Front Desk Receptionist

At Children’s Day School, what you learn and who you become are equally important.

Children’s Day School (CDS) is a welcoming community in the big city, a farm and garden among urban streets, an advocate for change and uplifting progressive values, an independent school with down-to-earth values, and an institution that is always asking how we can do this better.

We strive for balance so students become both academically successful and grounded. They leave CDS confident, with the humility to listen and the resolve to speak up for what they see as right.

CDS is a co-educational preschool through eighth grade school serving over 470 students in the Mission Dolores neighborhood of San Francisco with two campuses, two sheep, and lovely people.

To learn more about CDS, visit our website at www.cds-sf.org.

This position is responsible for providing administrative support to the school. As the first person students, faculty, staff and parents often see and turn to when they have a question, it’s important that you are a solutions oriented problem solver, a quick thinker and that you are able to maintain a cheerful disposition while engaging each constituency. This is a year-round (12 month) position with health, retirement and paid vacation benefits.

Responsibilities

Reception

• Greet students and visitors warmly and professionally
• Maintain an organized, welcome front reception area, including lost and found
• Provide front-line security and utilize the visitor management systems and sign in process
• Accept and organize packages
• Be the point person for assisting all CDS contingencies, students, families, and staff with a variety of needs
• Collaborate with Front Desk team to divide up tasks and share workload

Communication Hub

• Answer phones and direct calls
• Collect and distribute mail
• Facilitate communications between school and home
• Support communication systems across multiple buildings and many teams

Data Entry

• Support attendance tracking in extended day
• Track student accident and illness reports
• Support faculty with class lists and database needs
• Collect receipts from LS and ECP faculty to organize and code for the business office

Administrative Assistance

• Assist in the coordination of CDS events - including table, tech, food set up, arranging and communicating childcare, and various other needs
• Coordinate student photos schedule
• Stock coffee and other food-related supplies (cups, plates, etc)
• Inspect, clean, and re-stock supply closets
• Weekly/monthly Staples supplies orders as needed
• Assist with annual summer ordering of teacher and bulk supplies
• Administer and maintain classroom first aid and kits as needed
• Coordinate classroom field trips and parent driver approval process
• Assist in ensuring students get lunches ordered by their families
• Support the extended program systems, routines, and expectations of students in the afternoons and during dismissal
• Support the beginning of the school year with a variety of preparations across campus
• Support campus division directors with scheduling and coordinating events and meetings

Experience and Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to interact professionally with diverse staff, parents, alumni, and students
• Must be able to work with highly confidential information
• Flexibility with a cheerful disposition
• Solutions oriented problem-solving skills and the ability to support others in solving problems quickly and effectively
• Strong computer skills and proficiency with Google Suite and various platforms
• Organizational skills and the ability to multi-task at a high level
• Able to work occasional nights and weekends for special events

Schedule

Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Compensation

Salary will be based on qualifications and experience. Excellent benefits are offered including medical, dental and vision insurance and a retirement plan.

Salary Range: $25.17 per hour to $26.60 per hour

CDS is an equal opportunity employer.

Apply Information

http://careers.cds-sf.org/

S1nXTukUFQ