Job Responsibilities
Customer Service (the customers being: students, teachers,
parents, other staff from the particular school I work in and
miscelaneous people such as staff from other schools, staff from
our main office and the tech people).Customer service is
provided by e-mail, phone, and in person and takes up
approximately 70% of my time. Another major responsibility is
taking charge of the accounts receivable and accounts payable
which takes up approximately 25% of my work day. I process all
funds received at the school from fieldtrips, donations, fund-
raising campaigns, from students, donation campaigns, etc.
Mainly, I pay all invoices received at the school and reimburse
any staff reimbursements that are due. The balance of my day is
spent doing miscelaneous tasks. Overtime is spent keeping up or
catching up on whatever needs to be done by a deadlines. I
support 2 administrators, approximately 30 teachers and 10
miscelaneous staff, and 330 students.
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Job Requirements
This school has 2 programs: French Immersion and Spanish
Bilingual programs. Both programs are approximately the same
size and generally everybody who requests a certain program gets
it. These programs are specialized and are taught by specialized
teachers.
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Uppers
Time off: Summers (July and August), Spring break (one week off at the end of
March of each year) and 10 days or more off during the Christmas Holidays.
Staff: Staff members are supportive, considerate and friendly.
Accounts payable and accounts receivable: providing I do not get interuptions.
It is a satisfying part of my work because I attain a concrete end. (I know what
the end is and how long it will take me to get there.)
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Downers
Interuptions: So many interuptions that it takes much longer to
complete a task then it should.
Too big a workload: Not having anyone to help me with my workload (according to
averages in the company, there should be two
of us doing my job). Therefore, the stress and frustration is
high.
Stress: Every job is stressful, but I can never seem to walk in
my office. I'm always rushing (or running) from place to place
or from task to task.
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Lifestyle
Be prepared to work hard and to be able to multi-task like
you've never multi-tasked before. If your goal is to have a lot
of time off, this is the job for you.
The outlook looks poor. Already, many in this position are
leaving to find better jobs or going on medical leaves due to
the demands of the job.
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Compensation
My approximate hourly wage is $16.00 per hour over a 10-month
period. No bonuses or stock options are possible. The benefits
are the usual ones; except that Medical Coverage is 100%.
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Advice to Jobseekers
Be prepared to work hard and to be able to multi-task like
you've never multi-tasked before. If your goal is to have a lot
of time off, this is the job for you.
The outlook looks poor. Already, many in this position are
leaving to find better jobs or going on medical leaves due to
the demands of the job.
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