Senior Registrar

Position Overview

The Senior Registrar provides direct support to all Registrars, Attendance and School Counseling Administrative Assistants concerning registration and attendance.

Roles and Responsibilities

The following information is intended to describe the overall nature and scope of the work being performed in relation to the position. This is not a comprehensive listing of all responsibilities or tasks; other work may be assigned when deemed appropriate:

• Provide direct, daily support for all Registrars, Attendance and School Counseling Administrative Assistants concerning registration requirements and legalities.
• Provide direct, daily support for parents regarding the requirements to enroll a student in LCPS. Communicate registration, immunization, and residency requirements.   
• Organize training for all Registrars, Attendance and School Counseling Administrative Assistants as well as other divisional staff.
• Provide Student Information System (SIS) user support to school Registrars, Attendance and School Counseling Administrative Assistants.
• Determine registration eligibility for refugee, immigrant, emergency evacuee, unaccompanied youth and families with regards to McKinney-Vento, Kinship or court services.
• Review all custody and legal documents. Update student records with correct notations.
• Works closely with various agencies including the Departments of Family Services and Child Protection Services. Monitor daily the attendance rosters from the LC Youth Shelter and LC JDC.
• Collaborates with the Student Assistance Services to communicate attendance requirements for students. Assists with residency and attendance issues.
• Stays current on pupil accounting laws and changes in enrollment/registration requirements at the state and local level.

Qualifications

Below are the qualifications for this position:

• Associates degree required; Bachelor’s degree preferred and/or combination of educational and professional experience
• Three years of experience working with student information systems and clerical experience, preferrable in school setting
• Strong management and organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills; ability to work effectively with many different audiences including but not limited to parents, school-based employees and central office administration
• Ability to maintain databases on multiple systems through data entering, editing, and updating procedures; working knowledge of Student Information Systems preferred
• Experience in producing accurate reports and publication using data from numerous sources with the ability to research, analyze, select, compile, and summarize data
• Ability to research, analyze, compile, and summarize data; identify specific procedural problems and make corrections
• Knowledge of standard word processing, spreadsheet, scheduling, and presentation software

Physical Requirements

The following provides a brief description of physical requirements for this position:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. The employee must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies. Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

FLSA  Status: Non-Exempt
Months/Days/Hours: 12 months/254 days, 8 hours per day
Reports to:  Director, Student Services

Salary Range: $30.94-$39.98 hourly