An exciting opportunity is now available for an Attendance Officer to join the growing WesTEC team in this newly created role. We’re looking for a highly organised and professional individual with strong administration skills, excellent communication, and the ability to build positive relationships across multiple school communities.

In this role, you’ll play a key part in strengthening our student attendance processes and enhancing administrative support across the expanding WesTEC campus. General office and administrative duties will also form part of this dynamic position.

This is a temporary part‑time position (0.83 FTE), working 60 hours per fortnight, until 11 December 2026 unless otherwise determined.

Job details

About the School: 

WesTEC Technical Training and Pathways is a specialist vocational education and training centre in Springfield and a campus of Woodcrest State College that helps high school students gain nationally recognised certificates and develop industry skills whilst still completing Years 10-12. It operates in partnership with eight local state high schools, training organisations, and industry partners.

About the role:

Responsibilities include, but 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.

Interested? To Apply:  

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)  

• Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.  

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.  

Applicants need to be a current Queensland Government employee to be eligible to apply.  

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.  

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions. 

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• MSR690575_26E - Role Description (PDF, 383KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 232KB)
  Information Package for Applicants