Correctional Officer 3 - State of West Virginia : Job Details

Salary : $34,247.00 - $58,936.00 Annually Location : - Various Locations, WV Job Type: Full-Time Permanent Job Number: 8913DCR Department: Various Departments Opening Date: 05/01/2025 Closing Date: Continuous LOCATION OF VACANCY: STATEWIDE Nature of Work Special Hiring Rates: $55,900.416 upon hire/reallocation - Critical Vacancy Pay Facilities: Huttonsville Correctional Center and Jail, Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail, Western Regional Jail and Corrections Facility, Northern Correctional Facility (including Ohio County Correctional Center), Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, Chick Buckbee Juvenile Center, Vicki Douglas Juvenile Center, Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, and Eastern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility (including Martinsburg Correctional Center) $50,900.304 upon hire/reallocation - Remainder of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities Under general supervision at the full performance level, serves as a lead workers of Correctional Officers. These positions are responsible for planning, assigning and reviewing the work of other Correctional Officers to ensure facility security and/or the functioning of a specialized post or unit. Distinguishing Characteristics: These positions serve as lead worker or as a key control, tool control, and armory officer and hold the assigned rank of Corporal. They may also serve as non-supervisory K-9 handlers. Click The APPLY Link To Apply Online. IMPORTANT: Your eligibility will be based on information provided in your resume or application; therefore, make sure your resume or application is detailed and complete. You MUST complete ALL parts of the application OR upload a resume to your submission. ATTENTION: Applicant must verify post high school education by submitting an official transcript or diploma, training or licensure earned pertaining to this position by the closing date of the posting, if not previously verified If you are claiming Veterans preference, please submit MEMBER 4 form and/or your VA Letter. Protecting your personal information is our highest priority. If your official transcript, training/licensure, or Veterans documentation contains your Social Security Number and/or birthdate, please redact that information before submitting it to the Division of Personnel. Please attach documents to the online application before submitting it. Or, you may email it to: [email protected] or by mail to: WV Division of Personnel, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E., Building 3, Suite 500, Charleston, WV 25305. Be sure to submit your resume or application for each position of interest. To receive an email notice anytime jobs in this or other categories are posted, you may choose to complete a Job Interest Card from the slide-out menu located at the top left of our Job Opportunities page. Examples of Work

• Conduct orientation and/or on-the-job training of Correctional Officers.
• Read and implement training materials, post orders, administrative regulations, log entries and/or memoranda.
• Provide guidance and direction to subordinate officers.
• Monitor the performance of subordinate officers, making assignments to units as necessary.
• Obtain information from previous shift regarding activities occurring on that shift.
• Conduct/assist with offender intake/discharge procedures.
• Observe offenders to detect unusual or prohibited behavior and maintain custody and control within the correctional facility.
• Perform and train subordinate officers to conduct offender counts and offender escort/transport security.
• Perform and train subordinate officers to conduct contraband searches.
• Instruct offenders in performing assigned tasks.
• Maintain public safety and control of offenders by ensuring the enforcement of rules, regulations and state law; report violations.
• Testify in internal disciplinary hearings and in court.
• Listen and respond appropriately to offender requests, problems and complaints.
• Models appropriate personal and social living skills when interacting with offenders.
• Recognize and train subordinate officers to respond to potential or actual emergencies, such as but not limited to, fires, physical altercations, disturbances or escapes in a manner that is consistent with policy, procedure and state law and ensure public safety.
• Handles and operate security/communications equipment and/or firearms as directed in a manner that is consistent with policy, procedure and state law and ensures public safety.
• Conduct incident inquiries/investigations as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of correctional security, treatment and support program operations.
• Knowledge of rules, regulations and state law.
• Skill in locating and identifying contraband.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
• Ability to train subordinate officers on the rules, regulations and state law.
• Ability to lead subordinate staff and offender activities and work details.
• Ability to resolve offender and subordinate staff problems and conflicts.
• Ability to follow and issue written and oral direction within a formal chain of command.
• Ability to interact positively with staff, inmates and the public.
• Ability to run, jump, climb stairs and physically restrain violent residents.
• Ability to use appropriate physical force to control offenders when necessary.
• Ability to safely handle and use firearms, chemical agents and mechanical restraints and to obtain certification in the use of this equipment.
• Ability to conduct correct contraband searches.
• Ability to write routine reports and complete standard forms.
• Ability to read, understand and apply training and directive materials.
• Ability to complete tasks in a specialized assignment.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Minimum Qualifications Training: High school diploma or the equivalent. ANDExperience: Two (2) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a Correctional Officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer or in a criminal justice or related field. ORSubstitution: Successfully completed coursework from an accredited college or university in corrections, criminal justice or related field may be substituted for the required experience at the rate of one (1) year for every thirty (30) semester hours of study. Conditions of Employment

