Health Office Coordinator

Franklinschool; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Franklin School in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a Health Office Coordinator to support student and staff health needs, ensure compliance, and keep daily operations running smoothly. The ideal candidate is organized, compassionate, and thrives in a dynamic school setting.

Responsibilities include health data management, recordkeeping in Magnus Health, training staff, referencing health procedures, and coordinating referrals for care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Background in basic healthcare, nursing, or child wellness required.
• CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Responding to Emergencies First Aid course required
• Medication Administration Training (MAT) required.
• Prior experience in school administration or office management preferred.
• Strong organizational, multitasking, and communication skills.
• Ability to interact warmly and professionally with children, parents, and staff.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, assess, and interpret health data for students and staff.
• Maintain up-to-date health records for all students and staff in Magnus Health, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Support faculty with health education and curriculum needs.
• Promote health and safety within the school environment.
• Provide health evaluations and basic care when appropriate.
• Coordinate referrals to parents, school staff, or external professionals as needed.
• Develop and maintain care plans for students with chronic conditions.
• Administer prescribed medications and daily treatments per orders and policies.
• Collaborate with leadership to ensure safety and health procedures are followed.

Skills

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Franklin is a visionary high school - a place where students have the freedom to chart their own course, as they lean on our long history of educational excellence.

With a unique approach, Franklin engages students actively in their own learning through a flexible, cutting-edge curriculum designed to educate innovators and socially responsible global leaders.

Grounded in an applied-learning philosophy, Franklin was created for today’s learners: technologically adept, focused on the future, and eager to make a difference in the world. Our School was founded by the same family of expert educators who created the global network of Dwight Schools, which began in Manhattan in 1872.

When community, collaboration, and flexibility underpin a learning environment, students shine. In bringing these together, we’ve created a school where students can carve their own paths with choices in both what and how they learn, and empower them to have agency over their own future.

With a foundation in applied learning — otherwise known as “learning by doing,” whereby students learn through direct, hands‑on application of skills and theories — Franklin cultivates a dynamic, diverse educational community, rooted in collaboration and flexibility and emphasizes student‑centered instruction that inspires and engages students and teachers.

At Franklin, we strive to ensure that our environment is welcoming — a place in which everyone can thrive — and an organization we are proud of. We recognize that this takes trusting relationships and ensuring that all individuals feel valued regardless of their backgrounds.

At Franklin, we consistently strive to advance the equity, diversity and belonging of our community in all domains, including the curriculum, admissions, environment, and hiring. Our goal is to achieve and maintain equal employment opportunities, with policies in place to maintain a work environment free from discrimination.

Health Office Coordinator

Position Type: Full-Time

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly organized and compassionate individual to serve as our Health Office Coordinator. This role supports basic student and faculty health needs and compliance, ensuring the school runs smoothly. The ideal candidate is detail‑oriented, responsive, and thrives in a dynamic education setting.

Compensation: Commensurate upon experience $48,000-$55,000/annum

Duties Include

• Health Data Management: Maintain, assess, and interpret cumulative health data to address the individual needs of students and staff
• Recordkeeping & Compliance: Maintain up-to‑date health records for all students and staff in Magnus Health, ensuring compliance with local and state health regulations.
• Staff Support & Training: Serve as a health education resource for faculty, supporting curriculum and instruction as needed.
• Health & Safety Promotion: Support efforts to ensure a safe school environment by helping prevent communicable diseases and monitoring overall health conditions.
• Student Well‑being: Assess students’ physical, emotional, and social health and implement appropriate strategies to support their well‑being.
• Health Assessment & Care: Provide health evaluations and basic medical care to students and staff experiencing injury or acute illness, when appropriate.
• Referral Coordination: Initiate and coordinate referrals to parents, school staff, or external health professionals for further assessment and care.
• Chronic Care Management: Develop and maintain health care plans for students with chronic conditions or disabilities.
• Medication & Treatment Administration: Administer prescribed medications and daily treatments in accordance with physicians’ orders and school policies.
• Collaboration & Communication: Liaise with the school leadership to ensure safety, consistent information sharing, and adherence to health procedures and requirements.
• Other Duties: Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Background in basic healthcare, nursing, or child wellness required.
• CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Responding to Emergencies First Aid course required
• Medication Administration Training (MAT) required.
• Prior experience in school administration or office management preferred.
• Strong organizational, multitasking, and communication skills.
• Ability to interact warmly and professionally with children, parents, and staff.

We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier‑free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people or people with long‑term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, or provide any information in an alternative format, please let us know.

Franklin School’s goal is to achieve and maintain equal employment opportunities. It is also the policy of Franklin School to maintain a work environment free from discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran/military status, marital status, or other status protected by federal or state law, with regards to any term or condition of employment.