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Provide office and clerical support to assist with the efficient operation of the department.

Education and/or Experience:

• Graduate from high school or have a general education degree.
• Six months to one year of related experience and/or training.

Language Skills:

• Communicate (speak, read, and write) effectively in the English language.
• Write routine reports and correspondence.
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors, staff, and the public.

Preference:

• Inupiaq-speaking and cultural experience preferred.

Mathematical Skills:

• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Perform math operations using units of American money.

Reasoning Ability:

• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of non-standard situations.
• Interpret various instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Must hold a valid Alaska Driver's License.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Experience with personal computers and Word.
• Lift 40 pounds
• Experience in the use of office machines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Screen visitors and telephone calls, directing them to the appropriate person or department.
• Screen and route incoming mail.
• Compose, type, and copy correspondence and other materials.
• Maintain a filing system.
• Obtain, gather, and organize pertinent data as required.
• Schedule appointments, make travel arrangements, and assemble materials for meetings.
• Assist with enrollment of students.
• Maintain accurate student cumulative folders.
• Maintain accurate personnel and attendance records and report problems to the supervisor.
• Place orders for materials, verify quantities delivered, and distribute accordingly.
• Supervise students as directed.
• Perform other tasks and assume other responsibilities assigned by the supervisor.
• Support the value of education and the philosophy and mission of the District.
• Adhere to all District policies and regulations.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, and controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, and hear, and is occasionally required to climb or balance.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to travel within and outside of the North Slope Borough School District. The employee must be willing and able to fly in small and large commuter planes.

Benefits:

Work Year: Varies

Range and Minimum Salary Grade:

• Grade 13

$24.02 (Per Hour)

The North Slope Borough School District is located at the "top of the world" in Northern Alaska. Our communities are populated predominantly by the Iñupiat, and today, as in many thousands of years past, we live the Iñupiaq way. Having embraced modern amenities that make life easier, we continue to practice our hunting and sharing traditions and very much value the structure that those activities bring into our lives.

We are a welcoming and friendly people who believe strongly in the value of education. Our highly trained certified and classified staff are dedicated to serving the children of our communities. They work together to meet the unique needs of every student in the district.

Our students are fully immersed in preparing for tomorrow while honoring and perpetuating the priceless traditions and culture they have as a legacy from the past. Our children exude all the warmth and sunshine one could ever hope to find.

We are led by a visionary board. Their mission for our district calls for every child to become proficient in reading, writing and mathematics while gaining an understanding of and appreciation for the values, culture, history and language of the Iñupiat.