Front Desk Receptionist
Starkville, MS - USA
Job Summary
SUMMARY: The receptionist provides clerical support to students parents staff and community members. This position exemplifies quality customer service and ensures that the frontdesk operates efficiently and effectively.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Places receives and routes telephone calls; records and delivers messages and makes appointments.
- Greets visitors in a professional and courteous manner and ensures that visitors complete the check-in process to enter the building.
- Receives sorts and distributes mail to appropriate staff.
- Maintains confidentiality of information.
- Assists in providing information and/or assistance as directed by administration to staff.
- Prepares correspondences forms etc. for the office staff.
- Promotes a positive image of the school district to the public.
- Reports regularly and punctually to assigned work location and notifies supervisor or designee of impending absence in a timely manner.
- Any other duties as assigned by district-level administration.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- High school diploma or GED.
- Excellent phone etiquette and communication skills.
- Proficient typing data entry and filing skills.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
Environment: Standard office and school settings; moderate travel; exposure to potentially stressful environments; regularly perform inside and/or outside with potential for exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
Physical: Sufficient physical ability to perform moderate lifting up to 20 pounds; regularly required to walk sit or stand for prolonged periods of time; may require climbing stooping kneeling or crouching.
Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents.
Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction; the noise level in the work environment is moderate.
Required Experience:
Junior IC