Secretary to Assistant Director of Teaching​/Learning

Secretary to Assistant Director of Teaching/Learning

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Starting Date: Immediately

The Secretary to the Assistant Directors of Teaching/Learning is responsible for the day to day office functions of the Education Department.

• Coordinate meetings for the Assistant Director and Department Supervisors, including scheduling, location logistics, participant coordination, and agenda preparation.
• Provide administrative support, including typing, filing, managing correspondence, and handling confidential materials.
• Screen incoming calls and mail; take messages and return calls as needed to gather information or respond to inquiries.
• Prepare letters and other correspondence.
• Assist with preparation and monitoring of budgets.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to interface diplomatically with teachers, administrators, parents, students, support staff and outside professional contacts.

Qualified candidate will be required to:

• Use hands, fingers, or tools to handle or feel objects or controls and to talk and hear.
• Sit and occasionally stand, walk, stoop, kneel and crouch.
• Have specific vision abilities, including close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Be able to lift and or move up to 25 pounds.
• Possess effective communication, judgment, planning and human relations skills.
• Work under periods of stress due to level of responsibility.

• Reports directly to the Assistant Directors of Teaching/Learning and indirectly to the Director of Teaching/Learning.
• Works cooperatively with other administrators, supervisors, staff, parents and others to perform job responsibilities as outlined.

• This position is a 12-month position.
• Salary (step/level placement) and Benefits are as described in the current Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Group 2: starting at $22.46 per hour  fiscal year).

West Chester Area School District employees fall into the following groups:

• West Chester Area Education Association (Teachers, Instructional Coaches, and Long-Term Substitutes)
• West Chester Area Education Support Professionals Association (Paraprofessionals, Secretaries, Clerks, Technicians, and Specialists)
• West Chester Area School District Act 93 Administrators’ Compensation Plan
• West Chester Service Support Professionals (Facilities and Operations Staff Members)
• Non-Bargaining Members (Supervisory, Technical, and Confidential Employees)

The West Chester Area School District provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, age, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, disability, pregnancy, marital status, gender identity, or genetic information. Please refer to Board Policy 104 for further information regarding the District's commitment to Nondistinction in Employment Practices.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.