Clerical, Class I

Hourly Clerical Position This is the first level in the four level clerical group and is responsible for performing routine administrative support duties that could include filing and copying a variety of materials, entering and reconciling data, typing, answering telephones, cashiering, providing customer service, and scheduling a variety of events and meetings. Salary: $17.72/hr - $20.18/hr (subject to negotiated agreement and work experience) Qualifications: Required: High School Diploma or GED; and up to 1 year of general office experience. Preferred: Bilingual, Spanish or Somali. Professional Responsibilities: Maintain accurate records, communicate with families and public, contribute to the school and district, grow and develop professionally, show professionalism, maintain confidentiality. Knowledge: Customer service principles, English language, grammar, and punctuation, modern office procedures, methods, and equipment, meeting and/or special event scheduling techniques, basic report preparation techniques, recordkeeping principles, keyboarding techniques, filing principles and practices. Skills: Using computers and related software applications, providing customer service, filing, scheduling and coordinating special events and meetings, keyboarding, using modern office equipment, maintaining records and files, communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc., sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction. Essential Duties: Performs various routine clerical duties; utilizing standard office equipment, to include: screening incoming calls, taking and transmitting messages, maintaining calendars, making photocopies, faxing documents, typing, requisitioning supplies, and monitoring and restocking office supplies and materials. Enters information into applicable databases and/or other computerized systems to collect and maintain records and information in assigned area of responsibility. Files documents alphabetically, numerically, or by other prescribed methods. Processes, receives, sorts, and distributes a variety of correspondence, deliveries, and mail. Schedules meetings and/or special events, which includes: preparing and disseminating invitations, meeting announcements, and notices, assembling applicable materials, scheduling rooms, receiving attendance confirmations, and/or performing other related activities. Assists with tracking a variety of fiscal information, which may include: grants, credit card purchases, petty cash, expenditures, deposits, cash sales, and/or other related items. Responds to requests for information from the general public; answers routine questions; directs callers to appropriate internal departments and/or external organizations. Other duties as assigned. Physical Factors: Frequent: walking, standing, sitting, hearing, talking, and seeing. Light Work: exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package for employees working a minimum of 30 hours per week*. This includes health, dental, and vision insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care, as well as life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage, and long-term disability insurance. (*Temporary, seasonal, and substitute positions not eligible.)