Salary : $56,700.80 - $86,340.80 Annually
Location : Fort Madison - 52627 - Lee County, IA
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 24-04231
Agency: 242 Corrections - Iowa State Penitentiary (Ft Madison)
Opening Date: 06/12/2024
Closing Date: 6/27/2024 11:59 PM Central
LinkedIn Tag: #LI-POST
Point of Contact: Diane Burgess at diane.burgess@iowa.gov
Job Description

ACTIVITIES SPECIALIST 2
Directs, plans, and coordinates a significant portion of an activities program such as recreation, arts and crafts for incarcerated individuals in a Maximum security institution.
Hours: 8a-4p Tuesday - Saturday will be the days assigned to work
Minimum Qualification Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university with major course work in art, the behavioral/social sciences, industrial therapy, music, occupational therapy, physical education, recreation, rehabilitation, therapeutic recreation, or other closely related fields and experience equal to two years of full-time professional work in an activities program;
OR
an equivalent combination of graduate education in one of the above fields and professional qualifying experience substituting a maximum of thirty semester hours for one year of the required experience;
OR
qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education in any equivalent combination on the basis of one year of experience for each thirty-semester hours (or equivalent) of education to a maximum of four years;
OR
employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to eighteen months of full-time work as an Activities Specialist 1.
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Additional Qualification Requirements

Designated positions in this job class require applicants to obtain the required Commercial Drivers License and endorsements within a period of time as determined by the appointing authority at the time of hire.
At the time of interview, applicants referred to Glenwood and Woodward State Hospital-Schools will be assessed to determine if they meet federal government employment requirements as published in the Federal Register, Volume 39, No. 12, Thursday, January 17, 1974, Section 20-CFR-405.1101.
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Have you graduated from an accredited college or university with major course work in the art, the behavioral/social sciences, industrial therapy, music, occupational therapy, physical education, recreation, rehabilitation, therapeutic recreation or other closely related field AND have two years of full time professional work in an activities program

• I have not graduated from an accredited college or university with major course work in the art, the behavioral/social sciences, industrial therapy, music, occupational therapy, physical education, recreation, rehabilitation, therapeutic recreation or other closely related field
• I have graduated from an accredited college or university with major course work in the art, the behavioral/social sciences, industrial therapy, music, occupational therapy, physical education, recreation, rehabilitation, therapeutic recreation or other closely related field but I do not have two years of full time professional work in an activities program
• I have graduated from an accredited college or university with major course work in the art, the behavioral/social sciences, industrial therapy, music, occupational therapy, physical education, recreation, rehabilitation, therapeutic recreation or other closely related field and have two years of full time professional work in an activities program

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Do you have an equivalent combination of graduation from an accredited college or university with major course work in in art, the behavioral/social sciences, industrial therapy, music, occupational therapy, physical education, recreation, rehabilitation, therapeutic recreation, or other closely related fields and professional qualifying experience in an activities program substituting a maximum of thirty semester hours for one year of the required experience

• I do not have an equivalent combination of the required education/experience
• I have an equivalent combination of the required education/experience

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Do you have qualifying experience (professional level work in an activities program) to substitute one year for each thirty semester hours of education to a maximum of four years

• I do not have the required amount of professional level experience to substitute for the required education
• I have enough of the required amount of professional level experience to substitute for the required education

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Are you a current executive branch state employee with 18 months full time continuous experience as an Activities Specialist I?

• I am not a state employee
• I am a state employee but do not have 18 months of continuous full time work experience as an Activities Specialist I
• I am a state employee with 18 months of continuous full time work as an Activities Specialist I

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