Website Head-Royce School
Opening: Upper School Division Coordinator
(Full-time, non-exempt beginning February, 2023)
Head-Royce School Overview
Located on a 22-acre campus in Oakland, California, Head-Royce is a pre-eminent, co-educational, independent, K-12 day school with a 135-year history. Our mission is to inspire in our students a lifelong love of learning and pursuit of academic excellence, to promote understanding of and respect for diversity that makes our society strong and to encourage active and responsible global citizenship.
Head-Royce enrolls 900 students in the three separate divisions Lower, Middle and Upper Schools and provides a dynamic, whole-child education to every student. With our Strategic Plan, Bridge to 2022, the schools current initiatives include advancing an innovative, student-centered program, promoting an inclusive community, driving deeper civic engagement, sustaining a culture of balance and well-being and carefully stewarding our resources.
Responsibilities
Head-Royce School is seeking an organized Division Coordinator to join our Upper School working closely with the US Head and US Assistant Head. This position will provide office management and administrative support for our Upper School Head, as well as regular interface with students, parents, and faculty members. The role will assist with event planning (including division meetings, open houses, intersession, and graduation). The Division Coordinator is critical in the hiring process, managing the candidate process from resumes to day-of interviews, as well as the student worker hires. The position will also coordinate substitutes as needed and manage US students absences.
All candidates must have experience in an administrative assistant position with demonstrated background taking initiative and working in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
Strong organizational abilities with an ability to multi-task and an amazing attention for details!
Time management, planning, and prioritization skills are essential.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with students and adults.
Professionalism, including a positive demeanor, flexibility to respond to changing demands, meet deadlines, diplomacy, punctuality, and a solutions-oriented approach.
Excellent skills in Google Suite applications in a Macintosh environment.
Commitment to working with diverse racial, ethnic, gender, cultural, as well as disabled populations and promoting equity and inclusion for our constituents.
Qualifications
Equivalent to at least five years of progressively responsible full-time clerical and/or administrative work experience in office administration.
BA/BS highly preferred. Additional equivalent experience above the minimum may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis up to a maximum of three years.
Sensitivity to, and commitment to working with diverse racial, ethnic, gender, cultural, as well as disabled populations and promoting equity and inclusion for our constituents.
Additional Qualifications we hope to find, but not required:
Experience and understanding of the needs of students a plus
We are looking for someone with prior school experience for this role.
The ideal candidate will exercise good judgment, initiative, and autonomy in supporting senior leaders in the Upper School.
Other Considerations
Compensation: $36.65 – $42.96/hour
Location: Oakland, California
Travel: (minimal)
Education: Bachelors degree preferred
Start Date: February 2023
Website: headroyce.org
Interested candidates are asked to submit a cover letter and a current resume via Paycom.
Head-Royce School is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best available person in every job. School policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on age, color, creed, disability, gender, marital status, national origin or ancestry, race, religion, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, a medical condition including genetic characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Head-Royce School seeks to be a community in which every individual is treated with sensitivity, courtesy and respect.
