Position Type: Classified/Secretary - Administrative Assistant Building Principal
Date Posted: 5/13/2025
Location: Columbus North High School
Date Available: TBD
Closing Date: Open until filled
Purpose Under the direct supervision of the Principal or other administrator, and as assigned by the School Executive Secretary, to provide clerical, secretarial and administrative assistance to school administrators at Columbus North High School, conveying information regarding school functions and procedures; and supporting the broad array of services provided to students, parents, instructional and support employees.
Essential Functions - Welcome & assist visitors to Columbus North High School, including students, parents, substitute teachers, and others.
- Issue visitor's badges to people visiting the school premises.
- Prepare, copy and distribute notices, memoranda or other correspondence in order to inform school employees regarding activities, events or other work-related matters.
- Assist in planning and scheduling school events and activities, and maintaining calendar of school and student events for the purpose of coordinating and scheduling events such as graduation, orientation, open house, field trips/paperwork, sporting events, assemblies, conferences, etc.
- Assist in maintaining documents, files and records for the purpose of providing up-to-date reference and audit trail for compliance.
- Prepares purchase orders and maintains financial information for the purpose of submitting to the school district's accounting/finance office.
- Assist in maintaining inventories of supplies and materials for the purpose of ensuring items' availability.
- Maintain student transfer records.
- Schedule student exit interviews.
- Answer telephone calls, and provide information and assistance to callers.
- Schedule meetings for administrative staff.
- Distribute incoming mail appropriately and prepare outgoing mail.
- Evaluate situations for the purpose of taking appropriate action and/or directing to appropriate personnel for resolution.
- Enters facility requests.
- Schedule deliveries.
- Help maintain safety records and communicate with appropriate personnel.
- Respond to inquiries from students, parents and employees, providing information, facilitating communication among parties and/or providing direction.
- Coordinating equipment checkout.
- Provide support & assistance to other clerical staff when needed.
- Schedule military visits and share info in re: to "opt out" contact.
- Enters personnel forms including, but not limited to: emergency forms, keys, parking tags, hiring and exits, end of year forms, etc.
- Maintain and ensure confidentiality of employee files.
- Provide support for state reporting.
- Compose documents (e.g., notices, correspondence, bulletins, reports, newsletter, handbooks) for principal or other school administrator(s) for the purpose of requesting or providing information about school and work-related matters, activities, events, etc.
- Perform any other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the school.
Additional Duties The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.
Equipment Uses standard office equipment such as personal computer, copy machine, fax machine, telephone.
Travel Requirements Limited travel to and from meetings may be required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Effective writing and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to describe problems and work orally or in writing to the supervisor as required.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
- Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and perform arithmetic operations.
- Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Gmail, Google, PowerSchool).
- Ability to problem solve job-related issues.
- Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.
- Ability to process paperwork accurately according to standardized procedures.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others.
- Ability to work quickly when dealing with time sensitive information.
- Strong sense of urgency
- Organizational and time management skills.
- Knowledge of office management procedures.
Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards Works in standard office and school building environments.
Qualification Profile Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying.
Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:
- Graduation from high school.
- Successful experience with office management is preferred.
Terms of Employment 260 days per year
12 Paid Holidays
7 hours per day
Full Benefits
Grade 12 on Support Staff Pay Matrix -
$18.78-$22.52 based on experience An
additional $1 per hour will be paid from referendum funds.
Hiring Manager: David Clark-