Secretary II - Special Education Job at Palo Alto Unified School District in Pal

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Secretary II - Special Education at Palo Alto Unified School District

Application Deadline: Until Filled

Date Posted: 10/7/2025

Contact: Sandy Esquivias

Number of Openings: 1

Salary: Pay Range $30.36 - $38.70 Per Hour

Add'l Salary Info: Range 25 on the Classified Salary Schedule

Length of Work Year: 12 Months

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Palo Alto Unified School District

Department: Special Education Department

Benefits: 100% District-paid (employee only) / Family Benefits voluntary

Job Summary

• A.A. degree or equivalent required;
• Four years of progressively responsible clerical experience with at least two years in a responsible secretarial capacity, preferably in a school district;
• Successful experience demonstrating tact, courtesy, positive attitude and maintaining cooperative relationships with those contacted during the course of work.

Overview: Under direction, serve as secretary to an administrative official usually at the coordinator level, relieving him/her of clerical and routine administrative details; perform work of above-average difficulty requiring a high level of initiative, judgment, and organizational ability.

Responsibilities

• Act as a receptionist, making appointments, arranging group meetings, and transmitting confidential or controversial information;
• Compose correspondence and memos from brief verbal instructions or notes;
• May take dictation that includes a substantial amount of technical terminology exercising judgment in taking verbatim minutes;
• Conduct continuing correspondence or telephone communications independently on procedural or informational matters without review by the supervisor;
• Work with the public answering questions involving and understanding of policies, procedures and regulations;
• Manage many of the details of the office including making decisions based on established policies and procedures;
• Compile reports from a wide variety of sources, and transmit them to other offices or agencies;
• Type/keyboard difficult financial and statistical reports, budgets, contracts, etc.;
• Keep detailed and accurate records of budget expenditures involving a variety of departmental budgets and produce periodic summary statements of individual accounts;

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Affiliations

• Palo Alto Unified School District
• PAUSD Salary Schedule
• Benefits Contribution Chart

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Administrative
• Industries: Education Management