Administrative Assistant - Guidance

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Openings as of 5/21/2026

Administrative Assistant - Guidance

• Position Type:
  District & Office Support/ Administrative Assistant
• Date Posted: 5/18/2026
• Location:
  
  Lake Middle School
• Date Available:
  
  08/10/2026
• Closing Date:
  Open until Filled

Position Administrative Assistant - Guidance
Location Lake Middle School
Hours per Day 8 hrs. per day
Start and End Times 7:00 am - 3:30 pm with 1/2 hour unpaid lunch
Starting Pay $20.58 per hour (Step
1) (effective July 1st, 2026)
Anticipated Start Date August 10th, 2026
Available for Application Open until filled
Calendar-Classification 10 Month - Class 5
Testing Internal Office Professional candidates must have passed the qualifying testing PRIOR to bidding. Successful candidates must have a qualifying score in each of the following testing areas to be considered for the position:
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Basic Office Skills and Following Written Instructions.

Benefits: So Wash Co  Schools offers a comprehensive benefits program designed to support our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as life insurance, supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, and long-term disability coverage. We also offer voluntary plans such as accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and identity protection, along with flexible spending accounts, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and retirement plans.

These benefits reflect our commitment to supporting your health and well-being.

Visit our benefits page for more detailed information.

POSITION SUMMARY

The primary responsibility of this position is to provide a wide variety of clerical support to the counselors, students, building staff, and parents/guardians in a timely manner.

PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS

• Assist students, staff, and parents: greet people entering the office; assist with directions, information, provide positive and friendly customer service in person and over the telephone. Remain cheerful, calm and professional in all situations.
• Provide clerical support, including:
  • Calendar and schedule maintenance for supervisor
  • Correspondence/flyer distribution/spreadsheets using Word and Excel
  • Data entry
  • Copying
  • Infinite Campus support
  • Filing
• Maintain confidentiality and data privacy for employees and students.
• Treat students and staff with fairness and equity. Understands and supports students and staff with varying cultural, ethnic, sexual orientation, religious, and/or language backgrounds.
• Other duties as assigned.

Department Specific Job Functions

• Provide coverage for Office Coordinator and/or other clerical staff, as needed, including coverage for lunch and breaks, assist during busy times as necessary.
• Answer incoming phone calls for counselors and/or school psychologist.
• Assist with student scheduling: sections, enrollment, withdrawal.
• Set up master scheduling options and parameters for scheduler, loads course requests by grade level, pre-loads students in specific courses, and fills open periods with predetermined classes as requested.
• Maintain, distribute, and account for standardized tests.
• Process transcripts.
• Assist students, staff, and parents with college application material and process transcripts and health records.
• Assist students, staff, and parents with scholarship information.
• Update student grades: enter from various sources, change as directed.
• Perform calendar and/or schedule maintenance for supervisor/department.
• Update announcements and other information using multiple methods.
• Provide callers and staff with District building phone directory numbers.
• Collect, maintain, and verify student information.
• Provide enrollment services for new students; notifying appropriate schools; communicating with other departments.
• Process student transfers and provide information to appropriate departments to assure smooth and timely transfers.
• Maintain student records in accordance with district and state requirements and process all requests for student records.
• Perform student schedule maintenance services to secondary schools as required.
• Provide public relations services for all students, parents, and partners.
• Process all student changes for building under the direction of counselors and principals.
• Assist with registration and scheduling of new students.
• Process student withdrawals and forward records to appropriate stakeholder.
• Process all transcript requests, scholarship materials, and maintain student grades.
• Coordinate grade reporting and processing with Student Information.
• Process college applications, vocational applications, ACT and SAT test packets.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS (EDUCATION, LICENSE, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES)
Required

• High school diploma or equivalent for all new hires after…