Administrative Specialist
West Liberty, KYFull-time$39K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Kentucky Department of Corrections is hiring an Administrative Specialist at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex. The role supports institutional policy oversight, ACA compliance and audits, legal coordination, and preparation and maintenance of planning documents, forms, logs, and presentation materials. The position is based primarily in an office setting.
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11/9/2026 (11:59 PM ET)
2605860
Administrative Specialist
Pay Grade12
Salary
$38,854.56 Annually
Employment Type
EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40.0 HR/WK
Click here for more details on state employment. (https://personnel.ky.gov/Pages/Careers.aspx)
Hiring Agency
Justice & Public Safety Cabinet | Department of Corrections
Location
200 Road to Justice
West Liberty, KY 41472 USA
Description
The Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC), Division of Adult Institutions operates 12 correctional facilities that house Kentucky's adult inmate population. The mission of DOC is to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth and to provide a safe, secure and humane environment for staff and offenders in carrying out the mandates of the legislative and judicial processes; and, to provide opportunities for offenders to acquire skills which facilitate non-criminal behavior.
Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (EKCC) is hiring for an Administrative Specialist at the institution.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
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Assists Procedures Development Specialist II with overseeing institutional policies and procedures.
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Reviews documentation to ensure American Correctional Association (ACA) compliance and coordinates institutional audits.
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Assists with coordinating legal matters and serves as a liaison among departments and legal staff.
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Prepares, reviews and revises annual planning documents and institutional forms.
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Updates and maintains various logs and presentation materials.
Minimum Requirements
EDUCATION:Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree.
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS:One year of professional, administrative, or business experience.
Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE:Additional education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.
Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION:Additional administrative, business, research, and/or clerical experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.):NONE
Working Conditions
Incumbents working in this job title primarily perform duties in an office setting.
Probationary Period
This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.
If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Regina Setters [email protected] ([email protected] ?Subject=2605860 - Administrative Specialist)
An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D
How this job compares
Set against the 5,297 open Administrative Support jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$39K/yr
- US median$55–74K/yr710 salary ranges
This rate, $39K, is 38% below the US median midpoint ($63K) — in the lowest quarter of Administrative Support salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 87 open Administrative Support jobs in Kentucky and 5,297 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- H&R Block40 open
- Commonwealth of Kentucky (this employer)14 open
- Edward Jones4 open
- Experience
- Administrative Support postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (2,063 postings).
- Education
- 142 of the 5,297 open Administrative Support jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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