Office Assistant 2

Job Description

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for an Office Assistant 2 for the Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC), located in Nome, Alaska.

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The duties include processing incoming and outgoing institutional mail, filing, processing inmate commissary, receiving money for inmate accounts, receipt and balance till daily, assume Accounting Clerk duties during their absence and assisting with inmate travel processing to include gathering necessary paperwork and submitting for payment. Other duties as assigned. May be assigned to cover other administrative tasks due to staff on leave or vacancies.

The mission of the Alaska Department of Corrections is to promote public safety. Our division provides secure confinement, access to reformative programs and offender management planning that promotes successful community reentry.

Working for Anvil Mountain Correctional Center, you will not only be an important part of a team but will also have the opportunity for continued learning and growth.

Anvil Mountain Correctional Center is a minimum/medium custody facility that houses up to 150 inmates. You will be working closely with other staff daily.

Frequent Interaction With Others: applies a strong ‘people orientation’ rather than a task orientation to comfortably deal with multiple interruptions on a continual basis, always maintaining a friendly interface with others.

Organized Workplace: successfully organizes activities, tasks, and projects that require accuracy, planning, and record keeping.

Self Management: effectively prioritizes and completes tasks in order to deliver desired outcomes within allotted time frames.

High school diploma or the equivalent.

AND

One year of experience that includes clerical tasks such as greeting clients, answering phones, typing, filing, sorting mail, entering data, receiving payments, making change, or maintaining logs.

Education from an accredited college may substitute for the required experience (3 semester hours or 4 quarter hours equal one month of experience; 150 hours of vocation education equal one month of experience).

“High school diploma equivalent” means one of the following:
1) a G.E.D.;
2) completion of any basic adult education course equivalent to 480 class hours (16 weeks at 30 course hours per week);
3) acceptance in full standing by an accredited college or university;
4) highest grade of school completed plus an amount of paid or volunteer experience that totals 12 years and includes basic clerical tasks such as greeting clients, answering phones, typing, filing, sorting mail, entering data, receiving payments, making change, or maintaining logs.

Some positions in this class may require the incumbent to operate motor vehicles. Such positions require that the applicant possess a regular driver's license and be 18 years of age or older.

Some position in this class may require skill in typing. Recruitment and selection may include this requirement.

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

The State’s online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor.

Starting salary may be approved up to Step D-$32.40, if criteria are met.

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If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of…