General Office Assistant 5-E7

State of Michigan; Tittabawassee Township (MI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Michigan is seeking a General Office Assistant responsible for a full mailroom workflow, including processing all incoming and outgoing mail for facilities and prisoners. This role serves as a backup for GOA staff during absences and requires efficient use of computer/typing skills to support daily operations.

Responsibilities include handling inter-institutional mail, processing restricted publications, and issuing misconduct tickets, contraband removal, and package rejections.

Qualifications

• Education typically acquired through completion of high school.
• General Office Assistant grades outline experience: GOA5 no specific experience; GOA6 one year admin support; GOA E7 two years admin support.

Responsibilities

• Process all incoming facility and prisoner mail and all outgoing mail.
• Distribute inter-institutional mail from prisoners to staff and process restricted publications.
• Write major and minor misconduct tickets and manage contraband slips, notices of intent, and package/letter rejections.

Skills

Typing skills

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma

Job description

This position rotates through a full range of assignments in the Mailroom and serves as backup for other GOA during absences. The work requires knowledge and utilization of computer/typing skills to carry out Mailroom functions. This position is responsible for the processing of all incoming facility and prisoner mail, processing of all outgoing facility and prisoner mail, distribution of all inter-institutional mail from prisoners to staff, process restricted publications, write major and minor misconduct tickets, removal of contraband slips, notices of intent and package/letter rejections.

View the job specification at: GeneralOfficeAssistant.pdf

Position Description: https://MCSC.state.mi.us/AgencyPDFs/GOA Position Desc.pdf

Education

Education typically acquired through completion of high school.

Experience

• General Office Assistant 5 No specific type or amount of experience is required.
• General Office Assistant 6 One year of administrative support experience.
• General Office Assistant E7 Two years of administrative support experience, including one year equivalent to the intermediate level.

The Department of Corrections may screen out job applicants who have been convicted of a felony in accordance with Public Act 191 of 2017. Applicants who have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony are ineligible for employment with the Department of Corrections until satisfactory completion of any sentence imposed, including parole or probation.

REQUIRED INFORMATION: Employment in the state classified service demands a high degree of loyalty and imposes high ethical standards on employees to ensure the integrity of state government and maintain effective services. All employees must meet these ethical standards and all appointing authorities are obligated to enforce these ethical standards.

As part of this effort all employees are required to report any possible conflict of interest, please review the information and be prepared to respond to questions related to the information in your application.

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