Job Title: Administrative Assistant/Office Manager

Status: Part Time, weekday afternoons 3:30-7:30pm, Saturday 9 am—2pm

Pay Rate: commensurate with experience

Starting Date: immediately

Location: Bethesda, MD

Description: Perform clerical and administrative tasks while also providing outstanding customer service in environment which requires excellent interpersonal skills and problem-solving abilities. To benefit this organization and act as the school’s first point of contact with potential and existing students. 

Responsibilities:

• Assist new students in choosing appropriate classes/instruments.

• Help with completing necessary registration forms, and input data to generate new accounts.

• Process, update student files & organize according to established office procedures.

• Provide information to new clients about our program, and respond to numerous inquires on phone and in person in a helpful and courteous manner.

• Assist in coordinating school events, activities, recitals, exams, auditions…

• Provides a welcoming presence in the office with students and parents.

• Assists in recruitment.

• Fosters productive working relationships and serves as a liaison between faculty, students and head office.

• Help with general office work.

Qualifications:

• College degree preferred.

• Relevant work experience.

• Computer skills a plus (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access…).

• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.

• Comfortable to work independently or as a part of a team.

• Advanced communication, time-management and organizational skills are required.

• Requires an individual with integrity, positive attitude, punctual work habits, loyalty and dedication. The individual also has to be reliable, responsible, and dependable.

To Apply:

Applications must include a letter of application, resume or curriculum vitae, and a list of three professional references we may contact, with addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.

Applications should be addressed to:

Inja Stanic, Music Director

International School of Music

5110 Ridgefield Rd., suite 212

Bethesda MD 20816

Or e-mail to info@ismw.org

Only qualified applicants will be contacted. Please do not telephone.

Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action

ISM is committed to the policy and practice of affirmative action and equal opportunity in education and employment for all qualified persons regardless of race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

ISM is an Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer.

International School of Music is a community music school dedicated to transforming lives and enriching our community through music education. Students of all ages, abilities, and economic circumstances participate in lessons in more than 20 instruments, classes, ensembles, performances and special events. International School of Music is conveniently located in Bethesda, Maryland, at the crossroads of Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia.

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