Description

The authorized level of the position is School Administrative Services Assistant II. Applications are being accepted down to the School Administrative Services Assistant I in the event of recruiting difficulties.
Salary Range:
School Administrative Services Assistant I, SR-12: $3,581.00 per month
School Administrative Services Assistant II, SR-14: $3,872.00 per month

Examples of Duties

Assists the principal with daily administrative office services functions by:

• Planning, arranging for and/or providing office support and related services to meet priorities;
• Greeting and ascertaining the purpose of callers and assisting or referring them as necessary;
• Answering or referring inquiries on policies, regulations, procedures and activities of the school, the Department of Education and the State;
• Contacting parents, departmental offices, other governmental agencies, business concerns and community groups for information required by the school or to disseminate information;
• Reviewing and distributing incoming correspondence, circulars and other materials;
• Composing standard and routine letters;
• Informing the principal of matters requiring his immediate attention and concerns relative to appointments, commitments and deadlines;
• Organizing and maintaining office files; maintaining personnel records for the staff;
• Processing payroll and performing related work;
• Collecting cash, maintaining a variety of standard fiscal records and posting and summarizing financial data to report forms;
• Preparing and submitting purchase orders and/or requisitions, checking goods received against invoices and maintaining pertinent records;
• Maintaining inventory records, performing physical inventory and completing report forms;
• Maintaining student records, gathering, maintaining and compiling information for business office and student service reports;
• Operating and arranging for the servicing of a variety of standard office machines;
• Typing letters, reports, schedules, bulletins and other material, cutting stencils, duplicating and distributing a variety of material;
• Instructing, assigning and reviewing the work of students assigned to the office;
• May supervise clerical personnel and may take and transcribe shorthand dictation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Successful completion of a one-year clerical or business curriculum, which included courses in English, arithmetic, general clerical procedures and office machines, and typing, leading to a diploma, certificate or other comparable degree from an accredited community college, business or technical school, may be substituted for one year of General Experience. Applicants who have not graduated may receive partial credit towards general experience on the basis of fifteen semester hours or its equivalent in quarter credits or other units, for each half year of general experience up to a maximum of one year. To receive partial credit, the work completed must have included course work in typing proficiency.
• Successful completion of a two-year clerical or business curriculum, which included courses in English, arithmetic, general clerical procedures and typing, leading to an Associate in science, diploma, certificate or comparable degree from an accredited community college, business or technical school, may be substituted for two years of General Experience. Applicants who have not graduated may receive partial credit toward the general experience requirements on the basis of fifteen semester hours or its equivalent in quarter credits or other units, for each half year of general experience up to a maximum of two years. To receive partial credit, the work completed must have included course work in typing proficiency.

Supplemental Information

Salary: The advertised salary is based on full-time employment and includes shortage and school year differentials, if applicable.
Requirements: Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified. Unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently. Calculation of experience is based on full-time, 40-hour workweeks. Part-time experience is pro-rated. Example: Twelve months of experience at 20 hours/week is equivalent to six months of experience, not one year. Also, hours worked in excess of 40 hours/week will not be credited. Example: Twelve months of experience at 60 hours/week is equivalent to one year of experience, not one and a half years.
Temporary Assignment: Claims of Temporary Assignment (TA) experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements must be verified and attached to the application using one of the options below:

• A copy of the applicant’s TA History Report or equivalent system-generated report;
• A signed letter from the applicant’s supervisor that includes the applicant’s name, his/her TA job title, the TA start and end dates (from mm/yy to mm/yy), his/her specific TA duties performed, and either the TA hours worked per week or total TA hours worked; or,
• Copies of the applicant’s signed SF-10 Forms.

Equal Opportunity

The Hawaii State Department of Education does not discriminate in its educational policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. The Department does not discriminate in its employment policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sexual orientation, arrest and court record, and National Guard participation, as well as on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Chapter 378, Part I, Hawaii Revised Statutes.