Office Administrative Assistant (OAA) for Student Services

POSITION TITLE: Office Administrative Assistant (OAA) for Student Services

FLSA: Non-Exempt

REPORTS TO: Student Services

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: A full contract for this position is 240 days, with benefits as specified in employee contract. Contract will be prorated based on actual start date.

LOCATIONS: Service Center

BEGINNING: July 1, 2026

QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma required.
• Educational office training preferred.
• Detail oriented.
• Superior interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple task efficiently and effectively.
• Strong computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Highly motivated with strong organizational skills.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Responsible for the clerical duties of the Student Services, focusing primarily on the District’s nursing staff.
• Coordinate health related programs for the students of the District.
• Coordinate and process the paperwork for the District nurses and social workers, including budgets and expenditures, professional development crisis and fire drills, attendance and leave and student accident reporting.
• Support the data management responsibilities of Student Services, including eSchool recordkeeping, management of enrollment spreadsheets, SIS cycle reporting, alternative education enrollment, legal transfers and student handbooks.
• Support the management and paperwork of the SPICE program.
• Provide high quality customer service for parents and students by taking phone calls, answering emails, and receiving customers in the front office.
• Perform other duties as assigned, including the cross training within the department and assisting the Supervisor of Student Services and the Coordinator of Student Services as needed.

OTHER JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Must have the ability to lift at least 50 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to endure prolonged standing, walking, sitting, kneeling, occasional reaching above the head or the shoulders, bending, squatting.
• Answer phones, receive messages, and respond to inquiries by staff, parents, or patrons of the district.
• Work with administrators.
• Attend meetings/trainings as required by administration.
• Work additional hours as directed.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Present and communicate in a professional manner.

If seeing this posting on a job site, please apply here

https://fortsmithschools.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx if interested.