Pupil Accounting Clerk, Special Education Department

ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE UPLOADED AND SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM ON THE SPECIFIED POSTING DEADLINE.

Position: Pupil Accounting Clerk, Special Education Department

Schedule: 7 hours/5 days a week 42 week a year

Position Purpose: The Clerk manages all data in the Michigan Power School for Special Education (MIPSE), the special education data warehouse system, by collaborating with the district Pupil Accounting Specialist and supporting all special education providers with reports, documents, and technical assistance within MIPSE.

Essential Job Functions:

• Strong attention to detail and data interpretation skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively.
• Prioritize and complete multiple tasks in a timely manner in hitting various deadlines.
• Experience working in MIPSE or other informaiton systems, or willingness to learn.
• Strong ability to develop, interpret, and train staff on reports in MIPSE.
• Process and request records from other school districts for new enrollees within MIPSE and strong familiarity with Synergy, or willingness to learn.
• Provides technical assistance for MIPSE users.
• Good knowledge of the provision of special education programs and services for all resident students (local and center base).
• Understanding of special education staff and the service provided by each role group.
• Understanding of the provision of Section 504 and the documents for evaluation, plan development, and discipline tracking within MIPSE.
• Liaison for Readysign account formation, document creation, and tracking.
• Works collaboratively with Pupil Accounting Specialist on all count day procedures and special education data.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with certified/support staff, general public, and other visitors to the organization.
• Ability to interpret, comprehend, and follow oral and written instructions in order to perform duties.
• Data monitoring for integrity, accuracy, and accessibility.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others.
• Willingness to participate in any relevant training deemed necessary to perform the essential functions.
• Regular, reliable and punctual attendance.

Additional Duties: Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Director of Special Education and other administrators as designated by the Superintendent.

Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Equipment: Use standard office equipment such as personal computers, printer, copier and fax machines, and telephone

Travel Requirements: Travel to school district buildings as needed.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Exceptional people/customer service skills required
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and perform arithmetic operations as needed for FTE calculations
• Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel, Google suite, Readysign).
• Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with staff and others contacted in the course of work.
• Ability to report work orally or in writing to supervisor as required.
• Effective writing and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in an economically, culturally and racially diverse environment.

Qualifications:

• Associates degree or other post-secondary education preferred
• A high school diploma is required

Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards:

• Ada Requirements: The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment), taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust/focus.
• Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate.
• Mental Functions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate.

APPLICATIONS: SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, INDIVIDUAL COVER LETTER AND RESUME THROUGH THE ONLINE APPLITRACK APPLICANT CENTER, NO HARD COPY APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA MAIL OR HAND DELIVERY.
ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE UPLOADED AND SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM ON THE SPECIFIED POSTING DEADLINE.