What are the responsibilities and job description for the Office Associate 12 month - Finance 25/26 SY position at Indianapolis Public Schools?
WELCOME TO INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS!
At IPS, we believe in the transformative power of education. We work collectively every day to prepare our students for success in the classroom and in life by providing equitable, high-quality educational experiences across our family of schools. IPS is a place to make an impact, grow your career, and ensure every student has access to a high quality education, all while earning a good living in a district on the move. While the work is challenging, it is deeply meaningful and impactful. We seek innovators and trailblazers who bring varying experiences and expertise and share our belief that every child deserves access to an exceptional education. As part of TeamIPS, you'll create lasting connections, find a sense of belonging, and feel supported to make a meaningful difference in students' lives.
In return, no matter your role here, we expect a commitment to excellence and accountability. You'll be held to high standards. Resilience and passion are key-you must be adaptable, handling adversity with flexibility while putting students at the heart of everything you do. Ethical conduct, clear communication, and mutual respect are fundamental. Being a dependable, collaborative team player who builds meaningful relationships is essential.
Together, we are Proving What's Possible by building a community where everyone belongs and each student has the opportunity to fulfill their potential.
A Career in IPS Offers…
Purpose and Impact
Indianapolis Public Schools is more than a workplace; it's a community where purpose, impact, and belonging come together to help Prove What's Possible - in your career and in your school. If you're ready to embrace challenges, strive for excellence, and make a meaningful impact, IPS is the place for you.
Summary Of Opportunity
Provide administrative support to school Principal and/or administration. Duties include general clerical, receptionist and project based work. Project a professional image through in-person and phone interaction.
What You'll Do
Under general supervision serves as program assistant performing a variety of complex bookkeeping, administrative and secretarial duties requiring an awareness of virtually everything happening in a school environment. Work involves independently preparing routine correspondence; compiling information for reports; maintaining complex computer-based accounting systems; performing technical accounts payable functions. Employee is also responsible for maintaining school-related files of a variety of records, reports, documents, and correspondence using a variety of computer driven word processing, spread sheet and file maintenance programs and assimilating information from a variety of sources to compose letters, generate reports and provide informational data. This is a 12 month position.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITES: None
FLSA CLASSIFICATION
Exempt
ELIGIBILITY FOR REMOTE WORK
Not eligible
Physical Requirements
The physical requirements 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 individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
EEOC STATEMENT
Indianapolis Public Schools, in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies, will not discriminate in its programs, facilities, or employment or educational opportunities on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, homelessness or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations, or ordinances. Indianapolis Public Schools does not tolerate any form of retaliation or bias-based intimidation, threat, or harassment that demeans individuals' dignity or interferes with their ability to learn or work.
DISCLAIMER
Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the above representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This job description is illustrative only, and is not a comprehensive list of all essential functions and duties performed by the occupant of this position. Factors such as regular and punctual attendance are not routinely listed in job descriptions, but are an essential function.
At IPS, we believe in the transformative power of education. We work collectively every day to prepare our students for success in the classroom and in life by providing equitable, high-quality educational experiences across our family of schools. IPS is a place to make an impact, grow your career, and ensure every student has access to a high quality education, all while earning a good living in a district on the move. While the work is challenging, it is deeply meaningful and impactful. We seek innovators and trailblazers who bring varying experiences and expertise and share our belief that every child deserves access to an exceptional education. As part of TeamIPS, you'll create lasting connections, find a sense of belonging, and feel supported to make a meaningful difference in students' lives.
In return, no matter your role here, we expect a commitment to excellence and accountability. You'll be held to high standards. Resilience and passion are key-you must be adaptable, handling adversity with flexibility while putting students at the heart of everything you do. Ethical conduct, clear communication, and mutual respect are fundamental. Being a dependable, collaborative team player who builds meaningful relationships is essential.
Together, we are Proving What's Possible by building a community where everyone belongs and each student has the opportunity to fulfill their potential.
A Career in IPS Offers…
Purpose and Impact
- Essential Contributions: In every non-teaching and non-leadership role, your work directly supports the success of IPS students and schools. Whether you're maintaining facilities, providing student services, or managing administrative operations, you play a key part in ensuring an equitable and high-quality educational environment.
- Belonging and Community: IPS is a place where every employee is valued. You'll join a supportive community that promotes respect, teamwork, and a shared commitment to serving students and families.
- Training and Development Opportunities: IPS offers a variety of training programs to help staff build new skills and grow professionally. This includes access to development opportunities for administrative, technical, and operational roles, as well as pathways to becoming a certified teacher.
- Skill Enhancement: Whether you're new to your role or seeking to deepen your expertise, IPS provides resources and support for continuous improvement.
- Fair Compensation: IPS ensures competitive wages and regularly reviews pay structures to maintain equity.
- Extensive Benefits Package: Employees enjoy comprehensive health coverage, dental and vision plans, life insurance, disability insurance, and retirement plans. Additional financial benefits include flexible spending accounts and eligibility for federal loan forgiveness programs.
- Generous Leave Policies: IPS offers vacation, personal, and sick leave, along with paid holidays. Twelve-month employees benefit from floating holidays, and unused personal leave rolls into the sick leave balance.
- Wellness Programs: IPS prioritizes staff well-being with access to wellness initiatives, including health screenings and an employee assistance program for confidential support and counseling.
