Secretary/Bookkeeper (Title I)

Tazewell County School District; Tazewell (VA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Tazewell County Public Schools seeks a Central Office Secretary to provide clerical and secretarial support in the Central Office. You will greet visitors, answer calls, prepare letters, manage calendars and maintain records, while handling financial transactions and ensuring confidentiality.

The role requires the ability to perform arithmetical calculations, use standard office equipment, and adhere to district policies.

Qualifications

• General knowledge of standard office practices and business English.
• Ability to perform arithmetic calculations accurately.
• Experience with clerical and secretarial tasks is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Greet visitors and answer phones; provide information and schedule appointments.
• Prepare correspondence, reports, schedules and purchase orders from rough draft or verbal instructions.
• Maintain filing systems and calendars; prepare and maintain records and reports.
• Handle financial transactions for office funds and requisition supplies.
• Operate standard office equipment and protect confidential information.

Skills

Word processing

Data entry

Communication

Arithmetics

Office equipment

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Secretary/Bookkeeper (Title I)

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Job Details

Job ID: 5912243

Application Deadline: Sep 28, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Re-Posted: Sep 15, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Job Description

TAZEWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS POSITION DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:

Central Office Secretary

LOCATION:

Central Office

JOB CATEGORY:

Support

PAY GRADE:

Secretary

FLSA STATUS:

Non-Exempt

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:

Central Office Administrator

GENERAL DEFINITION OF AND CONDITIONS OF WORK

Performs a variety of general office clerical duties and provides secretarial support service for administrative functions of the school division.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/TYPICAL TASKS

The minimum performance expectations include, but are not limited to, the following functions/tasks:

• Serves as secretary to the assigned supervisor; greets visitors and answers telephone, provides information; keyboards correspondence and related matters; prepares and maintains files and
• Prepares general correspondences, memorandums, reports, schedules, purchase orders and other materials from rough draft, copy, marginal notes or verbal instruction;
• Answers correspondence as directed by supervisor;
• Maintains appointment calendar, schedules appointments, conferences, and meetings;
• Checks and reviews a variety of data for accuracy, completeness and conformance to established standards and procedures;
• Collects and prepares data for records and reports;
• Maintains records and generates appropriate reports;
• Compiles and produces statistical information and reports;
• Makes arithmetical calculations; requisitions supplies and materials for office and office copy equipment;
• Maintains financial transactions of office funds;
• Receives, routes, sorts, and processes mail;
• Performs multi-pragmatic tasks successfully;
• Maintains filing system as required by supervisor;
• Operates standard office equipment to include word-processing and data processing equipment, copiers, laminators, ;
• Maintains confidential information of office related information;
• Attends inservice training to improve skills and knowledge of office work;
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities;
• Complies with and supports school and division regulations and policies;
• Models non-discriminatory practices in all activities;
• Performs related tasks as assigned by building administrator(s) in accordance with the school/policies and

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

General knowledge of standard office practices, procedures, equipment and secretarial techniques; thorough knowledge of business English, spelling and arithmetic; thorough knowledge of division programs and policies; ability to word process accurately and at a reasonable rate of speed; ability to make arithmetical calculations; ability to meet the public effectively; ability to operate a variety of office equipment; skill in the use of data and word processing equipment; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; ability to follow oral and written instructions.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Candidate must possess any combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school including or supplemented by courses in office practices and procedures and clerical and secretarial experience.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Candidate must possess good moral character.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/REQUIREMENTS

This is sedentary work requiring stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pulling, routine lifting up to approximately 20 pounds, grasping, and repetitive motions; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels, and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; visual acuity is required for preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operation of machines, and determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work.

EVALUATION

Director of Budget and Finance

Approved by Tazewell County School Board 9/10/2007

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $37,388 to $52,716 Bi-Monthly

Job Requirements

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Glayde Brown
• 506 Jeffersonville Street
• Tazewell, Virginia 24651
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]