State of Florida is hiring: LIBRARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT I in Perry

Requisition No: 864251
Agency: Department of Corrections
Working Title: LIBRARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT I
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 70045512
Salary: $35,349.60 Annually
Posting Closing Date: 11/14/2025

Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) seeks a Library Technical Assistant I for Taylor Correctional Institution, Education Department. The mission of this role is to support the educational and rehabilitative efforts of the institution by providing inmates with access to a variety of informational, educational, and recreational reading materials.

Job Duties

• Process inmate requests and grievances related to general and law library services, ensuring timely responses and availability of the library for a minimum of 25 hours per week.
• Supervise and assign research duties to inmate clerks and aides, monitor their activities, evaluate performance for gain time review, and initiate disciplinary actions as needed.
• Monitor the checkout and return of library materials, interlibrary loan processing, and use of the copy machine, ensuring accuracy of records.
• Perform photocopying, maintain inventory of supplies, and manage library resources in accordance with rules and statutes.
• Collect data, compile reports for librarian approval, and forward law library invoices and charge forms.

Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
• Comprehensive health insurance and life insurance with accidental death and dismemberment benefits.
• Supplemental dental, vision, life, disability, and hospitalization insurance.
• Tuition-Free college courses.
• Retirement Plans with the Florida Retirement System: Pension Plan (Traditional Retirement Pension Plan), Investment Plan (401(k)-Type Retirement Plan), Deferred Retirement Option Program (Drop), Deferred Compensation.
• No reemployment limitation; beginning July 1, 2024, there is no longer a reemployment limitation; you may continue receiving distributions from the Investment Plan or Pension Plan without interruption.

Requirements

• Must possess a High School Diploma or its equivalent.
• If a college/university degree is submitted, official transcripts will be required.

Support of knowledge, skills, and abilities should be demonstrated on the application, in education, work experience, work sample, interview, and/or reference checks.

Background Screening Requirement

The Florida Department of Corrections requires all applicants to pass a Level 2 background check under Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, prior to employment.

Employment Eligibility

FDC only hires U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. Applicants must complete the I-9 form and may be subject to E-Verify.

FDC does not support H-1B visa sponsorship.

Veterans’ Preference

Candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies. Documentation such as DD Form 214 or other required forms must be provided.

Equal Opportunity / Disability Accommodations / Drug-Free Workplace

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring reasonable accommodation, per the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the hiring authority in advance.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace; all employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing per Section 112.0455, F.S.

Contact

For online application issues, call the People First Service Center at 1-877-562-7287. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.