Central Services Administrative Specialist, Principal

Come help the Department of Corrections transform lives for a safer Minnesota! Each day when you come to work for the Department of Corrections, you have the opportunity to truly make a difference in the lives of those under our care and for those in communities throughout Minnesota.

Working Title: Central Services Administrative Specialist, Principal
Job Class: Central Services Administrative Specialist, Principal
Agency: Corrections Dept

• Job : 94952
• Location
  :
  Red Wing
• Full/Part Time
  :
  Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary
  :
  Unlimited
• Who May Apply
  :
  Open to all qualified job seekers
• Date Posted
  : 06/17/2026
• Closing Date
  : 06/23/2026
• Hiring Agency
  :
  Department of Corrections
• Division/Unit
  :
  Minnesota Correctional Facility
  - Red Wing
• Days of Work
  :
  Monday
  - Friday
• Travel Required
  :
  No
• Salary Range: $24.12 - $32.54 / hourly; $50,362 - $67,943 / annually
• Classified Status
  :
  Classified
• Work Area
  :
  Capital Resources/Physical Plant

This position exists to assist MCF-Red Wing employees and other Minnesota Department of Corrections staff with purchasing requirements and facility supply needs. It assists to maintain a consumable inventory, maintains records of facility fixed assets, and assists staff and incarcerated person (IP) with uniform ordering. It ensures centralized and secure supply storage and maintains adequate facility supplies for emergencies and routine daily operations.

The position oversees all aspects of adult IP and Juvenile resident clothing issue and supervises two or more adult offender workers in the warehouse and storage facility. This position is also responsible for processing canteen for IP and Resident population.

This position has direct contact with incarcerated individuals.

To be qualified for and considered for this position, applicants must meet all of the minimum qualifications listed below. Ensure that your resume contains descriptions of your work experiences sufficient for comparison against the requirements stated below and indicate the beginning and ending month and year for each job held.

• Business English skills sufficient to compose and edit correspondence and reports using proper grammar, punctuation and spelling.
• English speaking skills sufficient to communicate effectively with customers, vendors, and staff.
• Customer service skills sufficient to provide prompt, courteous, and accurate information about warehouse operations and procedures to customers, vendors, offenders, and staff over the phone and in person.
• Math skills sufficient to maintain inventory, conduct purchasing requests and record keeping.
• Typing/keyboarding and word processing skills sufficient to draft and type letters, memos, and reports.
• Data entry skills sufficient to enter and update accurate inventory records into database systems, such as Statewide Integrated Financial Tools (SWIFT), Correctional Operations Management System (COMS) and ITAG.
• Database management skills sufficient to maintain, update, and retrieve information from database systems, such as SWIFT, COMS, Microsoft Word, and Excel.
• Lead work skills sufficient to train, assign work, schedule and monitor activities

The following qualifications are strongly desired of applicants seeking consideration for this position:

• Experience in conducting physical inventories and knowledge of inventory management.
• Experience in shipping and receiving, including quality control.
• Experience operating an electric/manual pallet jack, pallet stacker, and forklift.
• Experience working in a correctional facility warehouse setting.

The selection process may include screening the top candidate(s) on their criminal history, predatory offender registration, offender associations and/or other applicable background information in accordance with Department of Corrections’ policy. Top candidate(s) must pass a criminal history check which includes successful completion of all sentencing and/or restitution requirements of law enforcement jurisdictions, including probation.

Employment history/reference checks, including incidents of sexual harassment, will also be conducted on the top candidate(s) in accordance with…