Receptionist

West Ottawa Public Schools; Holland (AR); On-site; USD 17,909,000 - 26,174,000; Full time

Job summary

West Ottawa Public Schools seeks a friendly receptionist at West Ottawa High School to greet visitors, direct guests, and help maintain a secure front desk for daily operations.

This full-time, school-year position runs Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., beginning immediately. Strong organization, clear communication, and reliable attendance are essential to support staff and students in a busy front office.

Qualifications

• Must be highly organized and have excellent communication and clerical skills.
• Experience in providing friendly and accurate verbal and written communication skills
• Bilingual preferred.

Responsibilities

• Welcome visitors, clients and vendors warmly as soon as they arrive
• Direct guest to the appropriate person, office or meeting space
• Maintain a secure and organized entrance by issuing visitor passes and monitoring access logs
• Keep the reception area, lobby and waiting rooms clean and presentable

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Bilingual

Job description

Notice of Support Staff Posting

Position: Receptionist Posting # 4121

-West Ottawa High School

Posting Dates: September 17, 2026 Until Filled

Reports To: Principal

Beginning: Immediately

Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Monday to Friday

School Year/Full-Time

Qualifications:

• Must be highly organized and have excellent communication and clerical skills
• Experience in providing friendly and accurate verbal and written communication skills
• Bilingual preferred

Job Responsibilities:

• Welcome visitors, clients and vendors warmly as soon as they arrive
• Direct guest to the appropriate person, office or meeting space
• Maintain a secure and organized entrance by issuing visitor passes and monitoring access logs
• Keep the reception area, lobby and waiting rooms clean and presentable

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable in-person attendance.