Ben Porat Yosef in Paramus, NJ is hiring a Front Office Administrative Assistant. BPY holds prestigious dual accreditation from The Middle States Association and the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and educates students from ages 2 through 8th grade.
At the heart of BPY lies a commitment to nurturing not just academic excellence, but an innovative skills-based learning approach in which students are empowered with the tools to understand new ideas; a commitment to develop each child’s Ahavat Hashem and Yir’at Hashem; a genuine warmth that permeates our halls and imbues our students with confidence, empathy, middot, and leadership skills; a commitment to celebrating both Sephardic and Ashkenazic minhagim for unique inclusivity; and Hebrew language immersion (in Limudei Kodesh subjects) and celebration of Israeli culture.
Join the exceptional team of professionals that make up the BPY family.
Primary responsibilities:
*Serve as the friendly, helpful “face” of the school on all reception duties including greeting visitors, phone calls, and email inquiries.
*Provide administrative support in the busy school front office – attendance, transportation, signing students in and out, supplies, mail, coordinating subbing assignments and schedules, copying, filing, data entry etc.
*Maintain and input student data into database
*Administrative support for the school’s principals and directors
*Support for student programming and the development offices
*Willingness to pitch in wherever needed
Qualifications: We are seeking candidates who are self-motivated, hard-working, team players with a flexible “can do” attitude and:
*Superior computer skills (Excel, Word, Google apps, Google forms, mail merges for letters and labels)
*Experience with ParentLocker or other, similar school database preferred but not required
*Excellent communication skills, including clear writing and attentiveness to nuance
*Excellent professional judgment and ability to maintain confidential information
School year hours are M-Th 7:50 am-4:45/5:00 pm, and Fridays until the end of dismissal, 2:00-15 pm. Additional evening and weekend hours for event coverage if needed. Hours may be less during parts of the summer, depending on workload.
Benefits include:
Generous tuition discount, health insurance, life insurance, sick / personal / vacation time, summer hours, all Chaggim and school breaks off
Contact Email: careers@benporatyosef.org