Administrative Assistant

Marin Montessori School

Corte Madera, Marin County, CA

Position Description

Administrative Assistant

Start Date: January 11, 2021 (negotiable)

The Opportunity:

To join a vibrant, creative, passionate, and aspirational team of educators and directors; work on a waterfront, life-filled campus, all with a focus on supporting children, adolescents, and families in learning and flourishing. This position will support the multi-faceted needs related to school administrative operations.

Marin Montessori School:

This is an especially thrilling time to join Marin Montessori, a highly regarded Bay Area not-for-profit school with a history of over fifty years, a central campus in Corte Madera, a thriving newer Junior High program in San Rafael, and accreditations from both AMI (Association Montessori International) and CAIS (California Association of Independent Schools). MMS recently completed a $3.5mm capital campaign and the expansion of our Corte Madera campus, creating a stunning waterfront and nature-rich elementary wing. Committed to inclusion, $1mm of MMS’s $9mm annual budget is awarded in tuition assistance every year. As a Green-Ribbon awarded school committed to making a positive impact on our environment, we were proud to welcome former Vice President Al Gore as our keynote speaker in 2019-2020, who spoke on climate change and youth activism, at our annual fundraiser in support of Tuition Assistance. We look forward to welcoming chef and food activist Alice Waters to our benefit this spring. Marin Montessori is a community of passionate educators, flourishing students, and engaged and enthusiastic families. 

Job Duties:

• Provide human resource services support, including but not limited to maintaining employee records, on-boarding, off-boarding, and benefits management
• Ensuring compliance with annual childcare licensing requirements
• Adhoc projects related to operations and/or educational program as assigned by Director of Finance & Operations, Program Directors, or Director of Strategic Initiatives 
• Organizing of employee or community events that are overseen by the Director of Finance & Operations or Director of Strategic Initiatives
• Scheduling, file maintenance, and other administrative duties in support of the Director of Finance & Operations.
• Support communications related to COVID-19 pandemic with oversight by the Director of Finance
• Management of the school’s calendar