The service is responsible for delivering statutory duties for the Council in respect of:

• Pupil attendance enforcement
• Children Missing Education
• 6th day provision for permanently excluded pupils.
• The administration of the Fair Access and Supported Transfer process; and
• Child licencing and employment

An opportunity has arisen for a Fixed Term Temporary Pupil Inclusion Officer within the Education Inclusion & Attendance Team. The role is for 32.5 hours per week for a period of 9 months. Please note that the salary advertised has been adjusted to reflect the hours worked. Internal candidates may wish to consider this role as a secondment opportunity with prior agreement with their line manager. Reporting to the Senior Attendance Officer you'll support the local authority to fulfill its statutory duties and responsibilities for school attendance, inclusion, exclusion, and in‑year fair access arrangements and securing safeguarding requirements. All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

To be successful, you'll need to be someone with a high degree of accuracy, committed to customer care and someone with excellent numeracy, literacy and keyboard skills. You'll also have had experience of advising parents and schools on policy, guidance or legislation. You'll be a good team player who is wholly committed to achieving the very best. In return, you'll work with a talented and creative team, one that will support and challenge you every step of the way.

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Values

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long‑term health condition