Administrative Assistant

Position Type:
Administrative Assistant/Secretarial/Clerical/Administrative Assistant - Attendance

Date Posted:
5/13/2025

Location:
ConVal High School - Peterborough, NH
NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT
CONTOOCOOK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

POSITION TITLE: Administrative Assistant/Attendance

SUPERVISOR: Principal, High School

LEVEL: III

DURATION: 10 months
QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Additional training or experience is desirable
• Maintain high level of confidentiality
• Good organizational and technical skills including effective use of various hardware and software applications
• Thorough knowledge of record keeping and filing techniques

Ability to

• Work and learn independently and in collaboration with colleagues
• Communicate and interact effectively with staff, students, and parents
• Assemble information and reports in a concise manner
• Read, understand, and interpret reports relating to job responsibilities
• Resolve concerns and complaints
• Comprehend, interpret, and apply regulations, procedures, and related information in the context of the job responsibilities

SUMMARY:
The Administrative Assistant/Attendance supports the Principal in all duties related to student attendance and serves as backup to the Main Office Administrative Assistants. This position is designed to provide support to the Principal, administration, staff, students and parents, and to ensure the accuracy of student attendance records and the operation of the Main Office. The individual in this position discharges duties professionally and represents the School District positively and in accordance with District policies, rules, and regulations.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Records, maintains, and generates reports of daily attendance, late arrivals, and dismissals
• Maintains records of student discipline and suspensions
• Maintains daily contact with school nurse on current health issues
• Forwards parent requests for homework
• Prepares and maintains all locker materials and accounts
• Provides back up for the Main Office
• Performs other position related tasks or services as may be assigned by the Principal

Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Evaluation & Professional Growth
The individual in this position is expected to participate in the professional growth and evaluation process in accordance with the District procedures.
ADA MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED:

• Occasionally Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Occasionally Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Occasionally Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Frequently Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Frequently Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Occasionally Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Frequently Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Frequently Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Frequently Feeling. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Frequently Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Constantly Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Frequently Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
• The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work.)