Business Information Specialist

Qualifications:

• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Advanced typing, filing, and computer skills
• Strong project management skills, including personal initiative and ability to coordinate with others

 
Performance responsibilities:

• Monitors and Implements the Free & Reduced Lunch Program.
  • Distributes info to schools each year of the process, any new changes from ISBE.
  • Ensures application accuracy.
  • Coordinates paper and online applications received into Skyward.
  • Downloads monthly lists from ISBE of automatically approved students, upload file to Skyward, and send letters to all parents.
  • Processes applications that come in within 10 days – applications with case #’s must be verified on the ISBE site.
  • Counts all lunch applications on file on first & last student attendance day in October.
  • Completes the NSLP Verification process – notify parents, request proof of income, provide follow up, and complete ISBE report.
  • Reviews lunch program reports, verify salaries, invoices, and financial records.
  • Prepares State reports for the lunch/milk program.
• Monitors and Implements Transportation Services.
  • Maintains student data import from Skyward Student to VersaTrans transportation software.
  • Imports and deletes as student enrollment status changes as they occur (ongoing).
  • Prepares bus routes for all public, non-public, and special education students (Durham, Cottage Hill, taxi service).
  • Coordinates internal field trip requests and forward to bus companies.
  • Coordinates transportation for students crossing LEA boundaries (Homeless).
  • Monitors discipline situations occurring on the buses.
  • District liaison for parent/student complaints to transportation companies.
  • Coordinates bus evacuation drills.
  • Verifies validity of all transportation invoices and review with administrator.
• Accounts Receivable
  • Processes cash receipts for local, state, federal dollars – inputs data into Skyward financial (distribute receipts to proper funds through review with administrator) and make deposits to banking institution (when not directly deposited).
  • Designates out all interest accrued on revenue and separate into different fund accounts as legally required.
  • Maintains and monitors state and federal expenditure reports with administrators.
  • Records breakfast & lunch receipts in Skyward system and make deposits.
  • Follow-up on bank errors, insufficient funding checks, wire transfers.
  • Monitors investment fund deposits and communicate with administrator.
  • Prepares and monitors invoices for facility rentals.

Terms of Employment:
Twelve-month year with salary to be established by the Board of Education.  Salary range: $45,000-$52,000.
 
Evaluation:
The Assistant Superintendent for Business will serve as the evaluators incorporating performance goals.