Clerk Specialist Jobs

The Iowa DOC mission is ‘Creating Opportunities for Safer Communities’, and at Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility (MPCF), or mission is, ‘Helping People Become Their Best’.

As a Clerk Specialist you can help make a positive impact in incarcerated individuals lives and our community by supporting, motivating and influencing change in others. At MPCF you will be a part of a diverse team of employees working toward helping reintegrate individuals back into the neighborhoods of Iowa. If you see yourself as a positive role model and find fulfillment in helping others, this is the position for you!

The Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility has a long history of helping people since 1861. Both staff and incarcerated individuals have opportunities to give back to the local surrounding communities through collaborative programs. MPCF is a minimum custody, male facility that houses approximately 1150 incarcerated individuals. We are focused on re-entry efforts by providing treatment, work, education and apprenticeship opportunities to help with the success of our individuals returning to our communities.

The person hired for this position will become an essential team player and have opportunities for growth:

• Opportunities for professional development, personal growth and skill development through continuous training.
• Opportunities to join specialty teams such as Crisis Negotiation or Crisis Emergency Response.
• Opportunities for promotion
• Opportunities to make an impact on the lives of incarcerated individuals who are going through a more difficult moment in their lives.
• Opportunities to provide input into the treatment of incarcerated individuals through reporting observations to other team members and departments such as treatment, medical and education.

Typical Responsibilities Of a Clerk Specialist Include

• Assist in the coordination of offender trips in and out of the facility.
• Processing visitation applications for all institutions in the Department of Corrections
• Assist in processing documentation associated with an offender’s release from the institution for Work Release, Parole and Discharge.
• Handle requests for ADHOC Reports.
• Provide back-up coverage for Interstate Compact Releases, entering information into the Sex Offender Database, and documenting earned time loss due to offender discipline.
• This position is also responsible for answering Incarcerated Individual questions through electronic messages.

What We Offer The Selected Candidate

• Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) retirement package
• Optional 401A plan with employer contributions
• Employee discount programs from a variety of vendors (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, to name a few.)
• Biweekly vacation accrual and separate sick leave
• Excellent pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending and life insurance
• On site staff fitness room

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Experience equal to three years of full-time clerical or closely related work;

OR

an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting graduation from high school, G.E.D. equivalency or satisfactory completion of a recognized correspondence or formal job-related training course at the high school or equivalent level such as that offered by WIN, OEO, CEP, CIVEC or similar programs, for one year only of the required experience;

OR

an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting nine months or thirty semester hours coursework in an accredited business school, college or university for each year of the required experience;

OR

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

OR

employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes the equivalent of eighteen months of full time experience as a resident treatment worker or Clerk–Advanced.

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