Job Title: (Avondale) Front Office Assistant for the 2024-2025 School Year

Location: Avondale

Job Type: Full-time, Contract

Salary Range: $30,000-40,000 per year

How You Will Make a Difference at Sun Valley Academy

As the Front Office Assistant at Sun Valley Academy, you play a crucial role in supporting our faculty, staff, and visitors, ensuring smooth operations and exceptional service. Your contributions help create a welcoming environment where students, parents, and staff feel valued and supported. Your responsibilities include:

• Performing office tasks related to student data collection, parent-school communication, and student-office communication.
• Greeting visitors and staff members warmly, addressing inquiries directly or referring them to appropriate staff members.
• Answering phones with a pleasant demeanor and positive attitude, resolving issues at the front desk, and directing others to the appropriate staff members.
• Organizing, maintaining, and updating student records, including collecting records from students' previous schools and managing immunization records.
• Performing clerical tasks related to student enrollment and withdrawal processes.
• Coordinating student late arrivals and early departures, recording and reconciling these records with student attendance data.
• Assisting with account receivables and school paperwork.
• Coordinating supply orders for school/staff as needed.
• Receiving deliveries, sorting and distributing incoming mail, and preparing outgoing mail.
• Operating standard office equipment, including copy machines, fax machines, and computers, for copying, scanning, and faxing.
• Supervising individual students and/or groups of students when necessary.
• Maintaining employee and department directories.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least two years of experience working in a K-12 office setting.
• Strong customer service skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Computer proficiency, including basic software applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Google Docs, etc.).
• Valid AZ (IVP) Fingerprint Clearance Card.

Preferred Experience

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Bilingual proficiency (written and verbal communication skills).
• Experience working with PowerSchool.

Notice of Non-Discrimination

Sun Valley Academy provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.