Secretary to Director - Facilities
Palo Alto Unified School District, Palo Alto, CA, United States
Secretary to Director - Facilities
Application Deadline: 4/10/2026 11:55 PM Pacific
Date Posted: 3/31/2026
Contact: Sandy Esquivias
Number of Openings: 1
Salary: Pay Range $37.56 - $48.02 Per Hour
Additional Salary Info: Range 34 on the Classified Salary Schedule
Length of Work Year: 12 Months / 8 Hours per day
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Palo Alto Unified School District
Department: Facilities
Benefits 100% District-paid (employee only) / Family Benefits voluntary
Job Summary POSITION: Secretary to Director; REPORTS TO: Department Director; SALARY RANGE: Range 34 on the Classified Salary Schedule; WORK YEAR: 12 Months; QUALIFICATIONS:
Associate’s 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.
Keyboard at a minimum rate of 50 words per minute from ordinary transcript or printed material.
Current history of employer evaluations with satisfactory marks in all areas.
Overview Under direction, serve as secretary to a Director, 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
Take dictation that includes a substantial amount of technical terminology.
Type difficult financial and statistical reports, budgets, contracts, etc.
Take minutes at group meetings, exercising judgment in taking verbatim minutes of some sections in accordance with general instructions and revising, as necessary, to improve grammar and structure; keyboard reports, memoranda, and other material from straight copy or rough drafts.
Operate computers to input and retrieve data, to word-process and to generate reports.
Compile reports from a wide variety of sources, and transmit to other offices or agencies.
Compose correspondence and memos from brief verbal instructions or notes.
Conduct continuing correspondence or telephone communications independently on procedural or informational matters without review by supervisor.
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Date Posted: 3/31/2026
Contact: Sandy Esquivias
Number of Openings: 1
Salary: Pay Range $37.56 - $48.02 Per Hour
Additional Salary Info: Range 34 on the Classified Salary Schedule
Length of Work Year: 12 Months / 8 Hours per day
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Palo Alto Unified School District
Department: Facilities
Benefits 100% District-paid (employee only) / Family Benefits voluntary
Job Summary POSITION: Secretary to Director; REPORTS TO: Department Director; SALARY RANGE: Range 34 on the Classified Salary Schedule; WORK YEAR: 12 Months; QUALIFICATIONS:
Associate’s 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.
Keyboard at a minimum rate of 50 words per minute from ordinary transcript or printed material.
Current history of employer evaluations with satisfactory marks in all areas.
Overview Under direction, serve as secretary to a Director, 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
Take dictation that includes a substantial amount of technical terminology.
Type difficult financial and statistical reports, budgets, contracts, etc.
Take minutes at group meetings, exercising judgment in taking verbatim minutes of some sections in accordance with general instructions and revising, as necessary, to improve grammar and structure; keyboard reports, memoranda, and other material from straight copy or rough drafts.
Operate computers to input and retrieve data, to word-process and to generate reports.
Compile reports from a wide variety of sources, and transmit to other offices or agencies.
Compose correspondence and memos from brief verbal instructions or notes.
Conduct continuing correspondence or telephone communications independently on procedural or informational matters without review by supervisor.
Links Related To This Job
Palo Alto Unified School District
Palo Alto Unified School District
PAUSD Salary Schedule
Benefits Contribution Chart
View Other Job Desc. / Ess. Elem.
CalPERS Links
CalPERS Retirement Benefits
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