Receptionist - Central Office

Educational Service Center of Central Ohio; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Educational Service Center of Central Ohio seeks a Central Office Receptionist to manage school-public relations by handling inquiries and visitors courteously. The role includes maintaining the reception area and performing various administrative tasks, ensuring a professional and welcoming environment.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or training considered equivalent.
• Knowledge of good telephone communications.
• A reasonable skill in typing, filing, and operation of office equipment.

Responsibilities

• Greets visitors and determines their needs.
• Answers office telephone and directs inquiries.
• Maintains a comfortable reception area.

Skills

Good telephone communications

Courteous personality

Typing

Filing

Operation of common office equipment

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

• Position Type:
  Secretarial/Clerical - Classified Positions/ Receptionist
  
  
• Date Posted:
  5/28/2025
  
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• Location:
  Central Office
  
  
• District:
  Dublin City Schools
• A high school diploma or training and experience that are considered equivalent.
• A knowledge of good telephone communications.
• A reasonable skill in typing, filing, and operation of common office equipment.
• A courteous and pleasing personality.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable.
• Greets all visitors courteously, determines their needs, checks appointments, and directs or escorts them to proper person.
• Acknowledges all visitors and requests they identify themselves, and also, issues all visitor identification badges.
• Answers office telephone and responds appropriately to requests for information or forwards calls to appropriate personnel.
• Retrieves night phone messages and notifies appropriate personnel of their messages via phone, voice mail or e-mail.
• Maintains an attractive and comfortable reception area which includes a reading table stocked with current school district publications and periodicals of general interest.
• Appropriately distributes weekly news media publications.
• Signs for all deliveries and notifies appropriate personnel of their arrival.
• Checks after-hours mailbox each morning for mail and messages and distributes to appropriate personnel.
• Maintains security tapes on a daily basis for reception area.
• Schedules accommodations for all meetings within Central Office.
• Distributes transcript request forms, work permits, time sheets, change of address sheets and other documents. Confirms documents properly completed and signed by appropriate personnel.
• Sends out information packets and applications to prospective residents and employees.
• Gives out information regarding appropriate school assignments based on address per request of new residents,.
• Distributes literature approval forms for the Communication Department.
• Maintains newspaper archives for The Columbus Dispatch, The Dublin News and The Dublin Villager.
• Provides support work for all Central Office Departments such as filing, addressing envelopes, alphabetizing, counting out materials for each building and other special projects.
• Ensures the safety of students.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative professional relationships.
• Remains free of any alcohol or nonprescription controlled substance and abuse of any prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout employment in the district.
• Exhibits professional behavior, emotional stability, and sound judgment.
• Serves as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, and intelligent human beings.
• Understands the legal responsibility to help instill in students the belief in, and practice of, ethical principles and democratic values.
• Maintains confidentiality and respect for confidential information at all times.
• Other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee.

TITLE: Central Office Receptionist
JOB STATUS: FLSA Overtime Eligible
REPORTS TO: Executive Director of Human Resources or his/her designee
DEPARTMENT: Academics and Student Learning
PAY RANGE: Four (4)

TITLE: Central Office Receptionist
JOB STATUS: FLSA Overtime Eligible
REPORTS TO: Executive Director of Human Resources or his/her designee
DEPARTMENT: Academics and Student Learning
PAY RANGE: Four (4)

POSITION SUMMARY: To contribute to effective school-public relations by prompt and courteous handling of all inquiries and visitors.


JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• A high school diploma or training and experience that are considered equivalent.
• A knowledge of good telephone communications.
• A reasonable skill in typing, filing, and operation of common office equipment.
• A courteous and pleasing personality.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Greets all visitors courteously, determines their needs, checks appointments, and directs or escorts them to proper person.
• Acknowledges all visitors and requests they identify themselves, and also, issues all visitor identification badges.
• Answers office telephone and responds appropriately to requests for information or forwards calls to appropriate personnel.
• Retrieves night phone messages and notifies appropriate personnel of their messages via phone, voice mail or e-mail.
• Maintains an attractive and comfortable reception area which includes a reading table stocked with current school district publications and periodicals of general interest.
• Appropriately distributes weekly news media publications.
• Signs for all deliveries and notifies appropriate personnel of their arrival.
• Checks after-hours mailbox each morning for mail and messages and distributes to appropriate personnel.
• Maintains security tapes on a daily basis for reception area.
• Schedules accommodations for all meetings within Central Office.
• Distributes transcript request forms, work permits, time sheets, change of address sheets and other documents. Confirms documents properly completed and signed by appropriate personnel.
• Sends out information packets and applications to prospective residents and employees.
• Gives out information regarding appropriate school assignments based on address per request of new residents,.
• Distributes literature approval forms for the Communication Department.
• Maintains newspaper archives for The Columbus Dispatch, The Dublin News and The Dublin Villager.
• Provides support work for all Central Office Departments such as filing, addressing envelopes, alphabetizing, counting out materials for each building and other special projects.

• Ensures the safety of students.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative professional relationships.
• Remains free of any alcohol or nonprescription controlled substance and abuse of any prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout employment in the district.
• Exhibits professional behavior, emotional stability, and sound judgment.
• Serves as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, and intelligent human beings.
• Understands the legal responsibility to help instill in students the belief in, and practice of, ethical principles and democratic values.
• Maintains confidentiality and respect for confidential information at all times.
• Other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 261 days (251 work days and 10 paid holidays); 8 hours per day, excluding lunch; number of days of vacation, holidays and salary as determined by Negotiated Agreement. Work year to be established by the Board.

SALARY: $20.86/HR. - $23.06/HR.

The qualifications listed above are intended to represent the education, experience, skill and ability levels typically needed to successfully perform the essential duties contained in this job description. The qualifications should not be viewed as individual absolute standards, but considered holistically with other position-related criteria.

The Dublin City School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and as such does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other status protected by law.

Revised 11/23/20

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