What are the responsibilities and job description for the Building Receptionist position at East Baton Rouge Parish School System?
JobID: 13634
Position Type:
CLERICAL/PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Date Posted:
10/10/2025
Location:
Central Office
Closing Date:
10/24/2025
Job Title: Building Receptionist
Reports To: Immediate Supervisor
Prepared By: The Division of Human Resources
Board Approved Date:
Pay Grade Range: CLH05
Summary: The Building Receptionist will greet and interact with visitors in a positive and professional manner, including in person, on the phone, and in writing.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as the face of the organization, offering friendly service to those entering the building or calling in on the phone
- Provides basic information as requested by patrons
- Receives and routes visitors
- Ensures smooth and efficient operation of the reception area of the main office
- Sets daily priorities based on knowledge of the overall function of the office
- Provide general clerical support to the front office staff and assigned administrators.
- Makes appointments for visitors
- Caters to needs of visitors in making them comfortable while waiting for appointments
- Answers multiple in-coming phone calls simultaneously and efficiently route calls
- Accepts deliveries and mail, organizes them to be distributed to the correct recipients and ensures they get to the recipient in a timely manner while also managing outgoing mail and packages for pickup
- Manages the building log of who is entering and exiting the building
Other Duties:
Other duties as assigned that are related to the functions of the position.
Essential Functions/Qualifications/Requirements:
Education and Experience:
High School Diploma or equivalent and at least 2 years experience in an office environment.
Work Environment Conditions:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Professional Conduct:
The Employees are required to maintain a high standard of professional conduct. Breach of said professional conduct includes, but is not limited to, neglect of duty, dishonesty, engagement in acts that are contrary to East Baton Rouge Parish School System policy, unlawful activities, or any other conduct which is seriously prejudicial to the school system.
Technological Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in general use of a computer, the use of Email as a form of communication, and other job-specific equipment, software, and/or applications.
Note: New employees coming to EBRPSS/current employees new to a position, must use the Verifent website to verify qualifying years of experience (outside of EBRPSS) aligned to the job description. All new employees to the district/current employees new to a position will receive 0 years of experience aligned to the job description until the verification of previous experience aligned to the job description is received.
Verifient Link
Experience verifications must be received in the Office of Human Resources within the first 6 months of employment in order to be eligible for a retroactive payment.
The East Baton Rouge Parish School System and all of its entities (including Career and Technical Education Programs) do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, national origin, disability, or gender in its educational programs and activities (including employment and application for employment), and it is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of gender by Title IX (20 USC 168) and on the basis of disability by Section USC 794). The Title IX Coordinator is Andrew Davis, Director of Risk Management – , The Section 504 Coordinator is Danielle Staten-Ojo – ,
Salary : $35,000 - $45,000
