Receptionist: Uplift Heights Secondary

Date Posted: 6/22/2026

Location: Uplift Heights Preparatory

Uplift's mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life‑long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.

The Receptionist is a non‑instructional team member on campus, helping to drive our world‑class support mission. They play a key role in monitoring our front desk by providing excellent customer service to our families and staff. In addition, they help in various clerical and receptionist tasks to maintain an efficient operations team. The Receptionist reports to the campus Operations Director.

• Drive customer satisfaction for parents, teachers, and academic leaders in line with our World Class Support mission.
• Ensure they are up to date on all campus‑based activities.
• Ensure they are knowledgeable on scholar enrollment requirements and deadlines.
• Ensure they are maintaining and monitoring safety practices.
• Ensure scholars are signed in and out accurately.
• Ensure confidentiality.
• Actively monitor the front desk, answering all incoming phone calls, and providing information.
• Receive and route incoming calls to the appropriate staff member.
• Take accurate messages and direct to the appropriate staff member.
• Answer questions from families, staff, and scholars.
• Ensure all guests are signed in, verified and issued a visitor pass.
• Sort and disperse mail.
• Serve as the “face” of the campus; often the first person families and communities see and speak to.
• Maintain a positive image of the campus through interacting with families, staff, scholars, and the community.
• Assist the Operations Director in establishing a positive, support‑focused culture on campus.

• Education Requirements: High School Diploma or GED, associate's degree preferred.
• Experience Requirements: Minimum two (2) years of experience as Administrative Assistant or Customer Service representative.
• Special Skills/
  
  Certifications:
  
  
  • Exceptional organization skills.
  • Extremely detail‑oriented.
  • Self‑motivated.
  • Able to manage complex projects in a fast‑paced environment.
  • Strong problem‑solving skills.
  • Commitment to excellence.

• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong written and verbal communication skills required.
• Bi‑lingual
  
  Skills:
  
  Bilingual in Spanish required.
• Technology: Strong computer skills; familiar with the Microsoft suite:
  Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams; able to quickly learn and utilize new applications.

Starting Pay: $16.75

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to feel, touch and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and use stairs. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The environment requires close proximity to other employees, frequent interruptions, and extended periods of time viewing a computer screen, and noise levels from moderate to high. There may be activity from other employees and students of distracting nature. Must be able to work outside in varied weather conditions for arrival and dismissal support at carline.

Uplift Education is an equal employment opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state or local law.