Temporary Office Manager Immediate Opening

UP Education Network

  • Dorchester, MA
  • Temporary
  • Full-time
  • 15 days ago
  • Apply easily
Temporary Office ManagerGrade Level: Middle SchoolTimeline: Start ASAP- June 2024Location: Boston, MAAbout UP Education NetworkUP Education Network manages and operates three schools in Boston, MA. We serve over 1,500 elementary and middle school students. UP is invited by local school districts to restart chronically underperforming district schools as UP Academies. Each UP Academy shares the same mission: to ensure that students acquire the knowledge, skills, and strength of character necessary to succeed on the path to college and to achieve their full potential.RoleThe Office Manager plays a central role in ensuring a well-run, efficient, and responsive school. In addition to maintaining the school’s administrative systems and routines, the Office Manager functions as the primary contact person for all the school’s constituents. The Office Manager must be able to communicate effectively with students, teachers, families, trustees, donors, and visitors.Specific Responsibilities
  • Oversee the day-to-day activities of the school
  • Serve as the main point of contact in the school reception area, greeting and documenting all visitors
  • Manage phones (answering calls, re-directing calls, taking messages, placing calls, creating school announcements, etc.)
  • Manage the collection and maintenance of student, personnel, and school information
  • Manage school-wide daily systems, including attendance
  • Plan and manage logistics and preparations for school events and activities as needed;
  • Manage school maintenance and supply systems, office equipment, and furnishings
  • Maintain school calendar of events
Qualifications
  • A strong belief in UP Education Network’s core values: Students, Community, Humility, Resilience, and Humor
  • Fluency in Spanish is highly preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree is preferred
  • Current authorization to work in the United States – A candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment
Compensation and BenefitsYour salary is commensurate with experience; UP Academy follows the salary scales of each UP Academy’s host school district. As an employee of UP Academy and your respective school district, you will receive the same access to personal and sick days, health insurance, and dental insurance as others within your union.Working at UP Education NetworkWe know that great staff members directly lead to the success of our students. At UP, your career is shaped by:
  • Opportunities for immediate impact: UP offers a chance to bring best practices found in high-performing schools to students previously enrolled in struggling schools, and to rapidly unlock the potential of these students
  • Talented, mission-driven colleagues: Our staff is enthusiastic, dedicated, and willing to do “whatever it takes” to put every student on the path to college
  • Collaboration and teamwork: Staff members collaborate and work closely together on grade-level or content area teams, using data to track student performance as well as guide instructional practice
  • Consistent professional growth and development: Members of our staff typically have bi-weekly check-in meetings with their managers where they receive targeted coaching and support and the entire staff participates in weekly professional development sessions during the school year, kick-started by extensive training in August.
We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply for any open position for which they are qualified. Our students must be exposed on a daily basis to a diverse group of powerful role models. Therefore, we have a responsibility to recruit, retain, develop, and reward a diverse and talented staff from a wide range of backgrounds to join our creative, mission-driven team.Powered by JazzHR

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