Position: Elementary Office Assistant (2024/25 School Year) 

Qualifications: 

• High School diploma, GED, or vocational school equivalent.
• Effective customer service skills.
• Basic computer and office skills. 

Reports to: Building Principal 

In addition to assisting the School Secretary, the Office Assistant will be responsible for the following tasks:

•  Do all copy requests for the instructional staff in a timely manner.
•  Obtain, gather, and organize pertinent data as needed and put into usable form.
•  Maintain a regular filing system.
•  Answer office telephone and respond appropriately to requests for information.
•  Process incoming and outgoing correspondence as instructed.
•  Greet all visitors courteously, determine their needs, check appointments and direct or escort them to the appropriate person.
•  Maintain an accounting of copy and paper costs and furnish a report to the central office.
•  Assists the principal with scheduling meetings such as parent meetings, IEP meetings, 504 meetings, etc. 
•  Maintain a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information.
•  Perform such other office duties as may be assigned by Building or District Administration.

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

• Requires prolonged sitting or standing, and use of equipment including repetitive motions and computer eye fatigue
• Requires some stooping, bending, reaching, and lifting
• Hear and understand English at normal levels, indoors, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull or push heavy objects or materials
• Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 25 pounds
• Must occasionally work in noisy and crowded environments, with numerous interruptions

This is a full-time, 10-month position, and is classified as Non-Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Fort Leavenworth USD 207 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training or promoting on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, disability, veteran's status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status under local, state or federal law.