• Applicants must successfully complete a psychological examination prior to appointment and as required thereafter.
• Applicants must successfully complete a medical examination prior to appointment and as required thereafter.
• Applicants must successfully complete a physical performance test prior to appointment and annually thereafter.
• Applicants must successfully complete a chemical urinalysis drug-screening test prior to initial employment. All employees in this job class shall be subject to random drug testing, as well as drug testing for reasonable suspicion as set forth in agency policy.
• Applicant's character and suitability for employment as a Correctional Officer must be verified through an agency investigation prior to employment.
• Applicant's background must be clear of felony convictions.
• All employees assigned to the K9 unit shall qualify with the agency issued handgun, shotgun, and basic rifle prior to graduation from the Special Operations Basic Course and at least semi-annually thereafter.
• Applicant's background must be clear of any activity prohibited by the Prison Rape Elimination Act. Applicants are subject to recurring background checks as may be required by law, rule, standard, or policy.
• Applicants will be required to work various shifts and it is understood schedules are subject to change at any time.
• Applicants are subject to mandatory overtime requirements and must be available for assignment to any location in the State of West Virginia.
• Applicants must possess a valid driver's license prior to appointment and continuously maintain such license while employed in this classification.
• Applicants must maintain a working telephone in order for the agency to contact them. Applicants shall successfully complete training as may be required by policies established by the Commissioner or as may be required by law, rule or standard.
• Applicants shall successfully complete a Supervisor Training Course within six (6) months of reallocation.

***Your complete work history is needed to qualify you for positions. Please be as detailed as possible and list all of your past employment.*** Other Information Additional Information:

• Upon completion of the first year of continuous service in the position, any employee hired into the rank of the Correctional Officer series shall receive a retention incentive of $2,000.
• Employees in this classification shall receive an annual base building pay differential of $250 on July 1st, beginning July 1, 2024. This pay differential shall be allowed to take DCR employees' salaries above the maximum of the compensation range.
• If an employee is hired into a Critical Vacancy Pay Facility (CVPF) and leaves the facility, the additional pay differential of $5,000 shall be removed from their salary, unless transferring to another CVPF.

Adult Facilities Prisons and Jails

• Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Braxton County (304) ###-####
• Denmar Correctional Center and Jail - Pocahontas County (304) ###-####
• Eastern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility / Martinsburg Correctional Center and Jail - Berkeley County (304) ###-####
• Huttonsville Correctional Center and Jail/Huttonsville Work Camp - Randolph County (304) ###-####
• Lakin Correctional Center and Jail - Mason County (304) ###-####
• Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail/Slayton Work Camp - Fayette County (304) ###-####
• North Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Doddridge County (304) ###-####
• Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility / Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail - Marshall/Ohio (304) ###-####
• Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Hampshire County (304) ###-####
• Pruntytown Correctional Center and Jail - Taylor County (304) ###-####
• Saint Marys Correctional Center and Jail - Pleasants County (304) ###-####
• Salem Correctional Center and Jail - Harrison/Doddridge County (304) ###-####
• South Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Kanawha County (304) ###-####
• Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Raleigh County (304) ###-####
• Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Logan County (304) ###-####
• Stevens Correctional Center - McDowell County (304) ###-####
• Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Randolph County (304) ###-####
• Western Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Cabell County (304) ###-####

Community Corrections

• Anthony Correctional Center - Greenbrier County (304) ###-####
• Beckley Correctional Center and Jail - Raleigh County (304) ###-####
• Charleston Correctional Center and Jail - Kanawha County (304) ###-####
• Parkersburg Correctional Center and Jail - Wood County (304) ###-####

Juvenile Facilities and Reporting Centers

• Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center - Boone County (304) ###-####
• Gene Spadaro Juvenile Center - Fayette County (304) ###-####
• J.M. Chick Buckbee Juvenile Center - Hampshire County (304) ###-####
• Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center - Tucker County (304) ###-####
• Lorrie Yeager Jr. Juvenile Center - Wood County (304) ###-####
• Robert L. Shell Juvenile Center - Cabell County (304) ###-####
• Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center - Ohio County (304) ###-####
• Sam Perdue Juvenile Center - Mercer County (304) ###-####
• James H. Tiger Morton Juvenile Center - Kanawha County (304) ###-####
• Vicki V. Douglas Juvenile Center - Berkeley/Jefferson County (304) ###-####

