Office Technician (Typing)- California State Prison - Los Angeles (LAC)

About the Department

We enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment, and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs.

Our mission is to facilitate the successful reintegration of individuals in our care back to their communities, equipping them with the tools to be drug-free, healthy, and employable members of society. We provide education, treatment, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs in a safe and humane environment.

CDCR and CCHCS are committed to transforming the correctional landscape to create safer, more professional, and more fulfilling environments for employees, the incarcerated population, and those supervised in communities. Through systemwide improvements grounded in proven and emerging practices, we aim to strengthen rehabilitation, enhance workplace satisfaction, and support successful reentry.

We are dedicated to building an inclusive and respectful workplace, attracting and hiring candidates from all communities, and empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. Our programs work cooperatively to provide the highest level of healthcare to a diverse correctional population, fostering creativity, fairness, honesty, and respect.

About the Location

California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC) is located in Lancaster, CA, 45 miles north of Los Angeles.

About the Role

This is an advanced journey-level position performing a variety of the most difficult duties. Employees at this level are expected to consistently exercise a high degree of initiative, independence, and originality in assigned tasks. The role involves detailed and sensitive public contact and/or independent origination of correspondence, requiring knowledge and application of detailed regulations, policies, and procedures. Positions may include responsibilities such as serving as secretaries to major division chiefs or managing one-person field office assignments with a wide variety of tasks.

Good judgment and effective communication are of primary importance, as work at this level is rarely reviewed. Employees may also have responsibility for providing functional guidance, training, and assisting less experienced staff.

Note: A Training and Development (T&D) assignment will not be considered at this time.

Pay

Effective July 1, 2025, the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) reduces the base salary of full-time employees in Bargaining Unit 4 (and related Excluded, Exempt, and Statutory Exempt employees) by 3%. In exchange, employees receive 5 PLP 2025 leave credits monthly through June 2027. Part-time employees are subject to the same conditions on a prorated basis, while permanent intermittent employees are subject to the reduction based on hours worked in the pay period.

Salaries listed do not reflect these recent changes.

Additional Information

For more details about the job, refer to the Duty Statement.

Applicants must include position number 027-000-1139-XXX on their application. Main communication for this position will be via email; ensure your application includes a valid email address.

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