Job Description

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Job Posting Title:

Secretary to Principal - Elementary SchoolThe Secretary to Principal role is set up for elementary schools without a full front office staff. In addition to providing administrative support to the Principal, the Secretary is therefore responsible for performing the additional office responsibilities of Health Assistant, Registrar, Receptionist and/or Bookkeeper. The Secretary will also be expected to develop and promote good community relations among various community and school clientele.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Occasional lifting of five (5) to twenty (20) pounds
• Frequent sitting and standing; occasional bending, squatting, reaching, stooping
• Frequent repetitive motion of hands - keyboarding, writing, etc.

ESSENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
Typical educational office setting with overhead lighting and minimal to moderate noise level.

Position Specific Information (if Applicable):

Responsibilities:

--- Maintains the principal’s calendar, makes appointments, schedules meetings and conferences. May assist in maintaining overall calendar of school and community events.

--- Maintains files on personnel, including evaluations and other confidential information.

--- Makes arrangements for various meetings, may attend and take minutes and notes and disseminates information.

--- Performs other front office responsibilities as school Health Assistant, Registrar, Receptionist or related duties as assigned or requested.

--- Coordinates a variety of building and staff activities including but not limited to, beginning and end-of-year check-in and check-out, back to school nights, parent teacher conferences, building security measures.

--- Responds to telephone calls, routes calls, takes messages, greets visitors and assists staff, parents and community with concerns and questions.

--- Manages a variety of personnel functions such as substitute teachers, staff leaves and leave records, pay sheets, and personnel hiring packets.

--- Coordinates, assigns and directs the work of support clerical personnel, serves as a data source for evaluation, and makes routine decisions.

--- Drafts and produces letters, memoranda, reports, special projects, such as newsletters, handbooks and other related materials and documents. Deals with matters of a highly confidential nature.

--- May coordinate student teacher placements.

--- May prepare and distribute a variety of regular and special reports for administration, the district and the state.

Certifications:

Education:

High School or Equivalent (Required)

Skills:

Position Type:

Regular

Primary Location:

Larkspur Elementary

One Year Only (Yes or No):

No

Scheduled Hours Per Week:

40

FTE:

1.00

Approx Scheduled Days Per Year:

205 Work Days

• (260 days indicates a year-round position. Time off [or Off-Track Days] are then granted based on the position. Any exceptions to the normal off-track time will be noted in the Additional Position Details section above, as scheduled work days.)

Minimum Hire Rate:

$21.04 USD Hourly

Maximum Hire Rate:

$27.45 USD Hourly

Full Salary Range:

$21.04 USD - $33.85 USD Hourly

• All salary amounts listed above are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.

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.

Time Off Plans:

This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.

This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past:

August 12, 2026