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Attendance Secretary - Harding Middle School JobID: 15593

• Position Type:

  Secretarial/Clerical/ Secretary - 9,10 and 11-Months

• Date Posted:

  6/9/2026

• Location:

  Harding Middle School

PRINCIPAL DUTIES

Compile and maintain accurate pupil absence records and generate reports utilizing student data management system.

Handle office routine.

File records.

Handle telephone calls related to student absences and general school information.

Track student absences and tardies.

Run reports for attendance letters.

Assist with student health services.

Make reports to data processing.

Complete weekly/monthly attendance record request forms for outside agencies.

Other duties as may be assigned.

CLASSIFICATION

Secretarial-Clerical Pay Column B

Workgroup T

7 hours per day. Nine (9) months.

17.38 per hour

EMPLOYMENT START DATE

2026-2027 School Year

PREPARATION, EXPERIENCE SKILLS

Knowledge in the operation of computer/word processing.

Successful experience in a responsible secretarial position.

Ability to work under pressure with frequent interruptions.

Ability to work with staff, students, and public.

Good oral and written communication skills.

Aptitude for figures.

Accurate typist.

Capable of representing the school in a professional manner.

Flexible.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below

are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle and/or feel objects, tools or controls; talk and hear. The employee frequently must squat, stoop or kneel, reach above the head and forward 0 to 24 inches and on occasion up to 36 inches. The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp items. The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk more than the average person while performing the duties of this job. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds 0 to 12 feet and occasionally up to 20 feet, such as curriculum materials, desks, chairs, and boxes. The employee will sometimes push/pull items such as tables and carts. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus while supervising students and working with computers, written materials, reports, assessment data, etc.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

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

The noise level in the work environment is moderately quiet.

The goal of the Board of Education of the Cedar Rapids Community School District is to provide fair and equal opportunity for employment, promotion, wages, benefits and all other privileges, terms and conditions of employment. The District will affirmatively recruit women and men and members of diverse racial/ethnic groups for job categories where the representative groups are underrepresented.

Further, it shall be the policy of the District not to discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, marital status, socio-economic status, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability in its educational programs and its employment practices. (Adherence to bona fide occupational/educational qualifications shall not be interpreted as discriminatory.)