DISTRICT OVERVIEW
Holyoke Public Schools is a PreK12 public school district serving nearly 5100 students of whom 80 percent are Latino/Latina in 11 schools. We employ nearly 1300 people who together educate and support a richly diverse community of learners. We are committed to recruiting and retaining topquality educators who believe all children can and will learn and who strive daily to make school a joyful place of discovery support and belonging.
Holyoke Public Schools strategic plan Moving Forward Together builds on the strengths of our past while serving as a call to action to accelerate student learning by thinking differently about how we teach how we work together and how we support students well being.
Our Equity Commitments are pledges we are making to address systemic equity challenges.
- We intentionally build a community that is antiracist inclusive and culturally responsive.
- We ensure that students families and staff get the support they need to be successful.
- We seek out and incorporate the voices of those impacted with a commitment to include those who have been excluded in the past.
- We promote access and inclusion for all students staff and families.
- We respect embrace and honor the diversity of our students families staff and community.
- We reflect on our own behavior to minimize harm to others.
- We create a culture of acceptance and empathy so that everyone feels valued and is able to contribute to our communitys success.
Please visit the Holyoke Public Schools website to learn more about us as well as some of our recent accomplishments.
JOB DUTIES:
- Obtain gather and organize pertinent data as needed and puts it into usable form and maintains this data as required
- Type and file correspondence notices as well as reports memoranda and other documents
- Transfer data from paper formats into computer files or database systems
- Create spreadsheets with large numbers of figures without mistakes
- Verify data by comparing it to source documents
- Update existing data
- Retrieve data from databases or electronic files as requested
- Perform regular backups to ensure data preservation
- Sort and organize paperwork after entering data to ensure it is not lost
- Maintain a regular filing system
- Screen phone calls; answer inquiries of a routing nature for parents or other callers
- Place and receive telephone calls and record messages
- Maintain a schedule of appointments and make arrangements for parent conferences and staff interviews
- Welcome visitors and arrange for their comfort and screen unexpected callers in accordance with predetermined school policy
- Answer general public inquiries
- Perform other related duties as needed by School Administrator & Office Manager
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School Diploma or GED Certificate
- Excellent general office skills
- Type a minimum of 40 words per minute
- Documented successful secretarial experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Knowledge of computers and word processing (Google MS Office Word Excel)
- Bilingual encouraged to apply
SALARY: According to Secretaries Contract
Full Time 12 Month