STI Administrative Clerk, Salem High School, Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA [SY 2025-2026]

STI Administrative Clerk Salem High School Salem Public Schools Salem MA SY 2025-2026

Job Type: Part-time grant funded
Salary: Per AFSCME contract

Salem is a small diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4000 students in 11 schools. Our vision is to ensure that all students will be locally engaged globally connected and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging equity and opportunity in everything we do. We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students regardless of ability economic status gender/gender identity language race/ethnicity sexual orientation or other backgrounds. We invite you to learn more about our strategic plan core priorities and the SPS portrait of a graduate on our website at Funder: CommCorp Career Technical Initiative
Salem High School is the recipient of the Career Technical Initiative grant from Commonwealth Corporation on behalf of the Baker Administration to increase a skilled workforce in the trades through third shift programs.

This initiative announced by Governor Baker seeks to address the persistent need for skilled labor in construction trades and manufacturing. Commonwealth Corporation administers these funds in hopes of eliminating the skills gap facing employers by providing an opportunity for youth and adults to retrain for skilled occupations as well as transforming vocational high schools into Career Technical Institutes that run three shifts a day to bring more high school students and adults into the program.

As part of a multi-year strategy CTI plans to train 20000 new skilled workers in key trades and technical jobs. Among the grants approved by the Workforce Skills Cabinet in 2021 35 new career pathway programs and 22 expansions of career pathway programs at 10 vocational-technical schools will provide training and job placement for more than 800 adults.

What Youll Do
Salem High School is seeking an Administrative Clerk to support the startup and implementation of an adult night school program beginning this summer. In this role you will work in a collaborative team environment to support the success of our adult learners in Salem Public Schools new third-shift program as part of the Salem High School Career and Technical Education department. This role will work during the program training hours to support the CTI Administrative team and CTE Director processing documentation and student communication and other duties as assigned.

Role Responsibilities:

• Assist with administrative tasks related to the implementation of the adult night school program at Salem High School
• Provide customer service to students and families in both English and Spanish (Portuguese preferred)
• Help with data entry scheduling and coordination of events and programs
• Manage and maintain files and documents
• Assist with outreach and recruitment efforts
• Attend meetings and take minutes as needed
• Prepare invoices requisitions and purchase orders as needed
• Manage a dedicated phone line for the program
• Perform other duties as assigned by the CTE Director and CTI Program Manager

What Youll Bring:
We are looking for candidates who have diverse backgrounds and experiences are inspired by our mission and are highly motivated to change adult lives through education. Youll be right at home here if you are a reflective practitioner who values collaboration with colleagues and pushes yourself your work and the people around you to the next level. We expect our SPS employees to:

• Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity - The SPS community is vibrant and diverse in background ethnicity language and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
• Hold high expectations for yourself students and colleagues You see potential in all especially our SPS students and maintain high expectations for achievement while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations modeling SPS values and seeking opportunities to improve continuously.
• Build authentic caring relationships with colleagues students and families You build strong relationships across students families and colleagues that are collaborative in nature and contribute to the individual and collective success of SPS. You partner with families and colleagues to make decisions in the best interest of students and learning.
• Embrace feedback You are a reflective practitioner who learns from failure using mistakes and challenges as opportunities for growth. You model persistence and a growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.

Job Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Associates degree or higher in a related field preferred
• Proficient in verbal and written communication in English and Spanish (Portuguese preferred)
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proficiency in the Google Suite: Docs Sheets Slides Forms
• Must be able to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends as needed
• Collaborate with the CTI Program Manager and CTE Director develop innovative solutions ensuring the long-term success and sustainability of this program.
• Attend and coordinate materials for the night school program events designed for graduating students and their families.
• Collaborate in the design oversight and implementation of events related to the third shift program.
• Maintain CTE data in Aspen for MA DESE enrollment tracking purposes.
• Assist the CTE Director with Salem High School Marketing and program materials (CTE Newsletter Web site Social Media platforms Press Releases SHS Experience/Program Brochures etc.).
• Assist the CTI Program Manager with third shift training marketing and program materials (Program Newsletter Web site Social Media platforms Press Releases Program Experience/Brochures etc.).
• Partner with families of students and include them in the students learning & development as well as encourage families to further the mission of the school.
• Follow all DESE SPS SHS and other regulations and school policies and plan and implement appropriate revisions to program policies and procedures as needed to reect industry trends/standards.
• Establish and maintain records of student activities in all programs within the scope of this position including data on partner employers & resources as well as data on student performance and hours of classroom instruction and on the job training.
• Assist with the daily operations associated with the CTE and CTI oces as needed.
• Support the Career Development Coordinator in related duties as needed.
• Perform all other essential duties as assigned by the CTI Program Manager or CTE Director.
• Evidence of mastery of a wide variety of teacher competencies and the understanding of instructional techniques.
• Current authorization to work in the United States

Preferred qualifications

1. Advanced educational preparation.
2. Evidence of educational leadership.
3. Curriculum development experience and knowledge of technical competencies with curriculum frameworks.
4. Demonstrated experience supporting students with disabilities
5. Demonstrated experience supporting English language Learners

Work Year: July 1st 2025-June 30th 2027

FTE/Hours: Part-time day/evening hours: Monday through Thursday.

Reports to: STI Workforce Development Director CTE/STI Director Director of Operations SHS Principal

Salary/Hourly: $30.02

Equal Opportunity Employer
Salem Public School District is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.