School Administrative Services Assistant II - Waiahole Elementary

Job Title

School Administrative Services Assistant II, SR-14 : $4,208.00 per month

Examples of Duties

Assists the principal with daily administrative office services functions by :

• Planning, arranging for and / or providing office support and related services to meet priorities;
• Greeting and ascertaining the purpose of callers and assisting or referring them as necessary;
• Answering or referring inquiries on policies, regulations, procedures and activities of the school, the Department of Education and the State;
• Contacting parents, departmental offices, other governmental agencies, business concerns and community groups for information required by the school or to disseminate information;
• Reviewing and distributing incoming correspondence, circulars and other materials;
• Composing standard and routine letters;
• Informing the principal of matters requiring his immediate attention and concerns relative to appointments, commitments and deadlines;
• Organizing and maintaining office files; maintaining personnel records for the staff;
• Processing payroll and performing related work;
• Collecting cash, maintaining a variety of standard fiscal records and posting and summarizing financial data to report forms;
• Preparing and submitting purchase orders and / or requisitions, checking goods received against invoices and maintaining pertinent records;
• Maintaining inventory records, performing physical inventory and completing report forms;
• Maintaining student records, gathering, maintaining and compiling information for business office and student service reports;
• Operating and arranging for the servicing of a variety of standard office machines;
• Typing letters, reports, schedules, bulletins and other material, cutting stencils, duplicating and distributing a variety of material;
• Instructing, assigning and reviewing the work of students assigned to the office;
• May supervise clerical personnel and may take and transcribe shorthand dictation.

Minimum Qualifications

Education Requirement : Graduation from high school. Excess general or specialized experience as described below or other work experience requiring the ability to read, comprehend and apply written directions or a high degree of verbal skills may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.

Experience Requirements : Except for the substitution provided for in these specifications, applicants must have had experience of the kind and quality described below and in the amounts shown in the following table or any equivalent combination of training and experience :

Class Title

General Experience (Yrs)

Specialized Experience (Yrs)

Total Experience (Yrs)

SCHOOL ADM SVCS ASST II

General Experience : Progressively responsible work experience which involved skilled typing using a typewriter or word processing equipment in performing a variety of standard clerical work such as typing of correspondence, reports and other material; knowledge of English grammar, spelling and arithmetic; use of common office appliances and equipment; the ability to read and understand oral and written instructions; carry out procedures in clerical work systems; speak and write simply and directly; observe differences in copy and proofread words and numbers quickly and accurately; operate various kinds of office equipment.

Specialized Experience : Responsible clerical experience in a Hawaii public school setting in the capacity of chief clerical assistant to the principal. Such experience must have involved the performance of administrative office services and support functions of a school and skilled typing.

Skilled Typing Requirement : Applicants must be able to type accurately (using a typewriter or word processor) from plain or corrected copy at the rate of 40 net words per minute.

Substitutions Allowed :

Quality of Experience : Possession of the required number of years of experience will not in itself be accepted as proof of qualification for a position. The applicant's overall experience must have been of such scope and level of responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that applicant has the ability to perform the duties of the position for which applicant is being considered.

Supplemental Information

Salary : The advertised salary is based on full-time employment and includes shortage and school year differentials, if applicable. Requirements : Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified. Unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently. Calculation of experience is based on full-time, 40-hour workweeks. Part-time experience is pro-rated. Example : Twelve months of experience at 20 hours / week is equivalent to six months of experience, not one year. Also, hours worked in excess of 40 hours / week will not be credited. Example : Twelve months of experience at 60 hours / week is equivalent to one year of experience, not one and a half years. Temporary Assignment : Claims of Temporary Assignment (TA) experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements must be verified and attached to the application using one of the options below :

Documents : Attach all relevant supporting documents to your application. Documents that were attached to applications submitted before November 16, 2023 do not automatically attach or transfer to applications submitted on and after December 16, 2023. All submitted documents become the property of the Hawaii State Department of Education. Information about Temporary Positions : Temporary positions may be extended year to year, dependent upon funding and departmental needs. Making yourself available for temporary positions increases your employment possibilities and may lead to permanent opportunities. A person hired for a temporary position may also become a temporary employee upon satisfactory completion of the initial probation period of at least six months. Once a temporary employee, you would be eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions. You may also enjoy other rights and benefits as afforded to an employee in a permanent position, with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force.

Equal Opportunity

The Hawaii State Department of Education does not discriminate in its educational policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. The Department does not discriminate in its employment policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sexual orientation, arrest and court record, and National Guard participation, as well as on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Chapter 378, Part I, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Payday : New employees can expect their first paycheck within the first 3 pay periods of their start date