Building Control Secretary (10-month)

Job Opportunity

Position summary: Provide secretarial services to Assistant Principal and other office staff.

Position responsibilities:

• Greet and direct employees, students, and parents in person and on the telephone
• Prepare student referrals, attendance reports, and suspension reports
• Prepare and distribute detention and suspension cards and letters
• Prepare and maintain confidential student files
• Prepare identification cards for students and staff
• Assign student bus routes and lockers
• Manage student lost and found
• Manage student vehicle parking registration
• Compile annual transportation data for state reporting
• Coordinate conferences for returning students and student hearings
• Other duties as assigned

Essential skills and experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Knowledge of basic office procedures and operation of office machines/equipment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Valued but not required skills and experience:

• Experience working in a high school setting
• Two years of secretarial or clerical experience
• Completion of college coursework
• Bilingual (English-Spanish) preferred

Physical demands and work environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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.

Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.

Terms of Employment: Teacher calendar plus 10 days prior to school year and 10 days after school year (200 days per school year) Starting wage is $17.00-$18.70/hour based on education and verified experience IMRF pension Paid 30-minute lunch and two paid 15-minute breaks Sick and personal days Generous fringe benefits as provided by the current negotiated Agreement Evaluation: Performance will be evaluated annually in accordance with the current negotiated AFT/IFT Local #943 Agreement and Board policy