Like all of us here at Barnsley, you will care about children young people and their education. So you’ll relish this opportunity to play a part in ensuring pupils attend school regularly in order to achieve their full potential. At a time of exciting change, you will support the service in working with partner agencies, our schools and academies to improve attendance and reduce exclusions across the borough.
Barnsley Council focuses on creativity, ambition and people. Our award-winning council is on an exciting journey of change. It’s all about putting local people at the heart of everything we do. We’re now more innovative, more efficient and provide better value for money. The changes are clear to see - from new businesses and jobs, to improving school results and to museums being recognised for their community engagement.
Shape a better future with us
We’re thrilled to have achieved Investors in People (IIP) Gold status for how we lead, support and develop people. Now we’d like you to be part of our success and help us take change further. Join us on our journey to a brighter future. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. Let’s make a better Barnsley for everyone.
Your role in our journey
As a Systems Coordinator for the Education Welfare Service, you will have the opportunity to support the shaping of service delivery to improve engagement in education across the borough. You will be responsible for supporting the coordination of systems that assist the operational performance of the Education Welfare service in fulfilling it statutory and non-statutory functions. By working alongside the team you will support the service in gathering, recording and tracking information to ensure systems and process run efficiently and effectively. You will work in collaboration with management team to engage schools and academies in providing complete and timely information to support the service in meeting the legal requirements of it’s statutory processes whilst supporting the service in aligning service delivery and objectives to support Barnsley’s vision of a brighter future and the 2030 plan to transform our borough into the place of possibilities.
What you’ll need
To join us, you’ll need a level 3 qualification in a related discipline and be committed to continued professional development. You will have experience of working with a range of computer applications and have practical experience of dealing with enquires from the public and our partners. You will be skilled in building working relationships with internal and external partners, you will be the skilled in communicating effectively with parents and partners. You will have proven ability to organise and document scheduled meetings.
A lot to look forward to
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. You see, we prioritise learning and enabling you to achieve your potential, so we’ve created a development process that lets you grow in the way that suits you - whether that’s training to be a leader, or learning flexibly online. That’s one of the reasons why we achieved IIP Gold, and why you’ll find your career here inspiring and rewarding.