Wirral Hub Attendance and Welfare Manager
Job overview
Location: Wirral
Salary:SCP 27-30, £38,220 - £40,777 FTE (working TTO + 20 days)
Actual Salary - £37,060.66 - £39,540.03
Contract: permanent
Hours: 37 hours, TTO + 20 days
Start date : 5th January 2026 or sooner
Apply by : 28th November
We are looking for a regional level attendance manager, who will lead the team of Attendance and Welfare Officers to enable them to work with both our young people and their families to improve their attendance at our academies across the Wirral region.
In addition to leading the team, the purpose of this role will be to work directly with attendance leads across our Wirral academies to provide CPD, advice, guidance and support to ensure continuing improvements in attendance across the region.
Part of the role will be to develop comprehensive systems for the AWOs to work within and hold staff accountable. This post holder must be prepared to undertake initial and update DSL training. This is an exciting, new role and an opportunity to influence attendance work in a cluster of schools and contribute to Trust Wide policy and practice.
The Schools you will be potentially working with are:
- Co-op Academy Woodslee
- Co-op Academy Portland
- Co-op Academy Hillside
- Co-op Academy Bebington
If/when more academies join the region, the scope & reach of this post may be extended to include these.
Why us?
Co-op Academies Trust is a place where you are part of something bigger, through a leading education and opportunities to serve our community, we are working together to make a better world.
From ages 3-19 Co-op Academies Trust supports students in Primary, Secondary and Special schools across the North of England, giving children the skills and experiences they need to succeed, no matter where they come from.
What makes our Trust unique is that we are sponsored by the Co-op Group. That close relationship means that we benefit from all the business expertise that has seen the Co-op grow to one of the most respected, successful businesses in the country.
Everyone in the Trust honours our fundamental commitment to the Ways of Being Co-op. They are our DNA; they represent our culture and reflect the rationale behind our decision-making. No matter what we do, they are how we do it.
Our ways of being are:
- Be Yourself, Always
- Show You Care
- Do What Matters Most
- Succeed Together
In 2025, we have 39 academies as part of the Co-op family, across 4 regions.
We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:
Benefits include:
- Membership of the local government pension scheme
- A Co op Colleague discount card which offers 10% discount in Co-op food stores
- Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband packages, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
- Discounted gym membership (Nuffield Health) and leisure activities including discounts on Merlin entertainments.
- The Money Co-op- the Co operative credit union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
- Co op Funeralcare benefit
- Season ticket and rental deposit loans
- 24/7 employee support
For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk
Co-op Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, and online checks will be carried out.