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Salary : $38,750.40 - $47,299.20 Annually
Location : Kings County Government Center, 1400 W. Lacey Blvd, Hanford, CA
Job Type: Full-time permanent
Job Number: 2025-144
Department: Probation
Division: Juvenile Secure Track
Opening Date: 06/23/2026
Closing Date: 7/6/2026 5:00 PM Pacific
JOB OPPORTUNITY
The Kings County Probation Department is currently seeking qualified individuals for the position of:
JUVENILE CENTER SUPPORT CLERK
$38,750.40 - $47,299.20 Annually
Build your career with the Kings County Probation Department in a role that truly matters. As a Juvenile Center Support Clerk, you'll help keep the Juvenile Center running smoothly by managing key records, assisting staff, and supporting a safe, structured environment for youth. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on experience, learn the inner workings of juvenile services, and grow into future administrative or probation-related roles. If you're dependable, detail-oriented, and ready for a meaningful step forward in your public service career, we encourage you to apply!
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DUTY SAMPLE
Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
Some duties, knowledge, skills, and abilities may be performed in a learning capacity for entry-level (I Level) positions.

• Performs a variety of general clerical and administrative duties in support of Juvenile Services Officers.
• Performs a variety of duties concerning the booking and processing of justice involved individuals; initiates and completes applicable booking forms and enters booking/release information; processes transfers and/or releases of justice involved individuals.
• Accesses, enters, verifies, and retrieves data and information regarding justice involved individuals using a variety office equipment including computers, computer networks, databases, and information systems.
• Answers a high volume of incoming telephone calls and e-mails; provides information and answers questions; takes and conveys messages; refers issues to the appropriate staff or department; replies to voicemail and email messages.
• Monitors movement and activity of justice involved individuals through direct visual contact and a video monitoring system; communicates with justice involved individuals in rooms or other secured areas via intercom; ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and department policies and procedures.
• Observes activity through a video monitoring system and gives verbal direction to justice involved individuals regarding action or movement and advises staff of immediate or potential problems; notifies appropriate personnel in emergency situations.
• Composes, types/keyboards and processes a variety of rough draft and final documents, such as general correspondence, reports, forms, letters, schedules, records, bills, purchase orders, requisitions, and statistical and financial data; proofreads, edits and corrects prepared materials, ensuring accuracy, completeness, compliance with department policies, and correct grammar, punctuation and spelling.
• Creates, organizes, archives, scans, copies, maintains, and retrieves records, documents, reports, and files; maintains and/or establishes filing systems; audits files for compliance with federal, state, and local laws and records retention schedules.
• Collects, opens, and distributes incoming mail, packages, email communications, correspondence, reports, requests for service, and complaints to appropriate staff.
• Performs a wide variety of routine and/or repetitive tasks, such as, filing, preparing work orders; enters, edits and retrieves data and prepares regular or special reports; may perform high volume production typing/keyboarding/data entry.
• Prepares, processes, and maintains various departmental files and retrieves records; maintains confidentiality of department records.
• Observes and complies with County and mandated safety rules, regulations and protocols.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS **Minimum requirements must be met by the closing date**
Please note: Work experience for the last 15 years must be included in the work history portion of your application. It is also important that your application show all the relevant education and experience that you possess, even if it extends beyond the required past 15 years.
A resume may be attached, but it is not a substitute for completing the application and supplemental questions. Failure to submit a completed application may eliminate you from the recruitment.When completing the work history portion of your application please include each level position title and level as a separate entry when applicable (e.g., If you were a Level I and promoted to Level II, each level should be entered separately to reflect the time held at each level).
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Education:

• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12th) grade.

Experience:

• One (1) year of typing and general clerical experience. (Clerical experience in an institutional or correctional facility, in a law enforcement environment or experience as an emergency dispatcher is highly desirable.) (Substitution: Equivalent to an associate degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business, office practices, or a closely related field may be substituted for the required experience.)

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Licenses:

