Administrative Assistant (NON SCHOOL BASED)

Applitrack; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 45,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchorage School District is seeking an Administrative Assistant (non-school based) in Anchorage, AK. This full-time clerical role (1.0 FTE, 12 months) offers a salary range of $21.86 to $22.84 per hour, DOE, and requires strong communication and confidentiality.

Benefits include retirement under PERS and professional office responsibilities. The position involves maintaining records, scheduling, handling approved communications, and supervising clerical staff in a department.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or current enrollment in a GED program.
• Three years of clerical experience; related education may substitute.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and work with diverse staff and public.

Responsibilities

• Maintains cost records, employee scheduling, and other statistical records.
• Performs clerical functions and handles approved communications for a department.
• Instructs, assigns, and schedules tasks to other clerks and reviews work for accuracy.
• Assists with processing, recording, and filing documents involving administrative procedures.

Skills

Clerical experience

Communication skills

Confidentiality

Professional relationships

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

MS Windows

Macintosh

Word processing

Databases

Spreadsheets

ASD systems

Job description

Frontline Applicant Tracking - Anchorage School District

Administrative Assistant (NON SCHOOL BASED) JobID: 24222

• Position Type: Clerical Support/ Administrative Assistant
• Date Posted: 9/22/2026
• Location: SPECIAL EDUCATION

Bargaining Unit: TOTEM
Work Year: 12 months
Work Day: 8 hours per day
FTE: Full time, 1.0 FTE
Salary: T-13, $21.86 to $22.84 per hour, DOE

Job Summary

The Administrative Assistant maintains records and schedules, performs clerical functions, and handles approved communication for a department. The position has a retirement association with the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS).

Job Requirements

• A high school diploma or equivalent, or current enrollment in a GED program.
• Three years of clerical experience. Equivalent education may be considered in lieu of related work experience.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and inspire confidence and cooperation of staff, parents, students, administrators, and the public.
• Ability to establish and maintain a professional relationship with staff, parents, students, administrators, and the public.

Preferred

• Knowledge of office practices, procedures, office machines, and filing systems.
• Ability to operate common office equipment and proficient in computer use, both Macintosh and Windows, with experience in a variety of programs and applications including word processing, databases, and spreadsheets.
• Ability to type accurately at an acceptable rate of speed.
• Knowledge of ASD computer systems such as Q, Business Plus, EmpCenter, or Absence Management.
• Ability to perform clerical work with independent judgment, speed, and accuracy, including financial and statistical reports.
• Ability to plan and implement clerical transaction accountability and controls.
• Ability to plan, lay out, and conduct clerical operations involving transactions requiring effective accountability and accurate controls.
• Ability to learn, interpret, and communicate rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to plan and implement clerical transaction accountability and controls.

Essential Job Functions

• Maintains cost records, employee scheduling, and other statistical records.
• Assumes responsibility for a specific clerical function or specialized unit of a department where knowledge of the departmental operation is fundamental and where its impact on the public is substantial.
• Performs technical work requiring a thorough knowledge of departmental policies and procedures.
• Initiates approved written communication.
• Handles intricate public relations.
• Instructs, assigns, and schedules tasks to other clerks and reviews the work for accuracy and completeness.
• Assists with the processing, recording, and filing of a variety of documents involving administrative procedures.

Physical / Mental Demands

The physical demands of this job require frequent standing, walking, sitting, speaking and hearing. Specific visual abilities are also required. The employee is regularly required to reach with his/her hands and arms and occasionally lift items weighing less than 40 lbs. Additionally, the employee must be able to understand vague and implicit instructions, be able to readily recall facts and details, handle conflict and make effective decisions under pressure. The employee must have the ability to effectively manage the stress of working with students, parents, and other employees representing diverse cultures, personalities, and work styles in a dynamic work environment.

The Anchorage School District is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all individuals with a qualified physical or mental disability.

Work Environment

Work is performed in a professional environment with a wide variety of individuals having differing functions, personalities and abilities, including working with diverse groups of people in a variety of different settings.

While performing the duties of this job the employee may be regularly exposed to a video display. The employee may be exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Additional Job Information

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job related duties as requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

Anchorage School District (ASD) employees must possess the ability to read and write in English. This also includes the ability to communicate in English with school staff, co-workers, and the public; as well as have the ability to comprehend and carry out oral and written directions and understand and follow English instructions and written documents.

Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory criminal background check. For certificated positions, this is in addition to the background check conducted through the certification process with the Alaska State Department of Education and Early Development (DEED).

This position may be required to work in ASD facilities on the military installations (JBER). Please visit the government REAL ID website for additional information.

The Anchorage School District is an equal employment opportunity employer.

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