ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY I

Arizona Department of Administration; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, REHABILITATION & REENTRY (ADCRR) seeks an Administrative Secretary I for Arizona State Prison Complex - Tucson. You will handle calls, typing, scheduling, and report processing as the primary timekeeper, maintaining files and managing office supplies.

Responsibilities include minutes, travel arrangements, purchase orders, and comprehensive record keeping. Background check and drug screen required; position located in Tucson, AZ.

Qualifications

• One year of professional office experience preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience with records management and report generation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs general managerial administrative functions: answering phones, routing calls, typing correspondence, distributing and filing documents.
• Attends meetings and generates minutes.
• Processes incoming and outgoing correspondence.
• Schedules meetings and makes travel arrangements.
• Acts as primary timekeeper: entering time, distributing attendance records.
• Ensures overtime reports are completed daily and other reports as requested.
• Generates and distributes reports, maintains files per retention schedules.

Skills

General office practices

Microsoft Office and Google Suite

Business English

Basic mathematics

Office equipment operation

Filing systems

Report preparation

Payroll practices and procedures

Composing routine correspondence

Written and verbal communication

Detail-oriented results

Record-keeping and reporting time

Project management

Scheduling meetings

Interpersonal relationships

Meeting minutes

Maintain confidentiality

Adapt to changing priorities

Agency policies adherence

Work in a prison environment

Job description

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, REHABILITATION & REENTRY

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY I

Job Location:

Address:

Arizona State Prison Complex - Tucson
10000 South Wilmot Rd.
Tucson, Arizona 85734

Salary: $31,948.00

Grade: 12

Closing Date: 10/16/26

Job Summary:

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a detail-oriented Administrative Secretary I at the Arizona State Prison Complex - Tucson. You will manage administrative tasks such as answering calls, typing correspondence, scheduling meetings, and processing reports. As the primary timekeeper, you will handle time entries and overtime reports. Additionally, you will maintain files, generate purchase orders, and manage office supplies.

Job Duties:

• Performs general managerial administrative functions to include answering telephones, routing calls, typing correspondence, distributing, and filing documentation
• Attends meetings and generates minutes
• Processes incoming and outgoing correspondence
• Schedules meetings and makes travel arrangements
• Acts as the primary timekeeper to include: gathering and entering time, distributing and filing positive attendance records
• Ensures overtime report is completed on a daily basis, and other reports as requested-
• Generates, copies, files, and distributes various reports to include temporary work assignments, monthly statistical reports, extended leave requests, Family and Medical Leave Act, special visits, requests to communicate with inmates, inmate letters, information reports, and other reports requested
• Maintains files in accordance with established records retention schedule to include current and archived documents
• Ensures audit documents are filed daily and documentation is destroyed within policy guidelines
• Generates purchase orders and distributes to various staff
• Orders, maintains, and distributes office supplies for the unit and assists in quarterly inventory and purchase of supplies
• Drives on State business
• Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

• Knowledge of:
  • General office practices and procedures
  • Microsoft Office and Google Suite
  • Business English
  • Basic mathematics
  • Office equipment operation
  • Filing systems
  • Report preparation
  • Payroll practices and procedures
• Skill in:
  • Composing routine correspondence to include proper format, spelling, and language usage
  • Written and verbal communication
  • Providing highly detail-orientated results
  • Record-keeping and report-generating time
  • Project management
  • Scheduling meetings
  • Building and maintaining interpersonal relationships
  • Taking and transcribing meeting minutes
• Ability to:
  • Maintain files of correspondence, records, and reports
  • Maintain confidentiality
  • Adapt to changing priorities
  • Learn and adhere to Agency policies and procedures
  • Work in a prison environment

Selective Preference(s):

• Prefer one (1) year of professional office experience and proficient use of Microsoft Office and Google Suite

Pre-Employment Requirements:

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation and drug test.
If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).
In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Benefits:

• Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
• Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
• Exceptional retirement program
• Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
• An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page.

Retirement:

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment. Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.

Contact Us:

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling [phone]. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.

Advertised: 02 Oct 2026 US Mountain Standard Time
Applications close: 16 Oct 2026 US Mountain Standard Time