Principals Secretary - Cleveland

Cedar Rapids Community School District; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedar Rapids Community School District Cleveland Elementary School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa seeks a Principals Secretary to support the principal and staff with secretarial duties, records, and coordination.

Eight hours daily, twelve months, hourly wage of $18.59. Requires strong computer, typing, and communication skills; willing to learn district systems and manage data, reports, and schedules.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of word processing, database, spreadsheet applications and e-mail.
• Willing to learn BSO ordering system and Infinite Campus.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and initiate responsibility.
• Previous secretarial experience with large numbers of students, parents and staff.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Cross training in health secretary responsibilities.
• Knowledge of office machines - fax, scanner, copy machine.
• Telephone skills that are polite, tactful and efficient.
• Proficiency in typing and other office skills.
• Ability to work under pressure with frequent interruptions.
• Willingness to assume responsibility.
• Ability to work with staff, students, and public.
• Represent school professionally including confidentiality and dress.
• Willing to participate in ongoing training.

Responsibilities

• Provide secretarial services to the principal and staff.
• Establish and maintain files for the principal and school office.
• Maintains online student database and Infinite Campus files.
• Interact positively on a daily basis with parents, volunteers, visitors, students and staff.
• Supervise students in the office area.
• Prepare necessary district and state reports.
• Backup assistance for the health clinic
• Schedules busing for field trips
• Overview of time clock for new and existing staff, manages and approves
• Maintains building calendar in Google
• Maintains building schedule for other groups using the facility
• Keep deadlines.
• Handle paperwork involved with all bookkeeping, payroll, fee collection, purchasing, substitute teachers, data processing, transportation, student records, and Free/Reduced lunch.
• Prepare and act as editor for school newsletter.
• Order supplies for all staff.
• Other duties as may be assigned or developed.

Skills

Typing

Word processing

Database

Spreadsheet

Email

Communication

Organizational skills

Customer service

Office equipment handling

Education

GED or High School diploma

Job description

Cedar Rapids Community School District Cleveland Elementary School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa Open in Google Maps

Principals Secretary - Cleveland

Cedar Rapids Community School District Cleveland Elementary School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa Open in Google Maps

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Job Details

• Job ID: 5975509
• Application Deadline: Posted until filled
• Posted: Oct 28, 2026 7:02 PM (UTC)

Job Description

PRINCIPAL DUTIES

• Provide secretarial services to the principal and staff.
• Establish and maintain files for the principal and school office.
• Maintains online student database and Infinite Campus files.
• Interact positively on a daily basis with parents, volunteers, visitors, students and staff.
• Supervise students in the office area.
• Prepare necessary district and state reports.
• Backup assistance for the health clinic
• Schedules busing for field trips
• Overview of time clock for new and existing staff, manages and approves
• Maintains building calendar in Google
• Maintains building schedule for other groups using the facility
• Keep deadlines.
• Handle paperwork involved with all bookkeeping, payroll, fee collection, purchasing, substitute teachers, data processing, transportation, student records, and Free/Reduced lunch.
• Prepare and act as editor for school newsletter.
• Order supplies for all staff.
• Other duties as may be assigned or developed.

CLASSIFICATION

Secretarial/Clerical Group F

Eight (8) hours per day. Twelve (12) months.

EMPLOYMENT DATE

As arranged

PREPARATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS

• Knowledge in the operation of computers--word processing, database, spreadsheet applications, and e-mail.
• Knowledge of or willingness to learn BSO ordering system and Infinite Campus.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and initiate responsibility.
• Successful experience in a responsible secretarial position with experience in working with large numbers of students, parents and staff.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Cross training in health secretary responsibilities.
• Knowledge of office machines-fax, scanner, and copy machine.
• Telephone skills, which are polite, tactful, and efficient.
• Demonstrate proficiency in typing and other office skills.
• Ability to work under pressure with frequent interruptions.
• Willingness to assume responsibility.
• Ability to work with staff, students, and public.
• Capable of representing the school in a professional manner, which is not limited to confidentiality, communication skills, dress.
• Willing to participate in ongoing training.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle and/or feel objects, tools or controls; talk and hear. The employee frequently must squat, stoop or kneel, reach above the head and forward 0 to 24 inches and on occasion up to 36 inches. The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp items. The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk more than the average person while performing the duties of this job. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds 0 to 12 feet and occasionally up to 20 feet, such as curriculum materials, desks, chairs, and boxes. The employee will sometimes push/pull items such as tables and carts. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus while supervising students and working with computers, written materials, reports, assessment data, etc.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is moderately quiet. The position requires the commitment of professional working hours that may require the employee to extend beyond a typical 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. workday. The employee will frequently work in different areas of the building including in/at desks, on or near the floor, standing, in movement while supervising students during indoor and outdoor activities, etc. The employee will usually work in indoor temperatures but will work outdoors when supervising playground and transportation activities and while on field trips.

The information contained in this job description is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individual holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

The goal of the Board of Education of the Cedar Rapids Community School District is to provide fair and equal opportunity for employment, promotion, wages, benefits and all other privileges, terms and conditions of employment.

The District will affirmatively recruit women and men and members of diverse racial/ethnic groups for job categories where the representative groups are underrepresented. Further, it shall be the policy of the District not to discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, marital status, socio-economic status, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability in its educational programs and its employment practices. (Adherence to bona fide occupational/educational qualifications shall not be interpreted as discriminatory.)

Required Education Level: GED orHigh School diploma

Salary and Benefit

Salary: Hourly

Salary Range: $18.59 per hour

Benefit: Standard Employee Benefit

Position Type: Full-time

Job Categories:

• Support Staff > Secretary

Equal Opportunity Employer

All employers submitting a job opening for posting on the Teach Iowa system will not discriminate in hiring on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age, physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, marital status, or status as a veteran. A bona fide religious institution may choose to exercise the allowances in Iowa Code section 216.6.(6)d. Employers may have additional developed specific equal employment opportunity policies and procedures; please check with employers.

Contact Information

• Human Resources
• 2500 Edgewood Road NW
• Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]