- Professionalism and Reliability: Every role at IPS is vital to the district's success. We expect staff to demonstrate professionalism, dependability, and a commitment to providing excellent service to students, educators, and families.
- Collaboration and Communication: IPS values teamwork. Working collaboratively with your colleagues ensures a supportive environment for all. Clear communication and mutual respect are key to maintaining this culture.
- Flexibility and Problem-Solving: As a large, dynamic district, IPS needs staff who are adaptable and proactive in solving problems to meet the ever-changing needs of students and schools.
Indianapolis Public Schools is more than a workplace; it's a community where purpose, impact, and belonging come together to help Prove What's Possible - in your career and in your school. If you're ready to embrace challenges, strive for excellence, and make a meaningful impact, IPS is the place for you.
Summary Of Opportunity
Provide administrative support to school Principal and/or administration. Duties include general clerical, receptionist and project based work. Project a professional image through in-person and phone interaction.
What You'll Do
Under general supervision serves as program assistant performing a variety of complex bookkeeping, administrative and secretarial duties requiring an awareness of virtually everything happening in a school environment. Work involves independently preparing routine correspondence; compiling information for reports; maintaining complex computer-based accounting systems; performing technical accounts payable functions. Employee is also responsible for maintaining school-related files of a variety of records, reports, documents, and correspondence using a variety of computer driven word processing, spread sheet and file maintenance programs and assimilating information from a variety of sources to compose letters, generate reports and provide informational data. This is a 12 month position.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Maintains a large, multi-fund bookkeeping system using a computerized accounting program; verifies and receipts collections from teachers and other school personnel; creates deposits daily, issues local requisitions for school funds; verifies invoices for payment; enters accounting transactions into the system; generates monthly reports including cash/flow statements, balance statements, and income/expenditure statements for each fund; maintains accounts payable files for verification of receipt of items.
- Gives a variety of information utilizing knowledge of programs and procedures; types correspondence for administrative staff dealing with finances.
- Maintains an accurate record of absences for school-based employees in a computerized system; completes the turnaround report for payroll; maintains leave forms for all employees; gives staff a printout with their check of absences for the pay period.
- Responsible for gate boxes for all athletic and non-athletic events.
- During summer responsible for front office; registers new students, greets and directs visitors; and answer calls for student records regarding transfer.
- Maintains records for county allotments for each of 15 departments; types requisitions for these orders and sends to purchasing department; maintains log of purchase orders.
- Supervises fund raising activities for the school
- Maintains records for athletic events, including log of tickets sold and files of personal information for event officials
- Checks prices for supplies in the warehouse catalog; types and codes requisitions; key orders in an on-line purchasing system. Verifies supply orders and distributes to appropriate staff member. Maintain inventory of school supplies and order items as needed.
- Processes information using a variety of computer driven word processing, spread sheet and file maintenance programs. Work includes assimilating information from a variety of sources to compose letters, generate reports and provide informational data.
- Orients substitutes to the classroom and students; maintains a current list for teachers.
- Summarizes information for standard reports; selects data from varied sources; maintains service log for copiers, typewriters, office equipment.
- Types monthly copier, maintenance and telephone reports and a variety of invoices and forwards to the administrative offices
- During the summer months, sends transcripts to colleges for students
- Composes forms, letters, memorandums, reports, minutes; drafts information and materials for newsletters, bulletins, catalogs, pamphlets and brochures; corrects punctuation, capitalization, spelling and grammar of material transcribed and determines proper placement or arrangement dealing with finances.
- Perform related work as required
- Vocational/technical degree in secretarial science or business practices preferred
- Specific course work in the operation of popular word processing, spreadsheet and file maintenance computer programs preferred or 3 to 5 years of related experience in secretarial or clerical work
- Some experience in office management and the operation of computers using popular word processing, spreadsheet and file maintenance programs; or an equivalent combination of experience and training
- Considerable knowledge of the operations and activities of the school/school system
- Considerable knowledge of accepted bookkeeping principles and practices
- General knowledge of common word processing, spreadsheet and file maintenance programs
- General knowledge of computers and peripheral equipment
- General knowledge of the principles of organization and administration
- Ability to generate correspondence and reports independently
- Ability to produce monthly financial reports
- Ability to operate common office machines
- Ability to prepare and process documents such as purchase orders, invoices, etc.
- Ability to perform fund-type bookkeeping tasks
- Ability to plan meeting agendas
- Ability to sort and distribute documents
- Ability to maintain complete and accurate records and to develop standard reports from those records
- Ability to respond to questions based on considerable knowledge of the school/school system
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions
- Ability to type accurately at a moderate rate of speed
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITES: None
FLSA CLASSIFICATION
Exempt
ELIGIBILITY FOR REMOTE WORK
Not eligible
Physical Requirements
The physical requirements 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 individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
EEOC STATEMENT
Indianapolis Public Schools, in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies, will not discriminate in its programs, facilities, or employment or educational opportunities on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, homelessness or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations, or ordinances. Indianapolis Public Schools does not tolerate any form of retaliation or bias-based intimidation, threat, or harassment that demeans individuals' dignity or interferes with their ability to learn or work.
DISCLAIMER
Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the above representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This job description is illustrative only, and is not a comprehensive list of all essential functions and duties performed by the occupant of this position. Factors such as regular and punctual attendance are not routinely listed in job descriptions, but are an essential function.
