26-27 Operations Support Staff

Caliber’s Mission is to achieve educational equity by shifting the experiences, expectations and outcomes for students in historically underserved communities. Our strengths-based educational program validates, affirms, respects and supports students, families and staff members to reach their full potential. Caliber graduates will be academically college ready; have emotional intelligence or ‘EQ’; be critical thinkers, and have the skills and desire to be changemakers in their communities and the world.

Caliber’s four graduate pillars—Heart, Smart, Think, Act—guide our work. We are a community-based organization and celebrate the diversity of the communities we serve. Our parents are active partners; frequently engaging through school events, restorative practices, and academic support.

About the role

We are looking for a compassionate, organized and student-focused Operations Support Staff to join our team! You’ll work collaboratively with your colleagues to support the school site in a variety of ways. The Director of School Operations will communicate which roles you own and when each should be completed.

While this job description is comprehensive, due to the dynamic nature of the work it is not exhaustive. Your responsibilities may change based on school needs, additional opportunities that arise, or as aligned to individual development goals.

Responsibilities

General Support

• Attend on-campus trainings to prepare for roles and stay informed of school priorities and needs
• Communicate absence to Director of School Operations and support with sub arrangements when possible/necessary
• Complete other duties as assigned by the Director of School Operations

Lunch & Recess Support

In the cafeteria:

• Circulate the cafeteria making sure students have everything they need and are complying with Caliber School rules and procedures
• Assist in or lead the dismissal process

On the play yard:

• Assist in resolving minor student conflicts
• Ensure students are following the playground school rules and procedures
• Monitor students in restrooms
• Lead particular games (training on this will be provided)
• Collect equipment left in playground areas by students
• Oversee the distribution and collection of recess equipment

Print Management

• Receive print jobs via email from staff and fulfill their orders, often within a 24-hour period
• Check printed orders for completion and quality ensuring there are no errors in the print job
• Fix paper jams in the printer or request tech support when the printer is not working or a jam cannot be easily fixed
• Complete orders that contain: color printing, black and white printing, posters, booklets, other miscellaneous classroom resources, laminating, and book binding
• Return completed orders to staff mailboxes

Library Assistance

• Check in books that were returned the previous day
• Reshelve books on a daily basis
• Walk students to library and back to classrooms
• Support students to check out books that are at their independent reading level as determined by the teacher (this is about 1-2 letters lower than the instructional level you use in guided reading)
• Manage around six students in the library for 15 minutes while they select, check-out and return books
• Assist with check out of books
• Label newly acquired books (as needed)
• Prepare, print and distribute overdue notices (as needed)
• Remind students and teachers that all books must stay at school and in a safe place in the classroom
• Monitor check-out times and hold students accountable for returning books after two weeks or renewing once

Office Support

• Filing
• Answering phones
• Data entry
• Helping families or visitors in front office
• Ad hoc items as needed

Working Conditions

This job operates in a school/classroom environment. This role routinely uses standard classroom equipment such as laptop computers, photocopiers, whiteboards, fitness equipment, and Chromebooks, etc. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

Physical Abilities

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.

• This position classification involves sitting with some walking and standing for extended periods of time
• Staff may be required to lift, pull or push objects approximately 50 pounds or less
• The employee will encounter exposure to ill students
• The position requires mobility to climb, kneel, stoop, crawl, reach and bend, and accurate perceiving of sound; near and far vision with the ability to read small print; depth dexterity; and the providing of oral information and direction
• The position is primarily located at a school site with outside supervision and some district office visits
• The employee will frequently work independently with high work volume and tight deadlines

Qualifications

• Prior work in a school setting preferred
• Live Scan and TB Test required
• Volunteer Registration form required

Preferred Skills

• Strong relationship building skills; appetite for and ability to engage families and community members; cultural competency with at-risk students and families
• Manages multiple priorities simultaneously to accomplish urgent and important needs
• Detail-oriented and highly organized with the ability to keep the big picture in mind
• Highly collaborative and team-oriented

Values

Caliber staff…

• are committed to a culture of feedback, development and continuous improvement
• validate and affirm the identities, strengths and passions of each person
• know that it is everyone’s collective responsibility to work in service of and alongside our school communities
• approach situations and people with empathy and kindness

Pay

$21.50/hour

Schedule

Part-time (10am-2pm), year-round