BASIS DC is seeking qualified candidates for a Front Office Assistant!

Hours M-F 8:30am - 5:30pm

BASIS DC is seeking a Front Office Assistant to provide support services to the school's faculty and staff in order to meet the mission of BASIS Schools. In this role, the Front Office Assistant is primarily responsible for supporting students, welcoming visitors, and performing clerical tasks in the school office. The Front Office Assistant position is a great opportunity to work for a highly dynamic, fast-paced organization with room for growth. The BASIS academic program is consistently ranked among the top 10 programs nationally and is competitive on an international scale. The mission of BASIS Schools is to provide an academically excellent and rigorous liberal arts college preparatory education to all Lower and Upper School students. It is imperative that our Front Office Assistants share our vision of improving the state of education in our country.

Primary Job Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Performing office tasks related to student data collection, parent-school communication, student-office communication.
2. Scheduling meetings between teachers and parents during assigned teacher/parent hours.
3. Organizing, maintaining and updating student records (including collection of records from student previous schools and immunization records).
4. Performing clerical tasks related to student enrollment and withdrawal process.
5. Providing onsite medical support: organizing and maintaining student medication cabinet, collecting and filing required forms, and administering student medication.
6. Coordinating student late arrivals and early departures recording (sign in/sign out log) and reconciling these records with student attendance data.

Job Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma.
• A valid fingerprint clearance and/or satisfactory applicable state background check.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with children is preferred.
• Skills include proficiency in Microsoft Word.
• Together with a high level of personal responsibility and optimism, a successful applicant will demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills, and will thrive in a fast-paced, achievement-oriented learning environment.

Additional Job Information:

Benefits and Salary: Salary for this position is competitive and dependent on education and experience. BASIS Ed offers a comprehensive benefits package.

BASIS (collectively, BASIS Ed, BASIS Schools, Inc., BDC, A Public Charter School, Inc., BTX Schools, Inc., BASIS Independent Schools, LLC, BASIS Global LLC, and BASIS Educational Ventures, LLC), is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants for employment are recruited, hired and assigned without discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or familial status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military/veteran status or any other classification protected by law. BASIS expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee or student harassment.

Qualified candidates must comply with the COVID-19 vaccination and mitigation requirements for individuals working in public charter schools pursuant to Mayor’s Order 2021-109, including being vaccinated against COVID-19 or obtaining a medical or religious exemption prior to their start date.