Central Services Administrative Specialist, Principal

Central Services Administrative Specialist, Principal

Job Class: Central Services Administrative Specialist, Principal

• Job
• 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
• FLSA Status:
  Nonexempt
• Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities:
  Yes

This position exists to assist MCF-Red Wing employees and other Minnesota Department of Corrections staff with purchasing requirements and facility supply needs. It helps maintain a consumable inventory, records of facility fixed assets, and assists staff and incarcerated persons (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.

• 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.

• 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 selected finalist is required to review and sign a Physical Demands Analysis (PDA) for this position and may be required to complete a tuberculosis screening.
• 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 Department of Corrections’ policy. This may include a review of job performance and discipline records.
• New employees will be fingerprinted within the first 30 days of employment.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) does not participate in E-Verify. The DOC will not sponsor applicants for work visas, including F-1 STEM OPT extensions. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 12 paid holidays each year
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
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