Youth Reporting Centers

• Boone/Logan County Youth Reporting Center - Boone County (304) ###-#### or (304) ###-####
• Brooke/Hancock County Youth Reporting Center - Hancock County (304) ###-####
• Cabell County Youth Reporting Center - Cabell County (304) ###-#### or (304) ###-####
• Fayette County Youth Reporting Center - Fayette County (304) ###-####
• Greenbrier County Youth Reporting Center - Greenbrier County (304) ###-#### or (304) ###-####
• Harrison County Youth Reporting Center - Harrison County (304) ###-####
• Jefferson County Youth Reporting Center - Jefferson County (304) ###-####
• Kanawha County Youth Reporting Center - Kanawha County (304) ###-####
• Lincoln County Youth Reporting Center - Lincoln County (304) ###-#### Ext. 4307
• Marion County Youth Reporting Center - Marion County (304) ###-####
• Mason County Youth Reporting Center - Mason County (304) ###-####
• Mercer County Youth Reporting Center - Mercer County (304) ###-#### or (304) ###-####
• Monongalia County Youth Reporting Center - Monongalia County (681) ###-####
• Pocahontas County Youth Reporting Center - Pocahontas County (304) ###-####
• Putnam County Youth Reporting Center - Putnam County (304) ###-####
• Raleigh County Youth Reporting Center - Raleigh County (304) ###-####
• Randolph County Reporting Center - Randolph County (304) ###-####
• STARS Berkeley County Youth Reporting Center - Berkeley County (304) ###-#### or (304) ###-####
• Wetzel/Tyler County Youth Reporting Center - Wetzel County (304) ###-####
• Wood County Youth Reporting Center - Wood County (304) ###-####

State employment offers a variety of benefits. 01 The minimum qualifications for this job title are:Training: Graduation from a standard high school or the equivalent.Experience: Two (2) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, any U.S. Military Service (Part-time National Guard service may be included as military service using the Division of Personnel's internal conversion calculation), police officer or in criminal justice or related fields.Substitution: Successfully completed coursework from an accredited college or university in corrections, criminal justice or related field may be substituted at the rate of one (1) year for every thirty (30) hours of study.Please note: All college, university or vocational school education, licensure or certification must be verified by attaching a copy of an official transcript, license, or certificate to your online application or by emailing it to the West Virginia Division of Personnel at: Job duty descriptions of all experience MUST be included in the Work History section of your online application or be clearly stated on your attached resume in order for them to be considered as qualifying experience toward the minimum qualifications. Please include details of daily job duties on your online application or resume.How do you qualify for this job title? Please note that this question is only asking how you meet the minimum qualifications. You will be asked about your overall/total training and experience in the next question.

• I have high school graduation (or the equivalent) and two (2) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, any U.S. Military Service (Part-time National Guard service may be included as military service using the Division of Personnel's internal conversion calculation), police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields (including but not limited to security guards that have public contact duties and retail loss prevention employees). This experience must be detailed in the job duty description of the work history of your online application.
• I have at least 60 semester hours (or 90 quarter hours) from an accredited college or university in corrections, criminal justice, or related fields. (A copy of your official transcript or diploma must be attached to your online application or emailed to [email protected] or mailed to the West Virginia Division of Personnel for verification.)
• I have a combination of the above described qualifying experience and qualifying education to equal at least two (2) years.
• I do not meet any of the above training and experience requirements. Please do not apply.

02 The next question asks how many total years of education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience you have as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields.To help you answer this question, please use the following equivalency chart to convert any college or university education you have completed into the appropriate amount of qualifying experience: Every thirty (30) undergraduate semester hours = One (1) year of experience Associate Degree = Two (2) years of experience Bachelor's Degree = Four (4) years of experience Every fifteen (15) graduate semester hours = One (1) year of experience Master's Degree = Two (2) years of experience Juris Doctor = Three (3) years of experience Doctorate/PhD = Four (4) years of experienceFor example: if you have a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and two (2) years of full-time paid experience as a Correctional Officer, you would count the Bachelor's degree as four (4) years of experience from the chart above to add to your two (2) years of Correctional Officer experience for a total of six (6) years of combined education and qualifying experience. