SUMMARY
St. Ignatius Catholic School is hiring a full time, 40-hour-per-week Administrative Assistant to supportthe Director of Business Services and function as the school’s Admissions Coordinator. This salary position will provide essential support within the business office including human resources, financial, and school admission functions. The ideal candidate brings strong technology and computer skills with professional experience in business, accounting, or school admissions.
St. Ignatius Catholic School strives to employ an Administrative Assistantwho is a practicing Catholic andwill serve as a joyful role model of all that is good, true, and beautiful within the St. Ignatiuscommunity. The Administrative Assistant is expected to model behaviorconsistent with the St. Ignatius mission and vision.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & KEY JOB DUTIES
Human Resources Support
- Provide administrative support in the recruiting and hiring process
- Onboard new staff members and ensure all required employment paperwork is completed
- Keep accurate and confidential employee personnel records using software system
- Serve as the Safe Environment Coordinator for the Diocese of Green Bay, overseeing background checks and keeping VIRTUS training compliance up to date
Financial Support
- Accurately enter vendor invoices, tuition payments, and other financial transactions into the school's accounting system
- Maintain organized filing of vendor invoices and supporting financial documentation
- Maintain confidentiality and accuracy of financial records in accordance with school policies and internal controls
- Help identify and implement efficient administrative processes through the effective use of technology, automation and continuous process improvement
Admissions & DPI School Choice
- Assist prospective and returning families with admissions and enrollment questions and registration paperwork
- Gather, verify, and organize student, residency, and income documents for the DPI Wisconsin Private School Choice Program
- Maintain accurate student enrollment records and assist with state reporting needs
- Support families in applying for financial aid
- Recruit families, take phone calls, and work with Marketing to help grow enrollment
DESIRED SKILLS
- Routinely reliable
- Highly computer literate with experience in Google Suite and MS Office
- Solid organizational skills and meticulously attentive to details
- Ability to accurately take direction and work independently
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Possess strong time management skills and meet tight deadlines
- Work well while multitasking in a fast-paced environment
- Sound decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality as necessary
- Basic knowledge of labor law and current practices
- Practicing Catholic
QUALIFICATIONS
- Associate degree
- 1 year of experience as an administrative assistant or similar
- Background in a non-profit environment or school
- Diocese of Green Bay Office of Safe Environment Requirements-VIRTUSTraining and Background Check
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Work is typically performed in an inside, temperature-controlled environment
- Continuously requires vision, hearing, communicating
- Frequently requires fine dexterity, periods of sitting, working at a computer
- Occasionally requires standing, walking, lifting, carrying, reaching, kneeling, pushing,pulling, bending, climbing, and the like
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Able to access and navigate all areas of the school and other facilities asneeded
MISSION-ALIGNED MEMBERS OF THE ST. IGNATIUS CATHOLIC SCHOOLCOMMUNITY:
- Are committed to working in a Catholic classical school setting
- Respect, live, and promote the Catholic culture and ethos within
- Represent St. Ignatius Catholic School joyfully and professionally
- Participate collegially in our Christ-centered, mission-minded environment
- Treat confidential materials/information with the utmost professionalism, in keepingwith the Catholic virtue of prudence
- Seek opportunities for personal professional development in accord with one's role
- Demonstrate compliance with policies, protocols, procedures, directives. and corevalues as outlined in policies of the Green Bay Diocese, the St. Ignatius Catholic SchoolStaff Procedural Manual (and other school handbooks as applicable)
