Primrose School of Center City Philadelphia, located in Center City Philadelphia, is seeking an Administrative Assistant for our private preschool, with the schedule of 8:30am to 5:30pm daily. This position will ensure adherence to our mission of bringing the best and most trusted in early childhood education and child care services to families we serve. We are seeking an individual who is energetic, organized, a problem solver, and possesses great communication skills. This individual needs to be passionate about early childhood education and dedicated to the success of our next generation. They will need to promote the Primrose School of Center City Philadelphia in the community to build awareness, enrollment, and achieve planned profitability.
Primrose School of Center City Philadelphia is an accredited private preschool that provides a premier educational child care experience. We offer year-round programs for children from infant through elementary-aged school age.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide superior customer service to all external and internal customers.
- Observes all rules and regulations at Primrose School of Center City and the local, state or national regulatory agencies pertaining to the health, safety and care of children.
- Create and follow systems required to remain organized and orderly in an school environment.
- Answering phones, data entry, maintaining a calendar schedule and other general office duties as assigned by Leadership team.
- Support for marketing, social media, enrollment, and State licensing.
- First point of contact for potential new families through phone and email.
- Attends all required staff meetings, workshops and/or school functions.
- Maintains overall professional personal appearance adhering to the guidelines offered in the Primrose School of Center City Employee Handbook.
Desired skills and experience:
- Excellent communication, customer service, and problem solving skills, including the ability to maintain composure under stress.
- Strong organization skills, able to multi-task, and can manage time to meet frequently changing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Highly professional and dependable. Punctuality and consistent attendance required.
- High energy and enthusiasm to greet children, parents and visitors of Primrose School of Center City.
- Proficient with Outlook, Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Powerpoint, comfortable utilizing other technologies with training provided.
- Experience in management, business, and/or public relations preferred. Experience in an early childhood or school setting a bonus.
- Must be able to lift up to 35 lbs. in connection with the handling of children for the facilitation of programs, child safety, and potential emergency situations.
Each Primrose school is a privately owned and operated franchise, and the respective Franchise Owner is the employer at each school. Franchise Owners set their own wage and benefit programs, which vary among Franchise Owners. Primrose Schools and its Franchise Owners are equal opportunity employers. Positions and position titles vary by school.