School Secretary (King Elementary)

Kansas City Public Schools


School Secretary


Job Title Code: 01377


Salary Grade: C03 starts at $18.75


Reports To: Principal or designee


FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Position Summary:


To contribute to the efficient operation of the school office. School office functions include communications, and maintenance of student attendance/academic performance and school staff time/attendance records. Provides general secretarial/clerical support and is expected to conform to the highest standards of professionalism.

What You'll Be Doing: (Responsibilities)

• Assists in ensuring a productive and smoothly run office which provides excellent customer service and responsiveness to all persons who access that office.
• Serves as receptionist to all persons entering the main office and/or attendance areas.
• Exercises discretion in handling public contacts.
• Receives and tabulates daily attendance, maintains student attendance records and contacts parents of absentees.
• Explains attendance policies and procedures and manages processing of absence and tardy notices.
• Partners with Truancy personnel regarding student attendance and parent contact.
• Assists parents seeking homework assignments for their children who have been absent.
• Maintains student transfer requests and withdrawal approval file.
• Accurately enrolls and withdraws students on a daily basis. Enters student's name, address and other changes to the student data system.
• Maintains, formulates, updates and requests pupil records. Requests and enters transcripts and testing results.
• Maintains time and attendance records for school personnel and enters this information into the Payroll System.
• Handles telephone calls, relays messages, makes appointments and appropriately responds to inquiries.
• Maintains a schedule of required Kansas City Public Schools and governmental attendance reports and prepares these reports for the principal's signature.
• Schedules student and staff conferences with the principal and/or assistant principal.
• Maintains an efficient filing system for the building and student records.
• Types correspondence, reports, manuals, notices, files vouchers and other forms as assigned.
• Reads and routes incoming mail, including faculty and staff mail slots. Locates and attaches appropriate documents to correspondence to be answered by school staff.
• Stuffs envelopes by hand or with an envelope stuffing machine. Stamps, sorts and distributes mail and runs errands. Addresses envelopes or packages for mailing.
• Assures that the school maintains the proper levels of office supplies.
• Assigns and orients substitute teachers upon arrival in the building
• Prepares correspondence and memos from rough drafts. Performs clerical work for school counselors.
• Collects and compiles information to prepare periodic reports.
• Possesses working knowledge of master scheduling and assists those who are responsible for its development.
• Attends meetings as required.

To Be Successful at This Job, You'll Need To Have: (Qualifications)

• High school diploma or GED certificate.
• Accurately type a minimum of 40 wpm.
• 80% proficiency on written clerical skills assessment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (spreadsheet, word processing, Power Point)
• Two (2) years of prior clerical/secretarial experience

To Level Up In This Role, You'll Need To Have: (Preferred Qualifications)

• Bilingual proficiency is highly preferred

Physical Demands: This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least ten pounds. Job requires the employee occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Terms of Employment: Depending on the school budget, this description may be assigned to a 12-month (261 days) schedule.


Benefits: Health and Dental Insurance are provided.KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan - mandatory 9% contribution is required from employees and matched by KCPS; Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.

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