Welcome to the Jefferson County Career Portal. 

We are excited that you are interested in working for Jefferson County.  Jefferson County is located in the northeast corner of Kansas just north and east of Topeka.  We have a population of approximately 18,900 people.  Jefferson County is a major employer in the county with a total of 220 employees.  The communities of Lawrence, Topeka and Kansas City are within a 30-40 minute drive.  Jefferson County offers an excellent benefits package including health and dental insurance, vacation leave, sick leave, holidays and more.  We invite you to apply with our County by viewing the available job opportunities shown here.  If you do not see any listings there are no open positions. 

Apply online by selecting the job title you are interested in and clicking the "Apply" link.  If this is your first time applying online, you must create an account and select a user name and password.  After your account is established, you may begin your application by clicking on the "Build Job Application" link.  This application may be saved and used to apply for more than one job opening.

To apply for an open position, you must complete our required application form online or obtain an application form from the Jefferson County Clerk's office located at the County Courthouse, 300 Jefferson St., Oskaloosa.  If you want to mail your application please mail to the Jefferson County Clerk's Office at P.O. Box 321, Oskaloosa, KS  66066.  All applications must be postmarked by the job's closing date.

Jefferson County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.