Attendance Secretary

Position Type:
Support Staff/Secretary

Date Posted:
7/28/2026

Location:
Carl Ben Eielson Middle School

Date Available:
08/03/2026
Job Type

Full time

Benefits Eligibility

Benefits Eligible

Schedule

10 months Monday through Friday


Salary Range

From $18.24 to $22.70 per hour

Position Summary: Serves as confidential secretary to the principal and as a facilitator for the school public being served.


Responsibilities:

• Communicates, collaborates, and cooperates with colleagues, supervisors, and students.
• Makes and receives telephone calls, takes messages, routes calls.
• Enters all student attendance records into a computer on a daily basis.
• Responds to inquiries from students, teachers, and parents regarding attendance rules, absences, suspensions, and enrollment status.
• Compiles and submits a variety of weekly, monthly and year-end reports as required.
• Maintains and prepares State Department report.
• Works with probation officer when requested.
• Maintains suspension list.
• Prints weekly attendance letters for unexcused absences.
• Prepares computerized attendance sheets.
• Types, prepares, distributes, files records/reports, correspondence etc. related to attendance.
• Participate in all mandatory training or training appropriate to the position as required by the district.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of one-year previous office experience required.
• Experience working with Infinite Campus preferred.
• Experience working at a school in a clerical position preferred.

Benefits: This position is eligible for benefits including health, vision, dental and life insurance. This also includes access to the employee assistance program and additional benefits: long-term disability insurance, flexible benefits, the North Dakota Public Employee Retirement system, paid holidays, personal leave, sick leave, and emergency leave.

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