Administrative Specialist (Bilingual Portuguese or Spanish Preferred)
Administrative Specialist (Bilingual Portuguese or Spanish Preferred)
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FRAMINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
TITLE:
Administrative Specialist
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Administrative Specialist is responsible for providing comprehensive administrative support to the Department of Special Education. This role is crucial in ensuring the department and schools operate efficiently. The Administrative Specialist assists with day-to-day operations planning and organization maintaining efficient systems and processes and interacting with the district and community to ensure the Special Education main office runs smoothly and effectively.
OUR MISSION:
Framingham Public Schools is committed to excellence for all students. A core value embedded in the districts philosophy and goals is that all children will learn. Offering an equitable access to education to all of our students hinges largely on providing the highest quality teachers in every school and classroom.
Diversity among teachers undoubtedly advances the academic achievement of students. Compliance obligations establish the baseline; as a district Framingham Public Schools are committed to achieving developing and maintaining a workforce reflective of the rich racial linguistic and cultural diversity of our students. Framingham Public Schools aims to teach our children and ourselves to be culturally proficient and inclusive in order to live learn and work together in a vibrant and diverse world.
Indeed Framingham Public Schools is committed to inspiring our school community to be accepting and willing to learn from individuals with differing backgrounds. Our goal is to reflect the diverse community we serve and create a great place to work for everyone by embracing the individual skills perspectives and experiences our people bring to the workplace and harnessing these for high performance and improved service delivery. We want our employees to feel included valued and respected and have access to equal opportunity which supports full participation at work. Framingham Public Schools seeks to retain the diverse talent in our workforce and support our people to maintain a long and productive working career.
Framingham Public Schools is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from minorities and women.
CERTIFICATES LICENSES REGISTRATIONS:
Candidate must possess a high school diploma or equivalent. An Associates degree from an accredited college or university is preferred
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
A minimum of five years of experience in an office management environment is preferred.
SKILLS AND ABILITY:
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Computer skills and knowledge of appropriate applications including Microsoft Office X2 MUNIS and Google are essential. Demonstration of supervisory skills and commensurate experience ability to establish and maintain organized office systems and procedures effective interpersonal skills ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing ability to maintain the confidentiality of information ability to take notes and transcribe information ability to work independently and take initiative to recommend and pursue relevant projects and ability to conduct research and produce reports. Ability to embrace and adapt to changes in procedures and job duties if needed due to process improvement change in law and/or new systems that may be implemented to better streamline the needs of the department(s).
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The essential functions or duties listed below are intended only as an illustration of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if work is similar related or a logical assignment to the position.
- Compose and respond to emails throughout the day promptly and professionally.
- Answer and appropriately direct telephone calls from parents/guardians school staff outside vendors community organizations and interdepartmental personnel.
- Prepare meeting documents attend meetings as requested and take notes as necessary.
- Process and maintain all incoming and outgoing special education paperwork including referral packets evaluations IEPs and meeting notices.
- Ensure all documents are uploaded stored and organized in the student information system.
- Track timelines and due dates for evaluations IEPs re-evaluations and annual reviews to support compliance.
- Prepare format and distribute N1 forms IEPs progress reports and meeting invitations.
- Assist with audit preparation and documentation requests from DESE or legal counsel.
- Perform any other related duties as assigned by the Director of Special Education and the Assistant Director of Special Education as needed.
PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Employees work in an office with moderate noise levels (such as computers and printers) and controlled temperature conditions. The position requires frequent sitting standing walking and to reach with hands and arms occasionally. Ability to talk and to hear continuously. Ability to lift up to 20 pounds periodically. Finger dexterity is required continuously for the normal work shift such as for typing filing dialing the phone etc. Some travel between schools may be necessary so the ability to operate a motor vehicle and maintain a valid Drivers license is required; the employee shall be compensated per the contract with a travel allowance as the applicable rate per the Framingham Teachers Association Secretaries (Unit S) Contract.
REPORTS TO:
Director of Special Education and Assistant Director of Special Education
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Not Applicable.
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) CLASSIFICATION:
This position is classified as non-exempt.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Covered under the Secretarial Contract (Unit S).
This is a twelve-month position.
Framingham Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements Framingham Public Schools complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the District has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training. Framingham Public Schools expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status.
Framingham Public Schools provides equal employment. opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements Framingham Public Schools complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the District has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training. Framingham Public Schools expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability ancestry marital status or veteran status.
The Framingham Public Schools prohibit sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator. The notice of nondiscrimination is located at the Framingham Public Schools School Committee website.
Rev. 2024
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
