DATA SPECIALIST,SR,STATE REPORTING

Essential Functions

• Respond to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
• Aid schools with the maintenance of automated student attendance records for FTE reporting.
• Aid schools with the maintenance of accurate records as related to District budget for staffing purposes based on the master schedule.
• Aid schools with the preparation and verification of FTE membership/FISH reports.
• Serve as a FTE data contact person for the learning community.
• Aid schools with the entry of master schedule data in emergency situations.
• Aid schools with the maintenance of student demographic and support data (ESE, ELL, Title I, etc).
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Senior Director - State Reporting.
• Aid schools with input of student information into software systems to compile student records in emergency situations.
• Aid schools with maintenance and updating of health and immunization records in emergency situations.
• Aid schools with the preparation of FTE reports and all survey data.
• Conduct training sessions for schools in the area of FTE reporting and survey processing.
• Aid schools with preparing and maintaining documentation required for FTE audits in emergency situations.
• Operate a computer to enter, retrieve, review, or modify data; utilize word processing, database, and software programs.

Performance Aptitudes

• Evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data and/or information using established criteria.
• Provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information.
• Perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may require ability to utilize principles of fractions and/or interpret graphs.
• Apply principles of influence systems such as motivation, incentive, and leadership.
• Exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem solution.
• Exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties which are often characterized by frequent change.

Physical Abilities

• Exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds).
• Extended periods of time at a keyboard or work station.

Environmental Factors

• Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.