COPP - Administrative Assistant 1

USA: | Corrections | Full Time

16.81 - 17.25 USD per hour

Posted a week ago | Apply before October 12, 2026

State of Idaho Opportunity

Applications will be accepted through 4:59 PM MST on the posting end date.

Summary:

The mission of the Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole is to serve as dedicated stewards of the community, fostering public safety, rehabilitation, transparency, collaboration, and accountability through well-reasoned parole decision making. The Commission is currently seeking to fill an Administrative Assistant I position that will serve in a variety of important capacities supporting the agency’s mission.

Responsibilities:

• Performs a wide variety of office support functions as assigned by the Leadership Management Assistant.
• Serves as the primary phone and front desk contact.
• Assists the Victim Services Coordinator with various administrative tasks.
• Schedules and coordinates arrangements for meetings.
• Assists with responses to Parole Web inquiries.
• Responds to public records requests.
• Coordinates non-routine secretarial and clerical activities.
• Composes letters, correspondence, and memos.
• Compiles and analyzes information from a variety of sources to prepare reports.
• Utilizes word processing equipment and/or computers to create, process, and maintain a variety of documents and administrative records containing technical information and difficult formats.
• Serves as a liaison to external partners.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Good knowledge of office support functions including word processing, filing, composing a variety of business documents and reception.
  
  Typically gained by at least 1 year of full-time work experience performing a variety of office support functions including word processing, filing, composing a variety of business documents and reception OR at least 6 college level credits that included word processing, filing and composing documents OR at least 3 college level credits that included word processing, filing and composing documents AND at least 6 months of full-time work experience that included responsibilities related to office support functions.
• Good knowledge of customer service and public relations. Typically gained by at least 6 months of work experience with responsibility for answering business phones, greeting visitors, AND screening callers for further access to staff.
• Good knowledge of gathering and compiling data. Typically gained by at least one year of work experience gathering information from a variety of sources to collect and compile requested information and required that I have a good knowledge of services, operations, or programs.
• Good knowledge of balancing and coordinating a workload for multiple projects. Typically gained byat least one year of office work experience which required that you balance, coordinate, and set priorities for multiple supervisors.
• Good knowledge of personal computer and software functions. Typically gained by at least1 year of office experience using word processing software to format a variety of business documents; OR, I have recent Word processing training coupled with at least 6 months' experience performing word processing in a business office setting.
• Good knowledge of using effective English, spelling, punctuation, and grammar to compose and edit business documents. Typically gained by havingat least 1 year of office experience which required composing and editing a variety of business documents on a regular basis; OR, I have successfully completed at least 1 college-level English composition or business English class AND have 6 months of experience composing business documents.

Desirable

Qualifications:

• Highly proficient in the use of Outlook, Word, and Teams.
• Proficiency in…