Secretary - SPED

Job Title

Works with the special education staff who provide rehabilitative services to students suffering from physical, mental or developmental impairment in performing a variety of clerical services, follow standardized procedures.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• Responding to all internal and external customers, as it relates to the position, in a prompt, efficient, friendly, and patient manner
• Performs a wide variety of clerical tasks including typing, filing, coding, preparing reports
• May contribute to the special education staff's evaluation of student abilities through a variety of functional, behavioral and standardized assessments, data collection, checklists, and interviews with family, student, and educational personnel, and education teachers, administrators, and staff
• Maintains knowledge of and adheres to all policies, regulations, and rules
• Performs related duties as assigned in a safe and prudent manner

Other Duties

This job description is not a comprehensive listing of duties, responsibilities, or activities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates at the school site.

Competencies

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively to other staff members.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instruction furnished in written or oral form.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite software programs and other programs as it relates to the position

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to talk or hear
• Regularly required to sit, type and focus on a computer screen for long periods of time
• Regularly required to stand and walk
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

At-Will Notice of Employment does not provide a guarantee of a particular schedule of work or a minimum number of days or hours.

This is a 10-month, 40-hour per week position. This position is eligible for medical benefits. The employee will work 10 hours per day Monday through Thursday during core business hours. Extended work hours to meet deadlines may occasionally be required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Preferred Education and Experience

• Experience working with Microsoft Office products
• Experience working with Google Sheets and Docs
• Experience working with special education students

Required Certifications/Licenses

None

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Must be able to pass a criminal background check and obtain a Fingerprint Clearance Card with an IVP number through the Arizona Department of Public Safety.