DOC DIXON CC MAILROOM OFFICE ASSISTANT
About The Position
The Illinois Department of Corrections is hiring an Office Assistant for the mailroom at Dixon Correctional Center. The position sorts and scans incoming mail, sorts outgoing mail, keyboards documents, reports, records, and correspondence, and returns prohibited incoming items to the sender at the individual in custody’s expense. The role is fully in office and works 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with weekends off. The position is union-represented, and the relevant collective bargaining agreement applies. The position requires high school-level knowledge, skills, and mental development or equivalent, one year of related office experience, and keyboarding at 35 words per minute. It is classified as medium work, including lifting up to 50 pounds at a time and frequently lifting or carrying objects weighing up to 25 pounds. Employment is contingent on passing an IDOC/IDJJ background check and drug screen and complying with employer vaccine and other medical standards. The employee must use digital technology, tools, platforms, and processes to support departmental work and digital transformation efforts.
Requirements
- Knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of high school.
- One year of related office experience.
- Ability to keyboard 35 words per minute.
- Ability to pass the IDOC/IDJJ background check.
- Ability to pass a drug screen; unauthorized drug use is prohibited.
- Ability to comply with employer vaccine and other medical standards.
- Ability to perform medium work, including lifting no more than 50 pounds at a time and frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
- Ability to utilize digital technology, tools, platforms, and processes in managing and supporting departmental work.
Responsibilities
- Sort all incoming mail.
- Scan all incoming mail.
- Sort all outgoing mail.
- Keyboard documents, reports, records, and correspondence in the Mailroom.
- Return incoming mail to the sender at the individual in custody’s expense when items are not allowed into the facility under department rules and regulations.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of the listed duties.
Benefits
- Health, life, vision, and dental insurance.
- Pension plan and deferred compensation, including other pre-tax benefit programs.
- Paid state holidays, 13–14 days annually.
- Three paid personal business days annually.
- Twelve paid sick days annually, with sick days carrying over from year to year.
- Ten to 25 days of paid vacation annually; 10 days in the first year of employment.
- Paid maternity/paternity leave of 12 weeks.
- Employee Assistance Program and/or mental health resources.
- Full 20-year retirement awards include free health insurance during retirement.
- Training and career advancement opportunities.
- Flexible work schedules in some program areas, including flexible time and hybrid options.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
