Distinguishing Features of the Class 

This position involves moderately difficult clerical responsibility for maintaining varied financial accounts and records through the application of standardized account keeping practices.  The work requires a general understanding of specific law, office rules, procedures and policies.  This position may be responsible for utilizing a micro-computer, remote computer terminal or similar computer equipment in the performance of daily work-related tasks.  General supervision is received from higher level supervisors, with leeway allowed for making independent judgments concerning routine policies and procedures.  Direct supervision may be exercised over the work of account clerks or one or more clerical assistants.  The incumbent does related work as required.

Typical Work Activities and Expectations

• Acts as a secretary to an official in cases where assignments call for the use of judgment and experience in making decisions in accordance with established policies and procedures;
• Oversees and classifies a variety of receipts and expenditures, and distributes items according to prescribed procedures;
• Assigns work, reviews and records work done, and instructs new employees in specialized account keeping activities;
• Posts entries to a journal or a ledger from a variety of original entry media;
• Reviews and checks account keeping records and reports for arithmetical and clerical accuracy, completeness and proper extension;
• Supervises the verifying and reconciling of individual account balances;
• Composes and types correspondence on matters where policies and procedures are well defined;
• Issues receipts for monies received;
• Compiles payroll data, prepares and checks payrolls;
• Compiles and prepares labor, material and operational cost records and reports;
• Supervises the processing, sorting, indexing, recording and filing of a variety of control records and reports;
• Prepares reports from journal and ledger entries;
• Compiles data for and prepares and analyzes complex financial and statistical records and reports;
• May operate a micro-computer, remote computer terminal or similar computer equipment in the performance of several work-related tasks;
• Operates calculating, check writing and other office machines;
• Assists in the preparation of unit or departmental budget and in maintaining budget control;
• Types accounting and financial statements, payrolls, statistical tabulations and data, form letters, memoranda, vouchers, reports, requisitions and other materials from rough drafts or personally developed data;
• Performs a variety of typing tasks as required;
• Performs a variety of related tasks as required.

Full Performance Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics and Key Qualities: 

Good knowledge of modern methods of keeping and reviewing financial accounts and records; good knowledge of office terminology, procedures and equipment; good knowledge of Business Arithmetic and English; ability to type accurately at a satisfactory rate of speed; ability to plan and supervise the work of others; ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions; ability to make arithmetic computations rapidly and accurately; ability to write legibly.

NOTE:  The essential functions of this job are determined by the department/jurisdiction where the job is located.

Restorative Practices Specialist

10-Month Position - minimum salary $38,000- Commensurate with experience

12-Month Position - minimum salary $48,000- Commensurate with experience

 DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:  This position exists in the Schenectady City School District and involves the responsibility of working with school building staff to embed and build capacity in the use of Restorative Practices. The candidate will work to ensure staff beliefs, assumptions, values, and ways of interacting to support an environment that will have a positive effect on social and psychological experiences of all students from all backgrounds (i.e. race, ethnicity, SES, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc.) with an increase in student engagement. The incumbent will provide embedded coaching and professional development to staff on the implementation of Trauma Informed strategies, to include Restorative Practices. This position requires a high degree of cultural awareness, understanding of culturally responsive education and collaboration.

The Direct supervision is received from the Assistant Director of Pupil Personnel Services with wide leeway given for carrying out the details of the work.  The incumbent does related work as required.

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Develop a strong understanding about how things like implicit biases, systemic racism, adverse childhood experiences, and inequity contribute to negative student outcomes. Works with the school team to engage in planning and executing an action plan to improve these outcomes;
• Maintains alignment between all positive behavior support systems;
• Leveraging of mental health programming (i.e. counseling, school psychologist, social workers, etc.);
• Supports culturally responsive practices to include the implementation of restorative circles;
•  Engages in mediations involving students, staff and community members to reduce incidents leading to school discipline systems;
• Facilitates professional development for staff and community aimed at decreasing disproportionality;
•  Provides ongoing disaggregated data analysis and action planning with staff and administrative team;
• Conducts classroom visits, ongoing feedback and coaching on best practice;
• Ensures alignment to the practices identified in the Code of Conduct.
• Other duties as assigned by the Superintendent and/or Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services.

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:  Good knowledge of school district programs;  Good knowledge of methods and procedures used in record maintenance;  Good organizational skills; Excellent interpersonal skills; Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing;  Ability to enlist the cooperation of others to meet a defined goal;  Ability to understand and carry out complex oral and written instructions; Ability to work with youth in an urban setting; knowledge and skills in Restorative Practices; Ability to develop quality relationships with parents, students, administration and the school board; Ability to assist the schools in effective communication with parents; Ability to organize meetings; Ability to organize members of the community to develop grassroots concerns and communicate them effectively; Ability to advocate for parents; Ability to seek information to assist families; Compassion and respect for others; Cultural sensitivity to various populations within the school district; Tact, courtesy and resourcefulness in dealing with people; Ability to work evenings and attend evening meetings.

