What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Secretary position at Amesbury Public Schools?
Job Goals: Efficiently managing administrative tasks, maintaining organized records, managing the budget, and facilitating effective communication between students, parents, and staff to contribute to the smooth operation of the school office.
Supervision: Building Principal
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Assists the principal with duties required
Answers the telephone, directs calls, greets members of the public, faculty, and students, covers the reception area as needed
Communicates and corresponds with faculty, staff, parents, teachers, students, and community in a variety of formats including email, newsletters, social media, etc.
Maintains the school calendar and manages the principal’s calendar
Updates the school website
Manages facilities requests for building use in collaboration with central office
Maintains staff records
Works with the principal and department heads to manage the budget - including, but not limited to, budget ordering, completing purchase orders, managing student activity accounts, etc.
Maintains and updates both paper and electronic files, documents, and forms
Utilizes technology including our student information system, databases, and Google suite
Provides clerical support for the administration
Attends meetings as needed by the building principal
Plans logistics for events, including award ceremonies and graduation
Gathers, analyzes, and interprets data as needed for compiling reports
Works within the requirements of DESE and the district
Other duties as assigned by the building principal and/or their designee.
Recommended Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or higher
Excellent computer skills, particularly the Google Suite
Excellent time management, organization, communication, and interpersonal skills
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Experience with budgeting preferred
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The City of Amesbury is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The City of Amesbury does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, genetic information, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status or membership in the armed services, marital status or any other protected category under federal or state law.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $24.40 - $30.04 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No nights
- No weekends
Work Location: In person
Salary : $24 - $30