Receptionist

West Ottawa Public Schools; Michigan; On-site; USD 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

West Ottawa Public Schools is accepting applications for a school-year front desk receptionist position at the high school campus. The role involves greeting visitors, guiding them to the appropriate offices or meetings, and maintaining a secure, organized entrance with visitor passes and access logs.

The successful candidate will ensure a welcoming front desk environment, handle friendly verbal and written communications, and support a clean, orderly lobby during school hours from 7:30 a.m.

Qualifications

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

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

Clerical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Frontline Applicant Tracking - West Ottawa Public Schools

• Date Posted: 9/17/2026
• Location: High School Campus
• Date Available: 09/28/2026

Notice of Support Staff Posting

-West Ottawa High School

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

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.

Postings current as of 9/20/2026 11:07:00 AM CST.

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