Position Type:
Secretary and Office Support/Secretary
Date Posted:
7/31/2026
Location:
Fairlawn Elementary
Date Available:
As Soon As Possible
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the world? Do you believe in the power of education to transform lives? If so, we invite you to become part of our school corporation!
Why Choose EVSC?
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Impact Lives Daily: Every day, you'll have the opportunity to inspire, guide, and empower the next generation. Your work will ripple through time, shaping not just individual lives but entire communities.
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Innovate and Grow: We're not just teaching; we're reinventing education for the 21st century. Bring your fresh ideas and watch them come to life in our progressive learning environments.
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Stability Meets Flexibility: Enjoy the security of working in an essential field, coupled with a schedule that respects your work-life balance. Summers off, holidays, and predictable hours allow you to pursue your passions both in and out of the classroom.
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Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy competitive salaries, excellent health coverage, robust retirement plans, and generous paid time off.
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Supportive Community: Join a team that feels like family. Our collaborative environment fosters lifelong friendships and professional networks.
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Cutting-Edge Resources: Work with state-of-the-art technology and innovative teaching tools that make learning exciting for both educators and students.
Join us in our mission to educate, inspire, and empower. Together, we can build a brighter future, one student at a time. We are Better Together!
Apply now and take the first step towards a rewarding career that truly matters!
Position Details:
This position works 196 days per year. It is scheduled 5 days per week at 8 hours per day. During the school year, the position follows the approved calendar for holidays and work days. The position comes with treasurer responsibilities with a $1,751 annual stipend.
Salary:
Annual, incremental pay increases are given for each year of service with the EVSC in this role if an employee has worked at least 120 days in a school year. New employees will begin on year 1.
Benefits:
Insurance:
EVSC offers four (4) Anthem medical insurance plans. Full medical, dental and vision insurance are provided with this position. Employees may pay the additional cost to add family members. Click here to view the rates for each plan. If elected, insurance coverage begins the first of the month following the successful completion of a 30-day probationary period.
Employees enrolled in an EVSC medical insurance plan are eligible to use any of the three EVSC Health & Wellness Centers. The health clinics provide primary care services, generic prescription medications, physicals, health screenings, and labs; all at NO COST to the employee or covered family member.
Additional Benefits:
EVSC is proud to provide accumulated paid time off for:
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Sick Time
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Personal Business Days
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Snow Days
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24 Paid Holidays!
EVSC employees have access to the EVSC Wee Care Learning Centers. The Wee Care program provides a quality early learning experience for employees' children as young as six weeks through age five at a special employee rate.
This position will automatically be enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) through the state of Indiana, which includes a defined benefit (Pension) as well as an Annuity Savings Account (ASA). Employees may also participate in a 403(b) Plan. Enrolling in the 403(b) plan allows employees to save for their retirement by making a pre-tax salary deferral contributions to the Plan.
Eligible employees may enroll in the EVSC group life insurance and long term disability plans. EVSC also offers a variety of voluntary insurance products through American Fidelity.
EVSC offers a free Employee Assistance Program (EAP). It is a confidential, voluntary service that provides professional counseling and referral services designed to help employees and their family members with personal, job or family-related matters.
SUMMARY:
Serves as confidential secretary to the principal and as facilitator for the school public being served.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.
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Serves as confidential secretary to the principal.
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Makes and receives telephone calls, takes messages, and routes calls.
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Maintains school records and files.
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Greets visitors and provides direction and assistance as needed.
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Types, prepares, and creates reports, distributes mail and other information, files, maintains records, prepares correspondence, mailings, and other clerical work as related to needs and building functions.
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Process attendance, payroll records and submit payroll for the building staff.
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Maintain student attendance in computer.
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Requisitions school supplies and prepares work orders while managing a school budget and office supplies and equipment.
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Schedules use of the building.
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Operates standard office equipment, e.g., computer (word processing and data entry), typewriter, telephone, calculator, fax, and copy machines.
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Adheres to policy/legal regulations regarding release of students to custodial parent, guardian, or other authorized person.
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Takes advantage of in-service training to improve and upgrade skills.
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Takes and transcribes notes for correspondence and/or record keeping.
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Presents a pleasant, helpful attitude toward staff, students, parents, and visitors and responds to inquiries.
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Enrolls new students, withdraws students, and updates student information.
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Admits late students and maintains records. Oversees student "sign out" process and maintains records.
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Directs substitute teachers and paraprofessionals to appropriate classroom and provides necessary information. May assist in securing substitute employees.
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Collaborates with EVSC Bus Transportation to schedule buses for field trips.
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Assists in providing after school program information.
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Maintains regular attendance.
JOB SPECIFIC SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
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Ability to operate personal computers and related software as well as Google suite.
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Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, and the school community.
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Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form.
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Ability to work independently, to function effectively in a multi-task environment, and to interact positively with the public.
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Ability to perform duties with awareness of and in compliance with related corporation policies and state requirements.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
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Work collaboratively with EVSC employees, vendors and community partners in a teamwork-driven environment
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Strive to be innovative in continuously improving processes for district-wide success
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Provide excellent service in all forms of communication with a results-oriented customer-driven focus
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Successful in working effectively and efficiently in a high pressure, time-sensitive environment
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Ability to internally motivate, think critically, and initiate strategic improvement
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Exude a positive and dependable work ethic
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Highly organized with attention to detail
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
None
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED). Previous office experience preferred.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
None.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
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Ability to read and comprehend correspondence, memos, instructions, and documents, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals.
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Ability to write reports and correspondence clearly and concisely using correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
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Ability to speak effectively with good grammar before groups of people and with individuals.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
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Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
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Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret graphs.
REASONING ABILITY:
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Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, and/or diagram form.
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Ability to deal with problems involving a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, see, and hear.
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Must be able to see and read close work such as typed or handwritten material and have good depth perception.
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Must be able to hear conversation in a noisy environment and to communicate through speech.
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Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
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Must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty pounds.
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Must be able to push items weighing up to fifty pounds.
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Must continuously repeat the same hand, arm, and finger motion.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: 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.
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The noise level may vary depending upon the daily activities within the work environment, such as the number of people in the office.
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The work environment is frequently interruptive as the employee must meet multiple demands from many people.
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The employee must constantly work to meet deadlines.
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The work environment includes inside and outside areas.
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The work environment includes exposure to sunlight, risk of being bitten by animals or insects, exposure to environmental allergens (grass, weeds, pollens, trees), and occasional exposure to solvents, degreasers, pesticides, and/or herbicides.
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The employee is exposed to CRT's.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS OPPORTUNITY?
If you have any questions, please e-mail Katie Johnson at
[email protected]. You will receive a response within 24-48 hours.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The job description is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position and it does not serve to proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned or changed by management.
NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
It is the policy of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, national origin, age, limited English proficiency, or disability in its programs or employment policies as required by the Indiana Civil Rights Law (I.C.22-9- 1), Title IV, and Title VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964), the Equal Pay Act of 1973, Title IX (Educational Amendments), the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act and Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973).
