Utility Assistant

Utility Assistant Position

The Bellefonte Area School District is accepting applications for the Utility Assistant position at Marion-Walker Elementary School. This part-time position operates for 4 hours a day, from 9:30-1:30, and is a 9-month position with 180 days and 3 paid holidays. Pay and benefits information is available in the attached document.

Position Overview: The Bellefonte Area School District seeks a dependable Utility Assistant to support daily school operations through a combination of cafeteria aide duties, office coverage, and student assistance. This versatile role is essential to maintaining smooth and efficient functioning across multiple areas of the school environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong communication and organizational skills, a willingness to work with students, and the ability to adapt to a variety of tasks as needed.

Key Responsibilities: The Utility Assistant will:

• Ensure a calm, pleasant atmosphere in all school settings.
• Provide assistance to the Building Principal for the orderly operation of school and classroom functions.
• Provide an orderly environment for the behavior management of students by organizing students into orderly lines, aiding in cafeteria functions, enforcing school rules, participating in bus duty, and/or aiding in classrooms and library support areas as needed.
• Assist in technical support services such as laminating, book binding, maintaining and caring for equipment, and/or using computer equipment as needed.
• Assist in maintaining a healthy, clean environment for students and staff.
• Provide tutoring and/or learning support functions with students as needed under the supervision of the classroom teacher.
• Assist students with individual needs such as getting to and from school transportation, recess, classes, study hall, cafeteria, health room, etc.
• Assist the staff with attendance, preparing lesson materials, and general clerical duties.
• Assist in various office and cafeteria duties including coverage.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Building Principal.

Education Requirements: Minimum: High School Diploma. Preferred: Associate's Degree or 48 post-secondary credits.

Experience Requirements: Minimum: Six months experience with school-age children. Preferred: Previous role working with students in public education.

Certifications & Licenses Required: None.

Physical Demands: The 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Able to hear with 40 decibel loss maximum. The specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision. Ability to stand eighty percent (80%) of the workday.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud at a standard acceptable level for this environment. The employee is continuously responsible for the safety, well-being, and work output of students.

Application Requirements: External Applicants Please submit the following documents with your online application: Current employment clearances (dated within the past 5 years): Act 34 Criminal History Act 114 FBI Fingerprint Act 151 PA Child Abuse Copies of degree certificates and transcripts Act 168 paperwork, Physical exam results, TB test results (required upon hire) Clearances must be for employment purposes. Volunteer clearances will not be accepted. Internal Applicants Use your district login to create an internal account. Click "Internal" on the Job Listings page and follow the instructions. Cover Letter Instructions Address your cover letter to: Dr. Roy Rakszawski Superintendent of Schools 318 North Allegheny Street Bellefonte, PA 16823 Contact Information For general application or position-related questions, contact our Human Resources Department Email: View email address on click.appcast.io Phone: View phone number on click.appcast.io Equal Opportunity Statement Bellefonte Area School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The district prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity it operates.