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# Data Manager-11 months position

- **Company:** Burke County Schools
- **Location:** Morganton, NC, United States
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Spreadsheets, Computer Literacy, Desktop Publishing, Text Processing, Pearson PowerSchool
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://api.schoolspring.com/api/Jobs/5976435?domainName=

## About the Role

* Knowledge of computers, networking, and office practices.
 * High level of accuracy in data entry and management.
 * Administrative skills to interpret county and state policies governing enrollment/withdrawal, attendance, immunizations, and health records.
 * Communication skills to communicate with school personnel, students, parents, and outside agencies.
 * Ability to perform common arithmetical functions.
 * Software/word processing skills for data entry, reporting, word processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheets, and other PowerSchool programs.
 * Uses discretion to structure tasks to meet expectations and prioritizes meeting deadlines.
 * Keeps information confidential.
 * Needs limited supervision and can work independently and as part of the team.
 * Able to make decisions and solve problems with school data and information provided.

Education, Training Required: High School diploma and a minimum of two years of experience with computer processing and data entry preferred. An Associate's Degree from a two-year college or technical school is preferred.

## Description

* Enters and manages student data in PowerSchool, including enrollments, withdrawals, student/teacher/room schedules, transcripts, test scores, immunizations, demographics, etc.
 * Monitors teachers' entry of attendance and grades into PowerSchool. Monitors student absences for correct excused/ unexcused coding. Prepare student absence lists and the daily absence bulletin. Maintains student sign-in/sign-out logs per the principal's directions.
 * Employs the PowerSchool program to generate reports to satisfy the requirements
 * Collects data for and prints marking period report cards.
 * Requests cumulative records for new students and sends cumulative records upon request for exiting students. Manages student cumulative records according to federal ( FERPA) and district policies and procedures
 * Other clerical duties as assigned by the principal.