Front Office Coordinator

Basis-Independent-Schools; New York (NY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary based on education/

Career growth opportunities

Company retirement match

Health, dental, vision insurance

FSA option

Student tuition remission for your own

Job summary

BASIS Independent Manhattan Upper School seeks a Front Office Coordinator to support the school’s faculty and staff and welcome visitors. This role provides clerical tasks and administrative assistance in a fast-paced private school environment.

Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma and strong customer service skills; experience with children preferred. Opportunities for growth exist across BASIS Independent Schools network.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; strong customer service skills and multitasking.
• Experience with children preferred; strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proactive, responsible, and optimistic with ability to work in a fast-paced learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Welcoming visitors and directing campus guests
• Providing administrative support to teachers and staff
• Managing sign-in/sign-out logs and attendance data
• Coordinating meetings between teachers and parents
• Assisting with parent and student communications
• Maintaining a positive customer service‑oriented school culture

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Microsoft Word

Administrative support

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

BASIS Independent Schools (#5009), 556 W 22nd St, New York, New York, United States of America

Job Description

At BASIS Independent Schools, we believe students are capable of more than they can imagine, and that the most powerful education inspires them to think for themselves. With expert teachers, a thoughtfully designed curriculum, and a warm, welcoming culture, students grow into fearless and confident thinkers prepared to explore, question, and contribute with purpose. BASIS Independent Schools, a subsidiary of Spring Education Group, is a national network of PreK-grade 12 private, secular schools, with 12 schools located in California, New York, Northern Virginia, and Washington State.

BASIS Independent Manhattan Upper School, a grades 6–12 private school, is seeking qualified candidates for aFront Office Coordinator for immediate hire!

What We're Looking For

The Front Office Coordinator provides support services to the school's faculty and staffin order tomeet the mission of BASIS Independent Schools. In this role, the Front Office Coordinator is primarily responsible for welcoming visitors,assistingparents andteachers,and performing clerical tasks in the school office. The Front Office Coordinator position isa great opportunityto work for a highly dynamic, fast-paced organization with room for growth.

Your Primary Responsibilities

• Developing a positive school culture and providinghigh levelsof customer service to faculty, staff,parentsand visitors
• Greeting and directing all campus visitors
• Supports hospitality efforts for main entry
• Serving as main point of contact for information flow in and out of the building
• Performing office tasks related to student data collection, parent-school communication, and student-office communication.
• Scheduling meetings between teachers and parents during assigned teacher/parent hours
• Providing administrative support to teachers
• Coordinating student late arrivals and early departures recording (sign in/sign out log) and reconciling these records with student attendance data

Position Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Ahigh school diploma. Must have strong customer service skills and ability to juggle multiple tasks and priorities.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience with children is preferred. Skills includeproficiencyin Microsoft Word. Together witha high levelof personal responsibility and optimism, a successful applicant willdemonstratestrong communicationand interpersonal skills, and will thrive in a fast-paced, achievement-oriented learning environment.

BASIS Independent Schools offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes:

• Competitive salarydependenton education and experience.
• Career growth opportunities focused on continuous learning, mentorship, and professional advancement across our network of schools.
• Retirement options through which eligible participants may receive a 50% Company match for the first 10% of employee earnings deferred.
• Three PPO medical plans to choose from, as well as dental and vision insurance.
• An FSA option that allows for pre-tax dollars to cover medical, dependent care, and transit.
• Student tuitionremissionfor your children to attend our schools.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In general, this position requires an individual to frequently walk, stand, sit, squat, stoop, reach, kneel, rise from the floor, twist, listen, read, write, and speak the English language. In addition, this position often requires an individual to carry, lift, use repetitive or fine hand movements, and occasionally push, pull, or bend. This position is regularly required to hear and use clear vision with or without correction. Spring Education Group, including, but not limited to SEG Inc., and their affiliates (collectively “Company”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants for employment and employees are provided equal employment opportunities, including in recruitment, hiring, and assignment, without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion and religious creed, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or familial status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military/veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. The Company expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee or student harassment or discrimination.

BASIS Independent Schools (#5009), 556 W 22nd St, New York, New York, United States of America