Office Operations Associate

West Virginia; Mount Olivet (WV); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid holidays

Annual and sick leave

Job summary

The West Virginia Division of Corrections is seeking a Booking Clerk at the Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Center and the Ohio County Correctional Center. You will assist security staff with inmate intake and release, interpret court orders, and maintain the OIS system with updates to housing and inmate property.

Responsibilities include fingerprinting, photographing, and coordinating with local courts, prosecutors, and law enforcement.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Two years of full-time paid experience in routine office work or customer-facing roles.
• College hours, related business school, or vocational training may substitute for the required experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist security staff with processing inmates for intake and release.
• Interpret court orders and route to appropriate department; explain rules and procedures.
• Maintain the OIS system with updates on court orders, property, and housing assignments.
• Fingerprinting and photographing inmates as part of intake; communicate with courts and law enforcement.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Office administration

Communication

Fingerprinting procedures

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

OIS system

Job description

Make a difference in your community with a stable and rewarding career with the West Virginia Division of Corrects and Rehabilitation at the Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Center and the Ohio County Correctional Center.

We offer medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits, retirement, paid holidays, annual and sick leave.

Under general supervision, the booking clerk will assist security staff with processing inmates for intake and release. This work is performed within a secure facility and involves direct contact with inmates. May work at a control post as needed. This position will interpret court orders and circulate to the appropriate department for action; explain basic rules and regulations; comprehend and interpret policies and procedures, rules and regulations. Maintain the OIS system ensuring updates with current court orders, inventory inmate property , and assist with updating housing assignments.

Assist security staff with inmate identification through fingerprinting and photographing. Communicate directly with local magistrate and circuit courts, judges, circuit clerks, prosecutors attorneys, other correctional facilities, federal facilities, law enforcement agencies, as well as the general public. Will perform other duties as assigned.

• In accordance with SPB 3088 effective 10/7/23, $5,000 will be added to the minimum starting rate of pay for all classifications within a Critical Vacancy Pay Supplemental Facility. Critical Vacancy Facilities: Huttonsville Correctional Center and Jail, Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail, Western Regional Jail and Corrections Facility, Northern Correctional Facility (including Ohio County Correctional Center), Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, Chick Buckbee Juvenile Center, Vicki Douglas Juvenile Center, Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, and Eastern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility (including Martinsburg Correctional Center) (SPB 3088)
• Employees in this classification shall receive an annual base building pay differential each fiscal year of $250 after completing one year of service.
• If an employee is hired into a Critical Vacancy Pay Facility (CVPF) and leaves the facility, the additional pay differential of $5,000 shall be removed from their salary, unless transferring to another CVPF.

Training:

Graduation from a standard high school or the equivalent.

AND

Experience:

Two (2) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience performing routine office work or customer-facing roles.

OR

Substitution:

College hours, related business school, or vocational training may be substituted through an established formula for the required experience.