Substitute Secretary

Substitute Secretary at Palo Alto Unified School District

Application Deadline

Continuous

Date Posted

7/23/2026

Contact

Summer Nystrom

Number of Openings

10

Salary

Single Rate

Range 25A ($32.90/Hr.) Per Hour

Length of Work Year

Hourly as needed

Employment Type

Full Time, Part Time

Location

Palo Alto Unified

Department

Various Sites

Benefits N/A

Job Summary Job Summary

RESPONSIBILITIES: Under direction, to serve as secretary to an administrative official usually at the coordinator level, relieving him/her of clerical and routine administrative details; to perform work of above-average difficulty requiring a high level of initiative, judgment, and organizational ability. Specific Duties Include:

• Compose correspondence and memos from brief verbal instructions or notes;
• May take dictation that includes a substantial amount of technical terminology exercising judgment in taking verbatim minutes;
• Conduct continuing correspondence or telephone communications independently on procedural or informational matters without review by supervisor;
• Work with the public answering questions involving and understanding of policies, procedures and regulations;
• Act as receptionist, making appointments, arranging group meetings, and transmitting confidential or controversial information;
• Manage many of the details of the office including making decisions based on established policy and procedure;
• Compile reports from a wide variety of sources, and transmit to other offices or agencies;
• Type/keyboard difficult financial and statistical reports, budgets, contracts, etc.;
• Keep detailed and accurate record of budget expenditures involving a variety of departmental budgets and produces periodic summary statements of individual accounts;
• Converse with and furnish information to principals, consultants, coordinators, directors, assistant superintendents, and other personnel throughout the district at all levels and with the public in general;
• Maintain security of confidential information.

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