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Salary

$35,256.00 - $51,334.40 Annually

Location

Anamosa - 52205 - Jones County, IA

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

25-00942

Agency

243 Corrections - Anamosa State Penitentiary

Opening Date

10/15/2024

Closing Date

10/27/2024 11:59 PM Central

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Point of Contact

Nicole Rushford

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Job Description

A Position in the Iowa Department of Correction is more than a job. It's a calling. Corrections employees transform lives, equipping Iowans in the criminal justice system with the skills they need to contribute to their communities, inside and outside our walls. Join our team at the Anamosa State Penitentiary as a Secretary.

This position would have weekends off. In this position you would be responsible for providing administrative support to the Correctional Supervisors as well as assisting with various tasks. You will need to be able to maintain spreadsheets, word documents, and other programs used by the IDOC.

At Anamosa Correctional Facility, in Anamosa Iowa we offer a wide range of career opportunities in various departments; i.e., Security, Treatment, Medical, Administrative, Business, Records, Maintenance/Trades, Food Service and other support areas. Join our team of dedicated professionals who provide an environment that facilitates change for incarcerated individuals. Come be a part of creating opportunities for safer communities. You'll find an exceptional workplace where mutual respect and support are part of the culture.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Experience equal to one year of full-time clerical or closely related work;

OR

post high school course work in an accredited secretarial, business, or closely related curriculum may be substituted for the required experience on a month-for-month basis;

OR

completion of thirty (30) semester (or equivalent) hours of undergraduate college level course work may be substituted for the one year of required experience;

OR

certification from the State of Iowa Administrative Assistant Certificate Program will substitute for six months of the required experience;

OR

employees withcurrentcontinuous experience in the state executive branch that includes permanent status as a Typist-Advanced.

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Do you understand that the answers to all of the following questions must be truthful, honest, and accurate to the best of your ability? Please read all questions and answers thoroughly and make sure you understand them completely.Ensure the answers to your questions match the information filled out on your application and the attachments you have uploaded. If the answers to your questions are inconsistent with your application information or uploaded attachments, you will be given zero points for the question.Knowingly misrepresenting the facts when submitting any information related to an application, examination, certification, appeal, or any other facet of the selection process will result in your disqualification from this application and future employment with the state of Iowa.

+ Yes - I understand and agree.

+ No

02

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Have you filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 611 et seq?

+ No - I have NOT filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 611 et seq

+ Yes - I HAVE filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 611 et seq

03

How many years of full-time clerical work experience do you have?

+ No experience

+ Six months to less than one year of full-time clerical work experience

+ One year or more of full-time clerical work experience

+ Less than six months of full--time clerical work experience

04

How many months of COMBINED post high school course work in an accredited secretarial, business, or closely related curriculum AND full-time clerical work experience do you have?

+ No full-time clerical work experience and specified education to a combined total of less than six months

+ Six months to less than one year of the combined clerical work experience AND specified education

+ One year or more of the combined full-time clerical work experience and specified education

05

How many months of full-time clerical work experience AND undergraduate course work do you have? 30 semester hours would equal 12 months' experience, 15 semester hours would equal 6 months' experience.

+ No undergraduate course work/full-time clerical work experience to less than six months of the specified education and work experience

+ Six months to less than one year of the combined specified education and full-time work experience

+ One year or more of the required education and full time work experience

06

If you have completed the certification from the State of Iowa Administrative Assistant Certificate Program, how many months of full-time clerical work experience do you have?

+ I do not have the Iowa Administrative Assistant Certificate

+ No full-time clerical work experience to less than three months of full-time clerical work experience

+ Three months to less than six months of full-time clerical work experience

+ Six months or more of the required full-time clerical work experience

07

If you are a CURRENT employee for the State of Iowa (executive branch): Do you have current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes permanent status (i.e., six months or more) as a Typist-Advanced?

+ Yes

+ No

+ I am not a current State of Iowa employee.

08

Do you have a combination of one year of post high school education or full-time work clerical or closely related experience? 30 semester hours equals one year of experience.

+ Yes - I have the one year of post high school education and/or work experience

+ No - I do not have the one year of post high school education and/or work experience

09

Are you a current permanent State of Iowa employee (Executive Branch) with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to eighteen months of work as Clerk, Clerk Advanced, Clerk Specialist, Accounting Clerk 1, 2 and 3, or Storekeeper 1, 2 and 3?

+ Yes - I am a current State of Iowa employee and have experience of eighteen months in one of the classifications listed

+ Not applicable - I am not a current State of Iowa employee

+ I am a current State of Iowa employee but do not have the required time in the classifications identified

10

Do you have one year of full-time work experience in clerical or a closely related work area?

+ Yes

+ No

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State of Iowa

Agency

243 Corrections - Anamosa State Penitentiary

Address

406 N High St

Anamosa, Iowa, 52205

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