Bilingual Attendance Coordinator (Part-Time) - 2026/2027 School Year

Masterycharter; Camden (NJ); On-site; USD 28,275 - 45,632; Part time

Job summary

Masterycharter in New Jersey is seeking a part-time Bilingual Attendance Coordinator to promote student success by ensuring strong attendance and punctuality. You will monitor attendance, coordinate interventions, and engage with students, families, and staff.

The role includes home visits, parent outreach, and collaboration with school leadership to meet attendance goals. Fluency in Spanish is required, and you should have strong organizational and record-keeping skills; 29 hours per week, with

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; higher degrees preferred.
• Minimum of two years of clerical or office experience in an urban educational setting.
• Professional fluency in Spanish (written and verbal).
• Ability to travel locally for home visits; access to reliable transportation; driver’s license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with school leadership to ensure attendance goals are met or exceeded.
• Monitor and track student attendance, lateness, and truancy.
• Maintain accurate attendance records in school data systems.
• Lead parent outreach via calls, texts, letters and coordinate truancy prevention efforts.
• Conduct home visits to engage families and assess barriers to attendance.
• Communicate daily with parents and guardians regarding absences and tardiness.
• Collaborate with Mastery staff to develop action plans for improved attendance.
• Perform other duties to support school operations and student achievement.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish

Attendance monitoring

Family outreach

Record keeping

Education

High School Diploma

Associates or Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

Student information systems

Job description

The Bilingual Attendance Coordinator – Overview

The Bilingual Attendance Coordinator plays a key role in promoting student success by ensuring strong attendance and punctuality. This role works closely with students, families, and staff to monitor attendance, implement intervention strategies, and provide support to reduce absenteeism and truancy. This is a part-time position working less than 30 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with school leadership to ensure that school goals related to attendance, truancy and lateness are met or exceeded.
• Monitor and track student attendance, lateness, and truancy.
• Maintain accurate attendance records in school data systems.
• Implement proactive intervention strategies to address truancy, including parent outreach via calls, text, letters; lead student attendance improvement conferences; and partner with community organizations on truancy prevention programming.
• Conduct home visits to engage families, assess barriers to attendance, and provide direct support.
• Communicate daily with parents and guardians regarding absences and tardiness.
• Collaborate with other Mastery staff to develop successful action plans.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support school operations and student achievement.
• Professional fluency in Spanish (written and verbal)
• Ability to engage with families and build relationships to support student attendance.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to maintain accurate records.
• Proficiency in MS Office and student information systems.
• High School Diploma required; Associates or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of two (2) years of clerical or office experience in an urban educational setting.
• This role may involve traveling locally for home visits, moving throughout the school building, attending meetings and school events, and sitting for extended periods while working on a computer and phone; reasonable accommodations will be made as needed.
• Access to reliable transportation for local travel, including home visits, is required. A valid driver’s license is preferred but not required.

Compensation

• This role is eligible for a $500 signing bonus!
• New attendance coordinators start at $18.75, with Mastery offering up to $24.46 based on experience and education.
• Hourly rates range from $18.75- $30.26, with growth opportunities as your career progresses.
• This is a part-time role where you will work a total of 29 hours/week, Monday-Friday.

Benefits

We offer a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth. Some of our most popular benefits include our 403(b) retirement plan for PA employees (with a 5% match from Mastery for full-time employees), enrollment in the State of New Jersey Pension Plan for NJ employees, a robust Employee Assistance Program, mental health and counseling programs, an annual Professional Development Fund, and discounts and perks at a myriad of retailers, travel organizations, insurance providers, and so much more, as well as access to the HealthAdvocate Helpdesk to help you navigate various benefits-related topics. Please go here to see all of our Benefits offerings!