Administrative Assistant I (School-Based)

Job Overview

About the role

This is general clerical and administrative support work performed in a school.

Responsibilities

• Responds to request for information made from the public, parents, staff, and or other interested parties.
• Answers routine questions; directs callers/visitors to appropriate location or staff member.
• Prepares a variety of routine correspondence, logs, information, paperwork, invoices, forms and or other related information to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Receives, sorts, and distributes a variety of correspondence, deliveries, and mail.
• Files electronic and hard copy documents alphabetically, numerically, or by other prescribed methods established with filing systems.
• Performs routine database maintenance duties including entering data into computerized database programs and systems, editing and correcting data; may produce reports, lists, summaries and other documents that are printed out and distributed.
• Reviews and maintains calendars for school staff; schedules appointments and or meetings; updates bulletin boards; maintains reference files/materials/logs, and other office records.
• May notify central office staff, school staff, and other parties of informational matters requiring their attention.
• Supports library clerical work including managing library materials; maintaining current records; printing overdue notices; assists library users in locating materials and using equipment such as readers, projectors, index files, card catalogs, and computers.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required

Skills

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• High School Diploma or GED required
• Working knowledge of general English vocabulary, spelling, and arithmetic
• Working knowledge of modern office equipment, practices and procedures
• Ability to compose routine memoranda and letters from general instruction
• Maintain clerical records and prepare routine reports from such records
• Ability to operate a computer, printer, scanner, fax machine, phone system, shredder and other general office equipment
• Good organizational, human relations, and communication skills

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies.
• Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time.
• Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

Salary Level: Universal/Scale B.1 - Non-Exempt Level 4 Salary Scale: https://www.lcps.org/compensation

Salary Range: $22.47 - $23.87

Schedule

10 months, 201 days, 7 hours per day

Union Designation

Non-Certified