Secretary IV Central Administration

SUMMARY: 

Provides secretarial and administrative services to the Director.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: 

Receives visitors and telephone calls; screens those that can be handled without director's  help. 

Composes and types correspondence, memoranda, reports, forms, and similar materials in  final form into the computer, and submits to appropriate entity. 

Maintains director's calendar, schedules meetings, and prepares materials for those  meetings. 

Processes incoming and outgoing mail. 

Establishes and maintains appropriate files and other information; searches files for  information. 

Obtains and maintains adequate materials and supplies. 

Utilizes office technology and automation to complete tasks and operates office machines  such as electronic typewriter, computer, calculator, fax machine, copy machines; keeps  machines in operational readiness. 

Determines priorities and maintains office controls to ensure a timely accomplishment of  tasks. 

Distributes payroll checks and time cards. 

Prepares and maintains purchase orders, professional leave forms, and reimbursements. Updates office database and files.

Submits time card/payroll of all paraprofessional and professional personnel with  appropriate paperwork to the payroll department at the end of each pay period. 

Performs bookkeeping tasks associated with the specific position. 

Orders, maintains, and issues keys for the building. 

Assists other administrative personnel with secretarial tasks. 

FOR SECRETARIES TO WHOM PEIMS-RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES ARE  ASSIGNED: 

• Assists District PEIMS Coordinator by entering/validating/correcting campus level PEIMS information through the use of weekly edits, e-mail/faxed requests,  PEIMS reports and on-campus verification checks. 

• Attends all district PEIMS training sessions relevant to current job responsibilities  and disseminates information to appropriate campus staff. 

• Compiles, maintains, and files all reports, records and other  

attendance/registration documentation as described in Student Attendance  Accounting Handbook and PEIMS Data Standards. 

Performs other such tasks that may be assigned by the director. 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

This job has no supervisory responsibilities. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential  duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,  skill, and/or ability required. There may alternatives to the qualifications as the Board of  Trustees may find appropriate. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable  individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: 

Must possess a high school diploma or hold a general education degree (GED)  certificate. Must have two years experience as a public school secretary, or three years of  general clerical/secretarial experience, or 15 semester hours of college credit with some  business orientation or equivalent business school background. 

LANGUAGE SKILLS: 

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, technical procedures, 

or governmental regulations. Ability to write business correspondence. Ability to  effectively present information and respond to questions from employees or visitors to  the school district. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: 

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole  numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent. 

REASONING ABILITY: 

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in  written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete  variables in standardized situations. 

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: 

Must take KISD typing test and have a minimum score of 40 wpm with 7 errors or  less. In addition, must take an alphanumeric data entry test and have a minimum 7,000  kph with 7 errors or less. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an  employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable  accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the  essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or  hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle,  or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The  employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or  move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision  and ability to adjust focus. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an  employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable  accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the  essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.