Activities Specialist 2
Salary
$59,009.60 - $89,835.20 Annually
Location
Mount Pleasant - 52641 - Henry County, IA
Job Type
Full-time
Job Number
27-00229
Agency
246 Corrections - Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility
Opening Date
07/24/2026
Closing Date
8/7/2026 11:59 PM Central
LinkedIn Tag
#LI-POST
Point of Contact
Sara Menke - sara.menke@iowa.gov
Job Description
The mission of the Iowa DOC is "Creating opportunities for safer communities", and our MPCF mission is, "Helping people become their best," and we need talented and passionate people to fulfill our mission!
We are looking to grow our MPCF team with people who share our energy and enthusiasm for making those missions a reality every single day.
The Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility is a minimum custody, male facility that houses approximately 1100 incarcerated individuals.
Our goal is to offer treatment, recreation, education, and work opportunities in a secure environment in order to prepare Incarcerated Individuals for their entry back into the neighborhoods of Iowa.
Activities Specialist 2
We are excited to share this opportunity at MPCF and are looking for someone who is security minded, excels in communication skills, both verbal and written and who is energetic and ethical.
This candidate needs to have initiative and intuition and be able to use those skills with autonomy when making decisions.
The Mount Pleasant Corrections Facility (MPCF) Activities Specialist 2 is responsible for organizing and supervising activities for our incarcerated individuals 7 days per week, which does include evenings and some weekends.
They will oversee activities and programs for various areas within the institution, including 2 yards, a gym, a library, a recreation hall and our minimum-live out facility. Our Activity Department has a great impact on the safety of both incarcerated individuals and staff by providing activities to engage incarcerated individuals in productive and pro-social endeavors.
It is very important that we provide these activities, not only to keep our facility safe, but to teach incarcerated individuals prosocial leisure skills for when they return to our communities.
MPCF is seeking candidates who have the ability, motivation, creativity and initiative to work independently and as a team.
Experience in creating, implementing, and leading new leisure, hobby and recreational programs.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Hours of Work:
12:00p.m. to 8:00p.m.
Will include weekend hours. 40 hours per week.
What we offer the selected candidate:
Enjoyable, collaborative and respectful team environment
Opportunities for professional development and personal growth
Excellent pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending and life insurance
Biweekly vacation accrual and separate sick leave
Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) retirement package
Optional 401A plan with employer contributions
E-Verify and Right to Work
The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees' rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.
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.
For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description.
Additional Qualification Requirements
Within a period of time after hire, as determined by the appointing authority, employees in this class may be required to obtain a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and endorsements.
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Knowingly misrepresenting the facts when submitting any information related to an application, examination, certification, appeal, or any other facet of the selection process will result in your disqualification from this application and future employment with the state of Iowa.
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Have you filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. §611 et seq?
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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
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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
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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
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Are you a current executive branch state employee with 18 months full time continuous experience as an Activities Specialist I?
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Employer State of Iowa
Agency 246 Corrections - Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility Address 1200 E Washington St
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 52641
Website https://doc.iowa.gov/find-facility/iowa-doc-districts-and-facilities/mpcf