Elementary Administrative Assistant

Elementary Administrative Assistant

Smithville Horizon Elementary School - Smithville, Missouri Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Smithville School District

Job : 5883424
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Re-Posted: Aug 13, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Need to fill position as soon as possible!

Schedule:

Monday - Friday / 8:15am - 4:15pm

Responsibilities include:

Customer Service, Enrollment/Registrar, Transportation, and Attendance.

Purpose Statement

The job of Building Administrative Assistant is done for the purpose/s of providing complex procedural coordination and problem solving; confidential secretarial and administrative support to the school-site principal and other administrators; conveying information and providing direction for school functions and procedures; ensuring efficient completion of all daily school site support operations.

This job reports to the Building Principal

Essential Functions

• Compiles data from a wide variety of sources, as assigned (e.g. student information, time sheets, calendars, expenditures/budget, etc.) for the purpose of preparing reports, making recommendations; and/or preparing information for assigned administrator.
• Coordinates a wide variety of projects, functions and/or program components, as assigned (e.g. meetings, activities of student workers; necessary problem solving for clerical issues; processes for substitute teachers, including scheduling, orientation, time sheets, payroll; processing of inventory and requisition supplies; distribution of mail for building; use of hand-held radios from bus drivers; custodial and administrative staff processes; preparation of morning announcements;
  
  ordering of supplies; creation and payments of PO's;
  Principal's schedules; weekly payroll; generation of quarterly grade cards; bus schedules, maintenance of budget ledgers; new student enrollment, etc.) for the purpose of completing work processes, and/or delivering services in a timely fashion.
• Maintains a wide variety of manual and electronic documents files and records, as assigned for the purpose of providing up-to-date information and/or historical reference in accordance with established administrative guidelines and legal requirements.
• Monitors a wide variety activities on behalf of assigned Administrator (e.g. educational program components, meeting arrangements, etc.) for the purpose of achieving goals and meeting target dates in compliance with established guidelines and regulatory requirements.
• Oversees the work activities within the office (e.g. greeting and monitoring entrance of visitors to the building, including security check in/out; distribution of mail for the building; making and receiving phone calls, including messages and routing, etc.) for the purpose of organizing assignments, monitoring progress, and ensuring completion within established guidelines.
• Performs additional duties as assigned (e.g. lunch monies processes for software; deposits of lunch monies; assistance needed for school nurse; distribution of medications; assistance needed for counselors; balancing classes and making schedule changes in Power Scheduler; reconciling of account balances for assigned budget categories, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
• Prepares a wide variety of reports, documents and correspondence of a confidential and non-confidential nature (e.g. letters, memoranda, meeting minutes, charts, periodic and ad-hoc reports, reconciliation of all absences in software system, etc.) for the purpose of documenting activities, providing written reference, and/or conveying information.
• Processes a wide variety of documents and materials (e.g. work orders, requisitions, budget transfers, substitute teacher files, federal and state reports, etc.) for the purpose of disseminating information and prioritizing work flow in compliance with administrative guidelines and/or regulatory requirements.
• Responds to a wide variety of inquiries from internal and external parties (e.g. staff, parents, students, public agencies; acting as go-between for…