TITLE: School Office Manager Middle School
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Manage school office support school staff and departments with a variety of duties perform administrative duties for a Principal and coordinate school office staff. Welcome and provide assistance and information to the parents students visitors volunteers and staff.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Education and/or experience equivalent to a High School Diploma or GED
- Three (3) years of progressively responsible secretarial or administrative experience preferably in a school setting
- Completion of District administered skills tests.
- State of Arizona Identity Verified (IVP) Fingerprint Clearance Card
- Some positions may require fluency in Spanish
- Some positions may require a valid Drivers License
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (Essential functions as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act may include any of the following tasks knowledge skills and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this class.)
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Schedule meetings and appointments and keep calendar for Principal.
- Prepare complex correspondence and respond to inquiries from other departments.
- Provide public relations support to office staff by dealing in person and by telephone with parents students visitors volunteers and staff.
- Assist in the development of annual budget coordinate budgets for the school and maintain current balances and spreadsheets.
- Maintain and reconcile monthly the Student Activity Account.
- Prepare requisitions and purchase orders.
- Edit payroll information in Kronos.
- Monitor and enter absences in electronic absence reporting system; run reports as requested
- Coordinate services related to sports and student activities transportation field trips and homebound teachers.
- Prepare materials packets for training inservices new student registration and special programs.
- Maintain all aspects of student registration and files including paper and electronic records.
- Assign and prioritize work of school office staff.
- Prepare agendas and minutes for a Site Council or school leadership team meetings.
- Transcribe reports and correspondence maintain confidential files and enter update maintain and retrieve confidential information from a variety of databases.
- Prepare program and grant reports and submit to appropriate agency.
- Contact Attendance Officer regarding truant students and provide appropriate documentation.
- Dispense medications to students when nurse is absent.
- Assume duties in absence of Office Assist and/or Office Clerk.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS:
- Knowledge of federal state and District rules regulations related to assigned area
- Knowledge of District attendance registration and record keeping policies and procedures
- Knowledge of computer applications and spreadsheets including Munis Genesis Kronos and Substitute Reporting System
- Knowledge of budget monitoring and coordination
- Knowledge of administration practices and procedures
- Knowledge of file maintenance and recordkeeping practices and procedures
- Skill utilizing verbal and written communication skills to correspond with or provide information to a culturally diverse population
- Skill utilizing verbal and written communication skills to develop correspondence reports and specialized materials and spreadsheets
- Skill coordinating and scheduling meetings appointments transportation and staff
- Skill prioritizing assigning and reviewing work
- Skill monitoring and administering department or program budgets
- Skill accurately entering updating retrieving and maintaining databases pertinent to area of assignment
- Skill accurately transcribing reports and correspondence
- Skill maintaining confidential files and records
- Skill utilizing customer service/public relations skills in responding to requests inquiries and complaints
- Skill establishing and maintaining effective working relationships
- Skill in caring for ill children in absence of nurse
- Skill in but not limited to:
- Email
- Word Processing
- Spreadsheets
- Databases
- Presentation Software
- Accounting and basic math
- Use of standard office equipment
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Fast paced general office environment with extensive student and public contact
PHYSICAL EFFORT:
Repetitive motion and eye strain through extensive utilization of computer hardware and software.
May require lifting materials and supplies weighing up to 25 pounds
WORK YEAR: 238 Days
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL: Middle School
GRADE: 54
REPORTS TO: Principal
EVALUATION: Classified Personnel Evaluation
SUPERVISES: May supervise clerical staff
Required Experience:
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