EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: OFFICE ASSISTANT (Full Time)
Camino Nuevo is a public charter school network serving low-income, primarily immigrant children in the MacArthur Park/Westlake area near downtown. The high school campus, where grades 9-12 students are enrolled has an opening for a 40 hour Full-Time Office Assistant. We are looking for a self-motivated individual who can perform a variety of clerical duties ranging from beginning level to those requiring the exercise of judgment based on training and experience
Work Basis: August 2009-June 2010
Salary: Based on applicable experience; range of $9-$11 per hour
Hours: 9:00am- 5:00pm
Responsibilities:
The Office Clerk will perform a full range of duties including, but not limited to:
Type and prepare reports, form letters, memoranda, and other materials.
Maintain records, files, and other information.
Record a variety of data, check forms and records for completeness and accuracy, and excerpt data from records as needed.
Perform office receptionist duties.
Search files for required information, compiles data, and prepares reports.
Operate a variety of machines, such as copiers, duplicators, calculators, word processors, office computers, or computer terminal.
Interface with parents on a daily basis providing information related to the school.
Translate between English and Spanish for general school wide parent, teacher created or community documents.
Prepares written translations of instructional and educational materials, bulletins, correspondence, minutes, and forms, and produce verbatim translations of formal meetings using idiomatic expressions when appropriate.
Provide oral interpretation during formal meetings involving parents and staff. Provide simultaneous and consecutive interpretations at school, community and classroom and ion legal situations such as Individualized Education Program (I.E.P.) meetings and expulsion/suspension hearings.
Reviews translated material submitted by school personnel and edits for accuracy of meaning, grammar, and syntax.
Qualifications:
Applicants who possess the following skills will make the strongest candidates:
Bilingual (oral and written) Spanish/English. Read and write effectively in idiomatic English and Spanish
Knowledge of office practices and procedures
Knowledge of operation of various office machines and computer programs
Knowledge of appropriate techniques used in giving out information in person and on the telephone
Knowledge of grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, and idiomatic usage of English and Spanish.
Ability to listen to English and speak in Spanish
Work without technical supervision and take responsibility for accuracy of translation
Ability to meet goals and deadlines given
Ability to speak in public meetings
Ability to edit articles for publication in English and Spanish
Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information
Ability to work effectively with school personnel and the public
To Apply
Please send resume and letter of interest to:
Margarita Romero-Domingo, Director of Human Resources
mdomingo@caminonuevo.org
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy
3435 West Temple St.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213)-254 0413- Fax
For more information www.caminonuevo.org and www.pueblonuevo.org
* Camino Nuevo Charter Academy intends that all qualified person shall have equal opportunities for employment and promotion
Location: Los Angeles
Compensation: $9.00 - $11.00 /hr
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