Front Office Coordinator
Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, MA
Beaver Country Day School, an independent day school just outside Boston serving grades 6-12, is seeking a creative, innovative, and forward-thinking Front Office Coordinator for a part-time role. This position, roughly 27.5 hours per week during the academic year, serves as the first point of contact for our school community and visitors. The working hours are from 12:30 to 6:00 pm.
About Our School & Our People:
Beaver Country Day School is not your typical independent school. We embrace change and actively seek feedback to continuously improve. Our ‘Launch, Test, Refine’ mindset fosters flexibility, risk-taking, open-mindedness, and innovation. We provide a future-focused education rooted in real-world context and experience with our students as our clients.
About the Position:
Candidate requirements & responsibilities
The Front Office Coordinator will:
- Create a positive first impression for visitors to our school
- Serve visitors by greeting, welcoming, and directing them appropriately
- Answer phone calls in a pleasant, informed manner to provide information and create a positive image of the school
- Manage student attendance recording and tracking
- Assist with miscellaneous office projects
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Pleasant and professional phone skills
- Proficiency in the Google Work suite
- Ability to successfully learn, navigate, and use Beaver’s internal programs and systems, including the student information system
- Ability to self-motivate, including learning about the school and school events to be able to answer questions
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-energy environment
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Team player, able to adapt to multiple situations and tasks
- Ability to maintain confidential issues and concerns
- Enthusiastic about working in a school environment with visitors, families, students, and faculty
Additional things to know:
- Generous Benefits (Health, Dental and more). For more information visit our website.
- Free parking and close to the MBTA Green Line D
Beaver Country Day School
