School Office Secretary — Attendance & Records Pro

1120 - Success Academy - Anderson; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Dental Insurance

Pension plan

Job summary

Kansas City Public Schools in Kansas City, Missouri, is seeking a School Secretary for the Success Academy– Anderson to support the school office, manage attendance records and handle routine clerical duties. This full-time role starts immediately, pays $18.75 per hour, and offers health and dental insurance plus a pension plan.

The successful candidate will be organized, professional, and able to handle confidential information with care.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Typist at least 40 wpm.
• 80% proficiency on written clerical skills assessment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (spreadsheet, word processing, Power Point).
• Two (2) years of prior clerical/secretarial experience.

Responsibilities

• Assists in ensuring a productive and smoothly run office which provides excellent customer service and responsiveness to all persons who access that office.
• Serves as receptionist to all persons entering the main office and/or attendance areas.
• Exercises discretion in handling public contacts.
• Receives and tabulates daily attendance, maintains student attendance records and contacts parents of absentees.
• Explains attendance policies and procedures and manages processing of absence and tardy notices.
• Partners with Truancy personnel regarding student attendance and parent contact.
• Assists parents seeking homework assignments for their children who have been absent.
• Maintains student transfer requests and withdrawal approval file.
• Accurately enrolls and withdraws students on a daily basis. Enters student’s name, address and other changes to the student data system.

Skills

Typing 40 wpm

MS Office proficiency

Clerical/secretarial experience

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Kansas City Public Schools in Kansas City, Missouri, is seeking a School Secretary for the Success Academy– Anderson to support the school office, manage attendance records and handle routine clerical duties. This full-time role starts immediately, pays $18.75 per hour, and offers health and dental insurance plus a pension plan.

The successful candidate will be organized, professional, and able to handle confidential information with care.