Principal Clerk - Food Service Department

Job Description

Anticipated Opening

School Spring #5730655

Work Year: ESY Program-2026

ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION

Title of Position: Summer Principal Clerk

Salary: Contractual Rate

Organizational Relationship

or Line of Authority: Directly responsible to the Supervisor of Food Service in all matters related to the department.

Statement of Duties:

• Responsible for all monies collected in all schools on a daily and weekly basis.
  
• Answer telephone calls from all cafeteria personnel regarding student lunch status.
  
• Balance daily paper work with bank deposits each day.
  
• Open, sort and route incoming mail and prepares outgoing mail.
  
• Prepare monthly menus and flyers.
  
• Prepares memos, correspondence and/or reports.
  
• Assist with Food Service ordering, data entry, check verify and process invoices.
  
• Assist in month end reporting procedures.
  
• Communicate daily departmental with City Treasures and City Auditors' Departments.
  
• Assist Principal Bookkeeper when needed.
  
• Responsible for other general duties as indicated by the Supervisor of Food Service, directives of the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee and polices of the Haverhill School Committee.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma
  
• Secretarial and /or clerical experience preferred.
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
  
• Strong effective time management planning capabilities.
  
• Performs all clerical work in the office with little supervision.
  
• Self-motivated and able to work without direct supervision.
  
• Ability to multi-task when necessary.
  
• Skills to operate standard office equipment including use of computer applications and various business machines.
  
• Perform data entry and word processing. The data entry will include: Daily Sales and Excel Balancing Report.
  
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and familiar with Apple software, SchoolBrains, and Budgetsense.
  
• Previous experience in a school environment preferred.
  
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the building principal or his/her designee may find appropriate and acceptable.

HAVERHILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT AND IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ALL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The Haverhill Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is in compliance with Federal regulations prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Welcome to ATX Learning

Welcome and thank you for your interest in Haverhill Public Schools. We are an urban district that welcomes and educates all students and families. Haverhill Public Schools has a student enrollment of over 7800 scholars in 17 schools across the district. We also have a Family Resources Center at the Burnham School which houses Registration, Transportation, Multilingual, Attendance and our Nursing Departments. To learn more information about Haverhill Public Schools please visit our website at www.haverhill-ps.org.

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