Position Type: Managerial/Secretarial/Clerical/Secretary
Date Posted: 6/4/2025
Location: Henniker Community School
Date Available: 07/01/2025
School Health Office/Attendance Secretary Position Purpose Under the direct supervision of the school nurse and school principal, the Health Office/Attendance Secretary provides a wide variety of complex and confidential health and secretarial related support. The School Health Office/Attendance Secretary works from the School Health Office to complete daily attendance reporting, communicates with parents and staff related to Health Office needs, and helps the school nurse and school administration to manage student health needs and related programming.
This is a 190 day, school year position.
Essential Functions:
- Health office record keeping, filing, data entry (e.g., health records updates)
- Communicates with school employees, students, parents, and others regarding activities, events or other work-related matters.
- Assists in coordinating health office activities and functional responsibilities related to subject areas over which the health office has oversight.
- Attends meetings as assigned for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform functions and develop skills.
- Assists in planning and scheduling department events and activities, and maintaining calendar of Health Office events
- Answers telephone calls, and provide information and assistance to callers.
- Serves as liaison with outside organizations related to department activities and work.
Additional Duties Performs other related duties, as assigned, for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the school and the school health office.
Note: 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.
Uses standard health office equipment such as thermometer, scale.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Ability to describe problems and work orally or in writing to 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 understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Google GSuite for Education, GMail).
- 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. Requirement of law.
- Organizational and time management skills.
- Implement laws and regulations, District policies and procedures, principles, guidelines, and best practices related to school health office
Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards - Works in standard office and school building environments.
- Ability to work outdoors during outdoor student activities.
Qualification Profile Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:
- Graduation from high school, associates degree preferred.