Access to Education Officer

Role Responsibility

The Access to Education team are looking for an organised individual, with an eye for detail and sound knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation related to children missing education and school attendance orders. The post-holder will support the Local Authority (LA) to meet statutory responsibilities regarding the identification, monitoring, recording and tracking of children who are applying for a school place through the In Year Admissions process, Missing Education, Electively Home Educated and young people likely to become NEET.    

To be considered for this role, you should have sound knowledge of IT, excellent communication (both verbal and written) skills. You will understand the importance of maintaining a high level of accuracy and confidentiality in your work and be confident in data processing, data integration and data analytics.

If you consider yourself to be a positive person, with a ‘can-do’ approach who can rise to the pressures within the Access to Education Team, providing a customer focused service, exceeding expectations, then we want to hear from you. 

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Interviews to be held from Monday 5^th August and will include skills testing.

Contact Details

Natalie Conetta

natalie.conetta@kent.gov.uk

03000417425

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.