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

Start date- June 30th, 2025 End date- August 31st, 2025 (17-20 hours per week)

Community Food Program Liaisons will manage produce inventory, order produce from the farms, pick up and stock the van, and drive the van to the distribution sites. They will work with the districts Farm to School Project Manager and the districts Food Service Manager to monitor vendor compliance with the rules of this grant program (i.e., vendors must document that raw product ingredients are grown in New York State, lightly processed foods contain at least 51% of New York State ingredients, with the remaining ingredients sourced within 400 miles of the processor). The Liaisons also will be in charge of engaging with the SCSD families and Schenectady residents participating in the program, and gathering necessary reporting data.

SALARY:  $17.00/hour

LOCATION: Central Office

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:   The work involves the performance of a wide variety of duties related to substance abuse prevention and treatment provided to students in a school district.  Primary emphasis is on providing counseling and guidance to students and their families.  Other duties include the dissemination of information on programs and services provided by the agency, follow-up on former student cases and the preparation of records and reports.  The purpose of the work is to coordinate services being provided to students with substance abuse problems to facilitate their transition to employment.  The work is performed under the general supervision of a professional staff member in accordance with established policies and procedures.  The incumbent does related work as required.

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Maintains records of interviews and meetings with students and their families;
• Keeps abreast of new developments, programs and techniques in addictive abuse prevention and rehabilitation
• Works with addictive substance abusers to gain their confidence
• May disseminate information concerning programs and services to public and private agencies and to the general public through speaking engagements, media releases and educational programs
• Develops treatment plans for assigned students and maintains case progress notes in accordance with State guidelines
• Makes the community aware of the services available
• May prepare monthly student status and demographic reports
• Performs counseling function using an in-depth knowledge of alcoholism and drug addiction with students having special, social, adjust mental, addictive or personal problems in order to provide appropriate counseling relative to the student’s stage of recovery
• Performs case management functions as well as managing an assigned caseload of specific hard to serve  students using knowledge of long term recovery process so as to have the educational program enhance, or at least not jeopardize, the recovery
• Develops needed community resources and maintains working relationships with these groups and programs for hard to serve students
• May act as case coordinator with other community service agencies such as social services, alcohol rehabilitation organizations, mental health, private hospitals, educational  institutions, etc. to provide more integrated services to students
• May perform specialized follow-up visits and studies to assist in evaluating program         effectiveness
• May carry out special projects through research study and development in areas such as case management, integrated service planning and delivery for hard to serve students, etc.
• May supervise the administration of standardized testing instruments and procedures used in the evaluation of hard to serve students
• Performs a variety of related duties as required

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:   Good knowledge of the problems of those addicted to or dependent on addictive substances; Good knowledge of the symptoms and physical signs of addictive substance use; Good knowledge of group and individual counseling; Working knowledge of services provided in a school district; Working knowledge of the public and private agencies available to provide assistance to the addicted; Ability to relate to and be accepted by addictive substance abusers; Ability to evaluate student interests and aptitudes; Ability to work with students in a variety of counseling and educational guidance situations; Ability to work in a team approach as part of an educational support team when primary goals are educational success; Ability to follow oral and written directions; Ability to maintain records.

Distinguishing Features of the Class and Information Processing Specialist II Role

This position involves responsibility for performing complex information processing activities often involving the utilization of word processing and related software.  This position differs from that of Information Processing Specialist I in that the activities performed are more complex.  Incumbents format, type, revise and print text, reports, budgets, etc. following well-established guidelines.  Additionally, when not engaged in equipment operation, an incumbent performs a variety of clerical duties.  General supervision may be exercised over a variety of Information Processing Specialist I and other clerical positions.  The work is performed under general supervision of a higher level employee.  The incumbent does related work as required.

Typical Work Activities and Information Processing Specialist II Expectations

• Assigns and reviews work and instructs new employees in specialized clerical and/or information processing activities of a unit; Designs parameters for selective information storage on information processing equipment to produce specialized outputs of this information in response to users' needs;
• Designs methods of assembling pre-recorded pieces of information (usually each having a number of variables to be inserted) into complete documents;
• Designs complex formats and layouts for work assignments;
• Creates word processing, spreadsheets or data base designs based on oral and written directions;
• Creates charts, statistical reports and/or performs mathematical computations;
• Manipulates data to produce requested reports;
• Chooses document formats and designs document layouts to be used for entering information which will be printed in selected areas on pre-printed forms;
• May use e-mail as a communications linkage;
• Types complex charts, statistical reports and/or performs mathematic computations;
• Discusses assigned projects with supervisors to clarify specific needs and problems;
• May attend meetings outside the normal business hours, records the minutes of the meeting and transcribes the minutes;
• Performs a variety of clerical functions related to the position.

Full Performance Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics and Key Qualities of Information Processing Specialist II: 

• Thorough knowledge of the use and operation of information processing equipment and related peripheral equipment;
• Thorough knowledge and skill in classic desk top applications including word processing, spreadsheets and data bases;
• Good knowledge of office terminology and procedures;
• Good knowledge of proper grammatical usage and punctuation;
• Good knowledge of business vocabulary;
• Ability to plan and supervise the work of others;
• Ability to design complex formats and layouts for work assignments;
• Ability to understand and follow complex oral and written directions; accuracy.

NOTE:  The essential functions of this job are determined by the department/jurisdiction where the job is located.