Elementary Front Office Paraprofessional

Job Title: Paraprofessional – Front Office
Reports to: Building Principal
Evaluated by: Building Principal

Job Goal: The goal of this position is to assist the Administrative Assistant to meet the needs of students, administration, and staff.

Essential Requirements: To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to execute each requirement satisfactorily. The requirements list below are a representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for the position.

• Demonstrate aptitude or competence for assignment.
• Knowledge of office practices and operation of standard office appliances, including desktop computers and copy machines.
• Knowledge of secretarial procedures as applied to a school building.
• Ability to work with confidential information.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Requires effective organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to meet deadlines, and demonstrates punctuality and good attendance.
• Ability to operate keyboard devices at a moderate speed.
• Ability to organize and direct office services for a school office.
• Ability to use standard data base, spreadsheet and word processing software effectively.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Oversees process of and assumes responsibility for timely and accurate completion of office functions.
  • Coordinates workloads and information with other support staff which may include: Overseeing maintenance of office equipment.
  • Issuing building keys.
  • Maintaining inventory/ordering office.
  • Posting, distributing newsletters.
  • Maintains student records.
• Enrolls/drops students, completes accompanying paperwork.
• Processes mail, assists in preparation of reports, maintains staff and building files, answers inquiries from staff, students, parents and all other customers
• Provides first aid as needed.
• Prepares notification of meetings, agendas and minutes then word processes and distributes as required.
• Coordinates collection and processing of forms required by local, state and federal programs.
• Administers/monitors medication for students; documents all medicine or treatment administered or monitored.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications / Certificates, Licenses, Registrations, Bonding, and or Testing Required:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum three (3) years clerical/secretarial/bookkeeping/account experience preferred.

Physical Demands: Work is mostly sedentary with periods of light physical activity. Typical positions require employees to walk or stand for long periods; lift and carry up to 20 pounds; climb stairs, bend, reach, hold, grasp and turn objects; and use fingers to operate computer or typewriter keyboards. The work requires the ability to speak normally and to use normal or aided vision and hearing.

Work Environment: Work is performed in an office, classroom and/or other educational setting.

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Days / Terms of Employment: 200 Days / Nine-month position. Salary to be determined by the School Board of Education.