Job Information
Iowa Department of Administrative Services Text Processor in Des Moines, Iowa
Text Processor
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Text Processor
Salary
$38,521.60 - $54,641.60 Annually
Location
Des Moines - 50319 - Polk County, IA
Job Type
Full-time
Job Number
25-00429
Agency
500 Legislative
Opening Date
08/27/2024
Closing Date
9/16/2024 11:59 PM Central
LinkedIn Tag
#LI-DNP
Point of Contact
Scott Magnuson - Scott.Magnuson@legis.iowa.gov
To Apply
Applicants should send a resume and cover letter to the Director, Legislative Services Agency, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa 50319, online at www.legis.iowa.gov/careers. Priority consideration will be given to applications received by September 9, 2024, with a final deadline of September 16, 2024.
Job Description
PUBLICATION SPECIALIST
This nonpartisan position involves digital media publication of legislative bills and amendments and other state government documents. The position requires excellent digital publication, keyboarding, and critical thinking skills. The ability to concentrate and perform meticulous, repetitive work, and to work well with others under short deadlines is essential. Experience working in an xml editor or desktop publishing are highly preferred.
Priority consideration will be given to applications received by September 9, 2024
The LSA is a nonpartisan central legislative staff state agency of around 100 employees serving members and committees of the Iowa General Assembly. The LSA’s workforce spans 3 divisions and multiple offices where individuals contribute their unique expertise and talents to advance a shared mission of serving the Iowa General Assembly in a nonpartisan manner.
LSA offers meaningful work with great benefits. Our employees participate in the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) pension plan, the LSA is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF), and low-cost, high-quality health and dental insurance is provided.
A college degree is required.
Overtime work is mandatory.
Starting biweekly salary is $1,481.
This is a full-time position with paid vacation, sick time and holidays, a defined benefit retirement plan, and health, dental, vision, and long-term disability insurance along with flexible spending accounts.
Aptitude exercises and spelling test are required of interviewees. Partisan political activity and legislative issue advocacy are prohibited.
Administrative Services Assistant/Publication Specialist — 20
This is an entry level Publication Specialist position.
Qualifications, Skills, and Ability in addition to those for the ASO class:
Word processing skills.
Ability to learn proper, elementary forms for bills, amendments, administrative rules, fiscal documents and spreadsheets, research documents, committee work products, and all LSA publications.
Ability to operate personal computer and to learn to use the more elementary database software and file management systems.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Duties:
Text process and publication of the more elementary forms of legal and fiscal documents, including bills, resolutions, administrative rules, amendments, Acts, Code, tables, research memorandums, contracts, reports, summaries, legislative guides, legal background briefings, charts, spreadsheets, committee minutes, letters, interim calendar and briefing, style guidelines for legal staff and fiscal, publication specialists’ and proofreaders’ manuals, factbook, NOBAs, fiscal notes, fiscal update, issue reviews, topic papers, LADAR, LAGAR, graybook (fiscal summary), Roster, and Redbook.
Adhere to numerous and more elementary template styles and style guides.
Metadata tagging of the more elementary documents for publication purposes.
Operation of database management and publication system.
This is a courtesy posting for the Legislative Services Agency. Applicants must follow instructions in "To Apply" to be considered.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
A college degree is required.
Agency
State of Iowa
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