Elementary Office Assistant- Eisenhower for the 2026/27 School Year

Position: Elementary Office Assistant (2026/27 School Year) at Eisenhower Elementary

Purpose: The Office Assistant assists the Secretary, Principal, staff members, parents, teachers, and students to create a positive environment and ensure orderly operations. The Office Assistant is a front-facing role and must provide excellent customer service to parents and community members to maintain the reputation of the school.

Reports To: School Principal

FLSA Status: Non-exempt, Classified Matrix Column B

Required Qualifications:

• Health and Inoculation Certificate on file in the District Office (after an employment offer is made)
• High school diploma or GED
• Demonstrates an ability to work well with children and parents
• High level of competence in writing, grammar, and sentence structure, as well as strong strategic and effective communication, both written and verbal
• Basic knowledge of accounting and record-keeping
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Sensitivity to confidential matters as may be required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree or above

Essential Functions: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily

• Utilize technology to effectively create a variety of correspondence, reports, notices, recommendations, monthly newsletters, and daily bulletins
• Assist with maintaining a daily teacher attendance log
• Complete all copy requests promptly
• Obtain, gather, and organize pertinent data as needed and put it in a usable form
• Effectively assist with the preparation and processing requisitions for instructional material and classroom supplies
• Organize and maintain an effective filing system
• Effectively request, receive, and process all incoming and outgoing student records, update cumulative files, and process student records upon request from receiving schools
• Communicate effectively, including answering the office telephone and responding appropriately to requests for information
• Effectively process incoming and outgoing correspondence as instructed
• Effectively welcome all school visitors courteously, determine their needs, check appointments, and direct or escort them to the proper person
• Effectively help with the collection of attendance reports from the classroom and maintain the daily attendance sheets
• Accurately provide attendance information to the guidance counselors and principal, specifically those cases of chronic absenteeism, tardiness, or truancy
• Maintain an accounting of copy and paper costs and furnish a report to the Central Office
• Maintain a high level of ethical behavior and maintain confidentiality of information

• Maintain regular and consistent attendance at work
• Perform other administrative duties as assigned

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

• Sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Use fine motor skills for repetitive motions
• Enter data into a computer, see and read a computer screen and printed material for prolonged periods of time with or without vision aids
• Bend and stoop
• Climb stairs, walk, and reach overhead
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels, indoors, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height
• Ability to push and pull objects up to 25 pounds
• Must occasionally work in noisy and crowded environments, with numerous interruptions

Terms of Employment: At-will employment

Evaluation: Performance evaluations under the Board’s policy and the Classified Employee Handbook

Fort Leavenworth USD 207 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, or promotion based on 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.