Office Receptionist

Arcadia Educational Foundation (AEF) is seeking a qualified Office Receptionist to join our 32nd year of providing summer educational opportunities for students.  The summer school program contributes to the Foundation's purpose of providing financial support to AUSD to help serve, maintain, and improve educational programs and opportunities for the students of the schools within the District.

OVERVIEW:

Under general supervision, perform a variety of clerical tasks to support the Arcadia Educational Foundation (AEF) summer school program. The position requires independent work with some level of initiative, judgment, and discretion. The primary responsibilities are to facilitate summer school registration and enrollment, to communicate with school families and students answering questions involving AEF summer school policies via phone and email, and to participate in the preparation and readiness for the start of summer school at our three school sites. The AEF Office Receptionist will work closely with the AEF Program Director (s). This position offers a work schedule within the normal office hours located on-site at the AEF office. There may be up to seven days of work outside the regular office hours during our week of registration days in March and the first day of summer school in June.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills for interacting with clients and visitors.
• A friendly, professional demeanor to greet and assist visitors or clients.
• Ability to multitask and maintain an organized workspace.
• Ability to operate computer and ancillary equipment utilizing word processing, spreadsheets, and specialized software.
• Ability to perform a wide variety of clerical duties which require attention to detail and accuracy.
• Prior customer service experience preferred

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Facilitate summer school registration and enrollment.
• Managing a multi-line phone system, transferring calls, and taking messages.
• Communicate with families and students by answering questions about summer school policies via phone calls and emails.
• Maintain security of confidential information.
• Assisting with filing, data entry, and other clerical duties.
• Perform other duties, as assigned.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES: 

• Ability to work comfortably with students, staff, parents, and the community.
• Effective interpersonal, communication, conflict resolution, time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Understanding of general office methods including filing systems, receptionist, and telephone etiquette.
• Ability to deal effectively with a wide range of personalities and situations requiring diplomacy, friendliness, poise, and firmness.
• Mandarin speaker preferred.

We are seeking one candidate, and the paid rate is $19.00 - $20.00 per hour.  This is a part-time position working 20 - 25 hours per week starting in March.  Any assignment or hours worked over 5 hours requires a 30-minute unpaid meal break.  The meal break can be waived if hours worked that day are over 5 hours but under 6 hours, with prior approval.

Please only apply if you are able to work through the months of March to July 2026. Submit an application HERE.   

For additional information regarding summer programs, please check out our AEF Summer School website at www.aefk12.org.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please feel free to reach out to Justine Lee at justinelee@ausd.net.