Administrative Specialist

Administrative Specialist

Pay Grade 12
Salary: $35,712.48 - $53,568.48 Annually

Employment Type:

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 37.5 HR/WK

2420 Roberts Drive, Ashland, KY 41102 USA

The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice is a multi‑faced agency dedicated to serving juveniles across the Commonwealth. The Administrative Specialist plays a key role in supporting operations, ensuring compliance with policies, and enabling staff to perform effectively. This position demands maturity, reliability, and strong leadership qualities, and offers opportunities for career growth through training and mentorship.

• Serves as facility American Correctional Association (ACA) liaison; gathers, coordinates, compiles, and reviews ACA documents.
• Analyzes ACA documents to determine compliance for Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
• Helps develop SOP to ensure compliance with policies.
• Reviews, compiles, and prepares operation records and reports.
• Maintains employee training records and requirements.
• Coordinates training for staff.
• Responds to verbal inquiries from general public and facility staff.

• Education:
  
  Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree.
• Experience, Training, or
  
  Skills:
  
  One year of professional, administrative, or business experience.
• Substitute EDUCATION for
  
  EXPERIENCE:
  
  Additional education will substitute for the required experience on a year‑for‑year basis.
• Substitute EXPERIENCE for
  
  EDUCATION:
  
  Additional administrative, business, research, and/or clerical experience will substitute for the required education on a year‑for‑year basis.
• Special Requirements: NONE

Incumbents working in this job title primarily perform duties in an office setting.

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D