DEFINITION: This is responsible secretarial work in a school. Reporting to the principal or designate, the employee is responsible for the independent operation of the secretariat and thus may supervise other support staff. A significant component of the job involves coordinating clerical and secretarial services in the school and relieving the principal or vice principal of administrative duties. This may also include preparing reports for the principal; composing, and in some cases, signing correspondence other than routine or form; maintaining school funds; securing the vault; duties related to school graduation and school rentals; assisting with requesting supply teachers.
Work may also include typing, keyboarding, preparing correspondence, tables, reports, forms, memoranda and other material from drafts, copies or dictation; interpreting rules, policies and procedures; preparing, processing and auditing records and other information; establishing and maintaining filing systems including electronic filing systems; maintaining and distributing office and equipment supplies; performing inventories; receptionist duties; opening, reading and distributing mail and answering or suggesting follow-up action; operating a full range of office equipment; performing computer operation such as data entry on students’ records, processing and retrieval; taking, transcribing and distributing minutes of meetings.