10-month Receptionist​/Clerical

Receptionist/Clerical Support

Locations:
Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center

Pay Rate: $16.88 per hour

Schedule:

7 hours per day, 5 days per week, 210 days per year (10-months)

Benefit Eligible:
Yes

Effective Date: ASAP

Are you passionate about helping all students learn in a collaborative environment? If so, we may have the career for you! Downingtown Area School District is excited to announce an opening for a Receptionist/Clerical Support at Lionville Middle School. At DASD, we are committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion in order to achieve and sustain excellence in education. As a diverse district, we continually seek ways to strengthen our educational environment.

We believe that we can best promote excellence by recruiting and retaining a diverse group of staff who bring various backgrounds and perspectives. Our ability to create and maintain a climate of respect is critical to attaining the best teaching and learning environment. If you want to be part of our "Downingtown Proud" team - please apply! Help us with our mission to educate all students to meet the rigorous challenges of a global society.

At the Downingtown Area School District we value our employees. We seek to hire new staff who:

• Communicate openly to build relationships and trust
• Partner with team members to see the team succeed
• Demonstrate a growth mindset and seek ongoing opportunities for growth
• Embrace and support a safe and inclusive environment
• Eagerly and enthusiastically support student learning
• Strive to be kind and reflective
• Focus on the solution and put people first
• Lead by example!

Job Summary:

To assist in ensuring that all students attend school on a regular basis and to provide timely and accurate student attendance reports to the faculty and to the State Board of Education for determining fund allocations to the school. To greet and assist students, faculty, employees, and visitors in the main lobby, and to assist in the efficient operation of the office.

Qualifications:

To successfully perform this position, a person must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

• High school diploma
• Ability to operate a computer and knowledge of word processing and spreadsheets
• Bookkeeping/record keeping skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Strong written and communication skills
• Excellent clerical skills
• Proficiency in the use of technology for individual and system management, communication, and research
• Ability to operate multi-user telephone system
• Ability to work independently and have excellent organizational skills
• Must successfully complete and maintain compliance with all federal and state background and criminal record check requirements
• Candidate must adhere to all local, state, federal, and school code requirements for employment

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Prepares and prints attendance corrects lates and absences on the computer
• Generates 60, 120, and 180 day attendance reports
• Prepares student reports, overdue excuse cards, homeroom lists, perfect attendance, or other reports as needed
• Checks on students who are missing from class and notifies administrator
• Answers telephone calls and assists anyone who enters the office with questions, requests, etc.
• Assists teachers with questions and information on students and assists, as needed, parents, students, guidance, and administrators
• Notifies Attendance Officer of student's refusal to come to school
• Enters attendance into computer for teachers or substitutes, as needed, for every period throughout the day
• Issues late slips and early dismissal passes to students
• Generates daily bulletin and delivers to each classroom
• Enters attendance for field trips and gathers contact information of teachers on the trip
• Maintains schedule of bus arrivals and forwards information to Transportation Department
• Prepares and maintains student attendance folders, filing all notes for each student, making corrections as needed due to information from parents and teachers
• Generates and investigates discrepancies in daily attendance due to errors in period attendance
• Calls students from class as requested by Administrators
• Sorts and distributes U.S. mail
• Provides clerical assistance to the office staff as requested by administrators
• Maintains and files hard copies of student schedules
• Tracks daily early dismissals; calls students from class when needed, and enters returning students' information into current software system
• Creates and maintains position procedure outline to describe day to day duties of the position/department as needed

DASD Benefits Information:

Select Health Benefits a la carte
- Only pay for what you need

Medical Coverage through IBX - PPO plans only

No Primary Care Physician necessary

No referrals required

IBC has extensive local and national networks

Prescription Coverage through CVS/Caremark

Dental Coverage
- Delta Dental Active PPO

Allows use of in-network and out-of-network providers

Vision Coverage
- Vision Benefits of America (VBA)

Eligibility
- No Waiting Period

All employees may enroll in the district's health…