Special Education | Special Secretary Job Fort Wayne area,Indiana USA,Administrative/Clerical

Special Education | 8hr Special Assignment Secretary | School Year

Fort Wayne Community Schools Special Education - Fort Wayne, Indiana Open in Google Maps

Job Details

Job : 5948875
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Posted: Oct 02, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Job Description

BASIC FUNCTION:

Perform a variety of complex secretarial and administrative assistant duties to relieve the administrator of administrative and clerical detail; plan, coordinate and organize office activities and coordinate flow of communications, correspondence and information for the administrator.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination equivalent to: graduation from high school supplemented by college-level coursework in business, secretarial science or a related field and four years of increasingly responsible secretarial or administrative assistant experience. Must have strong office, computer, public relations and oral and written communication skills. Incumbents must possess knowledge of the terminology, practices and procedures of assigned office.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Provide complex and confidential secretarial and administrative support services to a manager, director or high school principal; assure smooth and efficient office operations; assist with coordinating and assure proper and timely completion of office projects and activities; plan, coordinate and organize office activities and coordinate flow of communications and information.

2. Serve as the primary secretary to the administrator; provide public relations and liaison services; initiate, screen and receive telephone calls; take, retrieve and relay messages as needed; schedule and arrange projects, appointments, conferences, meetings and other events; respond to requests, complaints and questions from staff and the public.

3. Receive visitors, including administrators, staff, students and the public; provide assistance or direct to appropriate staff; exercise independent judgment in resolving a variety of issues and problems; communicate administrator’s instructions to students,parents and staff; refer difficult issues to the administrator.

4. Compose, independently or from oral instructions, note or rough draft, a variety of complex correspondence such as inter-office communications, forms, letters, memoranda, announcements, bulletins, agenda items, lists, schedules, fliers, notices, requests, agreements, contracts and other materials; receive, sort, and route incoming mail as needed.

5. Research, compile and verify a variety of data and information using assigned computer system; compute statistical information for various reports; prepare, process and evaluate a variety of forms, applications and documents; duplicate, assemble, distribute, collect, verify and assure accuracy and completeness of various documents.

6. Prepare and maintain a variety of records, logs and reports related to programs, projects, services, financial activity, budgets, personnel, students, communications and assigned duties; establish and maintain filing systems; review, revise, edit, format and proofread a variety of documents and information.

7. Perform a variety of clerical accounting duties in support of assigned functions as required; prepare, verify and process payroll materials and information as assigned; calculate, prepare and revise accounting and budget data; balance, monitor and update accounts, budgets and accounting records with income and expenditures.

8. Maintain appointment, project and activity schedules and calendars; coordinate travel arrangements and reservations as necessary; process claims and reimbursements as required; reserve facilities and equipment for meetings and other events as needed.

9. Coordinate and attend…