• Possession of a valid California driver's license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles at the time of appointment.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Qualify for security clearance through a background investigation and fingerprint check. Ability to work standard eight-hour shifts or alternate shifts, such as ten- or twelve-hour shifts, work irregular hours including emergencies, evenings, weekends and holidays, work varying shifts as necessary, and work overtime or mandated overtime. Ability to work in a locked detentions facility which enforces a "lock down, no hostages" policy. Perform data entry with speed and accuracy at a level sufficient to perform the duties of the position.
For a complete description of duties and qualifications, please view the detailed job specification below.
Juvenile Center Support Clerk
SELECTION PROCESS: **EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER**
All completed applications and supplemental questionnaires will be reviewed. Depending upon the number of applicants who meet the minimum qualifications, the examination process may include a screening committee (pass/fail) and/or written examination (pass/fail) and/or an oral examination (100%) which may include a written practical component to determine placement on the eligible list.
Note: Those applicants who are among the top 40 written test scores will be invited to participate in the oral examination process.
VETERAN'S PREFERENCE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
You must submit a certified DD-214 and a new request form for each application submission prior to the closing date.
TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Final Date to Apply: July 6, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.
SME Review: Week of July 13, 2026
HR Oral Examination: Week of July, 20 2026
Retirement Benefits: Eligible employees are enrolled in the Public Employees Retirement System, known as CalPERS. The County contracts with the CalPERS for this benefit in the miscellaneous or safety plans as appropriate. The County has reciprocity with other qualifying public retirement systems in California.
Effective January 1, 2013, all new members to CalPERS, or existing members with more than a 6 month break in service from a qualifying previous public employer, will be enrolled in one of the following CalPERS retirement plans (with three year average final compensation) based on their classification:
Miscellaneous - 2% at 62
Safety - 2.7% at 57
If a new employee is currently a member of a qualifying California public retirement plan without a break in service of no more than 6 months (documentation will be required), or ever worked for Kings County previously, they may qualify instead for either of these plans (with single highest year final compensation) in effect prior to January 1, 2013:
Miscellaneous - 2% at 55
Safety - 3% at 55
The new formulas will not apply to existing County employees hired prior to 12/31/12 who promote or transfer to a different position, or into a position covered by a different PERS plan (e.g. move from a position covered by the Miscellaneous Plan to one covered by the Safety Plan).
Health Insurance: Medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs, mental health, and chiropractic care for employees and their eligible dependents is available. The portion of the monthly cost that the employees are responsible for depends on their bargaining unit. The County offers a confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The County has an Employee Health Center available to Kings County employees and their dependents enrolled in the County health plan.
Deferred Compensation: Participation is voluntary. One plan with several investment options is available. For more information on the eligibility of a contribution match, please refer to the applicable
Holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and day after, Christmas Eve; Christmas Day; and half-day New Year's Eve. Holiday credit may vary for law enforcement, fire, and other employees required to work on a holiday. Refer to the for information on the paid holiday closure.
Vacation: Eligible employees earn from two to four weeks of paid vacation per year, depending on their length of service and bargaining unit agreements.
Sick Leave: Sick Leave is accrued for each hour worked. Accrual rates vary depending on date of hire and bargaining unit agreements. The accumulation of sick leave starts from your first day of employment and sick leave may be requested subsequent to the time it is earned.
Retiree Health Insurance: Upon retirement from the County, and depending on bargaining unit agreements, a percentage of accrued sick leave may be converted to be used to pay for retiree health insurance benefits for eligible employee and spouse.
Education Reimbursement Program: Full-time, permanent employees are eligible to receive up to $500 for units earned toward an associate's degree, or up to $1,500 for units toward a bachelor's or master's degree. Permanent employees who work at least half-time are eligible. Extra help employees are not eligible. Courses must be to increase their knowledge or ability to perform their present job or to prepare for a higher level job with the County. This program is subject to annual funding.
Flexible Benefits Program: Optional program allows employees to pay for certain qualified benefits with pre-tax salary (such as child care expenses, unreimbursed medical costs, or health insurance premiums).
Specialty Pays: See for information.
Note: The provisions of this bulletin do not constitute an expressed or implied contract. Any provision or procedure described herein may be modified or revoked at any time without notice.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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The application and supplemental questionnaire must be completed fully. The following supplemental questions are used to help determine qualifications and eligibility to continue in the recruitment process. All education and experience used to answer the supplemental questions must be included on the education and work history portion of your application. Incomplete applications or supplemental questionnaires cannot be revised after submission and may be grounds for rejection. Responses such as "see resume" or "see application" or brief general statements will be considered incomplete. Incomplete applications may be rejected. By clicking "I Accept" below, I certify that I understand and will follow the application instructions.

• I Accept.

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Do you have a high school diploma or GED equivalency?

• Yes, I graduated from high school.
• Yes, I passed a GED equivalency exam.
• I did not graduate from high school or pass a GED equivalency exam, but I have attained a degree from an accredited college or university.
• None of the above.

03
Please list your education from an accredited college or university.Please include the following information:1) Name of college or university you attended;2) Degree received;3) Major and minor studied;4) Number of units completed and indicate semester or quarter units.Type "N/A" if you do not possess any units from an accredited college or university.
04
How many years of typing and general clerical experience do you possess?

• Less than one (1) year of experience.
• More than one (1) year but less than two (2) years of experience.
• Two (2) years or more of experience.
• I have equivalent to an associate degree (60 units) from an accredited college or university with major course work in business, office practices, or a closely related field may be substituted for the required experience...