• Job Description

  Req#: 17658
  Position Type:
  Attendance/ Clerk V
  
  
  Date Posted:
  2/16/2026
  
  
  Location:
  District Office
  
  
  Closing Date:
  02/23/2026
  
  
  Job Title: Clerk – Attendance
  Supervisor: Coordinator of Attendance
  Terms of Employment: 180 days
  Job Summary:
  Assist the Coordinator of Attendance in the overall operation of department.
  
  Essential Duties:
  1. Provide secretarial assistance to Coordinator of Attendance.
  2. Assist with the maintenance of databases, and the construction of queries and mail merge documents.
  3. Utilize the computer extensively for word processing, database, spreadsheet, and student management systems.
  4. Generate queries and reports for distribution to administration, state and /or school personnel.
  5. Manage attendance office operations including problem solving, time planning, attention to detail, organization, timely filing, ordering of supplies, etc.
  6. Assist with truancy identification and interventions.
  7. Organize files in preparation for Truancy Meetings.
  8. Scheduling for Interventionist and the coordinator.
  9. Assist with training data quality and attendance clerks in areas of attendance and truancy.
  
  Other Duties:
  Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Coordinator of Attendance.
  
  Job Specifications:
  
  Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Classified Personnel.
  
  Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required):
  1. HS Diploma/GED required. Associate's degree preferred, but not required.
  2. Previous clerical (2 years minimum) in a people-oriented endorsement.
  3. A working knowledge of family court system and court documents strongly preferred including demonstrated success with conflict resolution.
  4. Strong communication experience working under pressure to meet deadlines.
  5. Ability to multi-tasking.
  6. Demonstrated technical aptitude necessary to learn state and district software applications.
  7. Working knowledge of Student information System preferred.
  8. Working knowledge of MS Windows, Microsoft Office, and Google.
  9. Good organization skills and ability to work independently and unsupervised.
  10. Ability to maintain confidentiality or information.
  
  Physical Requirements:
  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms; walk; sit; stoop or kneel; crouch or crawl.
  
  Additional physical requirements include the following:
  Physically capable of frequently lifting or moving up to 40 pounds;
  Specific vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus;
  Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time;
  Manual dexterity for the purpose of using a telephone and data entry;
  Read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids;
  Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone; and
  Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone.
  
  Work Environment:
  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  
  Pay Grade: 106
  Please click here for salary scales.
  
  This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator or supervisor. Horry County Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time without prior notice.
  
  
  
  

• About the company

  Horry County Schools is a public school district serving Horry County, South Carolina and is the third-largest school district in South Carolina.

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