AMMS is looking for a skilled, personable staff member to serve as our Office Manager. He or she will play a critical role in managing our student information system and overall office affairs. This is an especially important opportunity for someone interested in developing the full range of both organizational and interpersonal skills on which schools depend.

Specifically, the person filling this position will be responsible for:

• Managing our overall system of student enrollment, including the creation and disbursement of registration materials, orientation attendance and follow-up with new families
• Maintaining student information system to ensure we have accurate up-to-date-data on each family in our school and keeping track of students’ permanent files, working with others to ensure each includes the appropriate registration, health and testing records
• Collaborating with other members of the office team to fill important needs of families, teachers and students that occur over the course of the school day and year
• Work closely with Director of Business Affairs and Business Manager in relaying issues or concerns with school operations
• Communicating between the school principal and other stakeholders

Qualifications

The ideal candidate for this position will meet the following qualifications:

• Job related experience with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Experience working with children and helping them build the academic skills fundamental to school success
• Strong computer literacy and familiarity with administrative support
• Experience and interest involving families (parents, grandparents and guardians) as well as the community in support of the AMMS mission
• Excellent writing and overall communication skills
• A cooperative, energetic disposition and capacity to work in concert with the team
• A deep interest in working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment relentlessly focused on supporting high standards and ambitious goals for our school community
• Leadership potential and willingness to take initiative in addressing issues in and outside the office in order to continuously improve the overall quality of the AMMS program