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Job Description
Position Type:
Clerical/Office Support Specialist Intermediate
Date Posted:
8/8/2025
Location:
Lincoln Park Middle School
Closing Date:
08/15/2024
Office Support Specialist - Intermediate
Lincoln Park Middle School
40 hours/week | 46 weeks per year
Monday - Friday | 7:45 - 4:15
Starting Wage: $19.85/hr + Benefits
Join the Duluth Public Schools team, where we work to inspire every student to achieve their potential and prepare students to lead productive, fulfilling lives.
Summary:
Duluth Public Schools is seeking an individual who under limited supervision, provides office support involving a wide range of work activities within an assigned work area. Work responsibilities may be within a large department or a specialized office or school. The incumbent receives only limited work instructions and operates with a significant degree of discretion. This designation is the second level within the Office Support Specialist job classification series. The nature and difficulty of work performed at this level is greater than that of the entry Office Support Specialist designation and involves a greater diversity of work activities. The work complexity requires substantial judgment and analytical ability. Work projects may be accomplished by obtaining the assistance of other support staff.
Minimum Qualifications:- High School diploma or equivalent and two years of previous experience in broad staff support.
- District policies, regulations, procedures and processes
- Applicable state and federal rules, regulations, policies and procedures
- Customer service principles and practices
- Modern office methods, practices and procedures
- Advanced personal computer operations and various software applications
- Complex record keeping and filing methods and practices
- Bookkeeping and payroll principles, practices and procedures
- Organizing and prioritizing work
- Communications, both oral and in writing
- Maintaining confidentiality with sensitive information, issues and situations
- Operating various office equipment
- Implementing and maintaining complex office files and records
- Applying and administering various district operating policies and procedures
- Utilizing effective judgment and protocol in handling sensitive situations and conflicts within established policies and procedures
Medical/Prescription Drug Plan with Health Reimbursement Arrangement- Single Coverage - District pays 100% of premium (FREE) + contributes $2,612.50 into HRA annually
- Family Coverage - District pays 75% of premium (25% employee contribution) + contributes $5,225.00 into HRA annually
- Single Coverage - District pays 100% of Basic premium (FREE)
- Family Coverage - District pays 25% of Premium
- District provides minimum of $50,000 of life insurance at no cost, employee may purchase supplemental life insurance
- District-provided at no cost to employee
- Employees may elect to contribute on a pre-tax basis to Health Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Accounts
- The District contributes 7.25% of your total salary in the Public Employees Retirement Association) pension plan.
- Employees may also elect to participate in Tax-Shelter Annuity options.
- Each bargaining unit contract defines time off provisions such as holidays, sick/personal leave, vacation, etc.
If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at 218-336-8722 or email noncerthr@isd709.org
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Duluth Public Schools
Show moreDuluth, or Onigamiising in Ojibwe, is the seat of St. Louis County, the largest city in the northern two-thirds of Minnesota, and the fourth largest city in the state. It is located on the western tip of Lake Superior and its city limits encompass 67 square miles of land and nearly 50 square miles of water. It is part of the Twin Ports metropolitan statistical area which includes all of Wisconsin's Douglas County, and Minnesota's Carlton, Lake, and Saint Louis counties which boasts a population of 291,638, ranked as the 170th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
After years of building economic diversity, Duluth is growing into a robust regional economic, medical, aviation, higher education, outdoor recreation and arts center. Duluth has long been recognized as an innovative region that is supported by a wide variety of services and industries, including the largest, farthest inland freshwater port, the Port of Duluth-Superior.
The city also boasts a vibrant arts culture, home to art museums, theater, and numerous festivals throughout the year. It is the home of two colleges and a university whose local sports teams include nationally ranked and championship teams.
Duluth Public Schools offers an excellent, competitive and comprehensive benefits program, which includes medical, prescription drug, dental, life, and disability coverage. A pension plan, tax-sheltered annuities program, flexible spending accounts (FSA), health care savings plan and employee assistance program round out the district’s robust benefits program.
The district pays a significant portion of the premium for medical hospitalization, dental and prescription coverage for employees and dependents and offers Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) funding.
The district also has generous provisions for vacation, holidays, family and medical leave and other types of paid and unpaid leave. The district recently added Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth to our list of paid holidays.
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