Posted 19 days ago
Casual On-Call Clerical
@ School District #79 (Cowichan Valley)
North Cowichan, British Columbia
Overview
School District #79 (Cowichan Valley) is hiring a casual clerical support worker to run school office duties, including reception, secretarial work, school funds, and reports. The work is on-call with no fixed schedule stated. Applicants need Grade 12, a one-year secretarial course or equivalent, and intermediate MS Word and Excel skills.
Responsibilities:
- Handle school office administration for the principal
- Answer phones, direct visitors, and schedule appointments
- Process and deposit school funds with bookkeeping records
- Compile data for Ministry and District reports
- Type letters, reports, and forms, some confidential
Requirements summary:
- Grade 12 diploma or equivalent
- One-year post-secondary secretarial course or equivalent
- Intermediate MS Word and Excel skills
- Typing speed of 55 wpm minimum
- At least 3 months office experience
- Basic bookkeeping skills
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Job-board feed · applytoeducation
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-21
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-21
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-09
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Administrative |
| Experience | 0+ years |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | School, Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | High school (required), College diploma (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Secretarial studies |
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School District #79 (Cowichan Valley)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 18 |
Applications are being accepted for the position of:
CASUAL CLERICAL SUPPORT
Under the direction of the Principal or Delegate, provides secretarial and reception services to the school.
DUTIES:
1.Relieves a Principal of administrative detail by independently handling all responsibility associated with operating a school office.
2.Provides reception services by answering the telephone, relaying messages, directing visitors, scheduling appointments and responding to inquiries from staff, students, parents and the public.
3.Provides secretarial services including data entry, typing letters, reports and forms, some of which are confidential.
4.Receives, processes and deposits school funds, following established bookkeeping practices.
5.Maintains the appropriate control records for the annual and monthly budget processes.
6.Compiles and collates data for Ministry and District reports.
7.Maintains "Keys Issued" log.
8.Advises parents of injury or illness to students and absence as required.
9.Operates standard office equipment, including a personal computer, photocopier, fax machine, postage meter and adding machine, and provides first-line maintenance as required.
10.May, on occasion, be required to perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Applicants must have:
- Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent
- Post-secondary secretarial courses of at least one-year duration or an equivalent combination of training and experience
- Intermediate computer skills MS Word, MS Excel
- Minimum tested typing speed 55 wpm
- Minimum of 3 months experience in an office environment
- Basic bookkeeping skills
- Ability to handle a variety of tasks within tight deadlines
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Physically capable of performing the job duties.
Applications should include a cover letter, resume, transcripts, copies of your education diplomas/certificates, and three work-related references with contact information and permission to contact. Applications, with all documentation are preferred as one file in PDF format, will be accepted until filled and can be emailed to . or dropped off at the School Board Office:
Human Resources, Support Staff
Cowichan Valley School District
2557 Beverly Street, North Cowichan, BC V9L 2X3
Thank you for your interest in these casual positions. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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