Administrative Assistant - High School

Douglas County School District • Highlands Ranch, CO

6d • $23 - $30

About The Position

Responsible for providing administrative secretarial support for the principal; coordinates and supervises general business activities and personnel of the main office. Functions as hiring manager for Human Resource hiring activities. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community members and school clientele. ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: • Occasional lifting, five (5) to twenty (20) pounds • Frequent sitting and standing • Occasional bending, squatting, reaching, and stooping

Requirements

• High School or Equivalent (Required)

Responsibilities

• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
• Draft and produce letters, memoranda, reports, special projects; such as newsletters, handbooks and other related materials and documents in an accurate and timely manner.
• Deal with matters of a highly confidential nature.
• Coordinate a variety of building and staff activities: beginning and end-of-year check-in and check-out, back to school nights, parent teacher conferences, building security measures, on line student check in, graduation activities, etc.
• Continually look to improve administrative processes.
• Manage a variety of personnel functions, such as substitute teachers, staff leaves and leave records, pay sheets, and personnel hirings/terminations.
• May supervise office staff.
• Maintain advanced proficiency in technology systems used in schools.
• Maintain the principal's calendar, make appointments, schedule meetings and conferences.
• May assist in maintaining overall calendar of school and community events.
• Maintain files on personnel, including evaluations, other confidential information including emergency contacts and crisis management process.
• Liaison with district community relations - alerting the district to crisis situations, good news, student celebrations, etc.
• May prepare and distribute a variety of regular and special reports for administration, the district and the state.
• May develop, evaluate and cross-train the work of support clerical personnel and make routine decisions.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.
• This position is eligible for paid vacation, sick and personal time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED