Office Professional - Curriculum

Job Summary

The Office Professional performs office functions for the school district, specifically for the Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Department with most of the time spent in support of the Elementary Core Curriculum (Grades DK-5) in seven schools. This person also provides support for the MTSS Coordinator, who leads efforts related to the K-12 Multi-Tiered System of Support, secondary counseling, and K-12 social, emotional learning, and well-being programs.

Reports To
Elementary Curriculum and Instruction Specialist and MTSS Coordinator

Terms of Employment

• Full time, Monday-Friday, 260 days per year
• 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM M-Th - Summer, Holidays and/or Breaks determined by the Central Office
• Starting Wage Range: $17.13 - $19.86/Hour

Evaluation

Yearly first two years, then every three years following satisfactory evaluation.

Essential Functions

Provides office professional support including managing orders, budgets, and inventories for elementary and MTSS programs. Supports professional development and curriculum initiatives by coordinating scheduling, facilities, and travel, processing purchase and mileage records, and maintaining databases and records. Assists with events, proposals, and programs, while ensuring efficient office operations and clerical support across department functions.

• Order supplies, materials, and equipment in alignment with district policy and practices.
• Track all applicable elementary and MTSS curriculum budgets, other financial records, and miscellaneous payroll. This includes tracking related to grant-funded activities. 
• Verify and submit teacher mileage logs related to professional learning workshops.
• Verify and process purchase card logs.
• Support scheduling and record keeping of internal and external professional development, including travel - this includes IB PYP and Project Lead the Way
• Schedule and arrange facilities for staff and other meetings. 
• Process, inventory, and maintain curricular materials and information using the MPS official inventory system. 
• Support curriculum office processes, events, programs, and initiatives including but not limited to: Major Change Proposals, Staff & Curriculum Development Proposals, and New Curriculum Materials
• Assist in the development and maintenance of various databases and inventories. 
• Support the MPS Science Resource Center – orders and tracking budgets.
• Provide general clerical support. 

Additional Functions

• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and prioritize work effectively.
• Communicate effectively via district-assigned email on a daily basis as determined by the supervisor.
• Accurately complete electronic time sheets and absence reporting via the timekeeping system, per assigned deadlines
• Regular and reliable attendance
• Consistent and reliable performance of job responsibilities
• Perform other job responsibilities deemed appropriate by the supervisor/building administrator and/or Superintendent.

Qualifications and Education

• Must pass a background check.
• Education:
  • Required: Must be a high school graduate or have a G.E.D. equivalent.
  • Required: One year of additional technical/business training or its equivalent.
• Training and Experience: One to two years of successful progressive office preferred.
• Financial/Budgetary experience required.
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
• Excellent organizational skills; high attention to detail; strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently.
• Must be efficient with computers, various software applications, and related technologies.
• Experience with Microsoft Office and Google Suite applications is required.
• Ability to function in a high-paced and, at times, stressful environment.
• Actively engages in dialogue with colleagues to solve problems and attend to tasks/deadlines associated with the job.
• Fine motor skills and ability to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted, to lift and move equipment and supplies.
• Ability to perform the physical requirements of the position with reasonable accommodations.
• Able to ride in a vehicle, as necessary (e.g., training on occasion)
• Able to work indoors during all seasons/weather/temperatures as permitted.
• Possess sound, independent judgment, including handling of confidential matters. 
• Safeguard all district data. 

Come join Midland Public Schools!

The District is uniquely linked to and intertwined with the surrounding community and boasts a strong tradition and expectation of exceptional academics. Midland Public Schools holds a high concentration of STEM-degreed individuals and readily offers business needs for strong-skilled trades. The district is located adjacent to the world headquarters of Dow Chemical as well as large employers, such as MyMichigan Health, Dupont, and Corteva. Midland provides big-city amenities with a small-town feel and is the home to Midland Center for the Arts, Greater Midland Community Center, Great Lakes Loons/Dow Diamond, Dow Gardens and the Whiting Forest home of the 1,400-foot-long canopy walk, soaring up to 40 feet above the ground.

Please visit the Midland Public Schools website for more information and enjoy the Midland Awaits video where you’ll learn more about why Midland is the perfect place to work, live and play!

Application Procedure

When applying for a position with the Midland Public Schools, interested candidates must complete an application in order to be considered an official applicant. (Internal candidates: Please feel free to complete the shorter internal application if you have access to a networked school computer, otherwise, the detailed application will be necessary.)

To complete the application process, you will need to complete the online application at www.midlandps.org. Your application will be retained in active status for one school year. If your qualifications meet our needs, we will contact you for further information and a possible interview. Please do not send paper documents! When completing your application, you will submit your documents electronically. If you cannot upload your documents, be prepared to provide this information should you be called for an interview. Note: You assure that we have a complete record of your candidacy if you upload all materials yourself.

Thank you for your interest in Midland Public Schools!

Midland Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  The district does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender, identity, marital status, familial status, genetic information, age, weight, height, national origin, disability, or other legally-protected characteristic, in its programs, activities, or employment and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.  The following has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:  Associate Superintendent/Human Resources, 600 E. Carpenter Rd., Midland, MI  48640.

The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the district.

District administration reserves the right to alter or amend job descriptions at any time.  This job is not limited to any or all of the listed qualifications or functions.  

Salary : $17 - $20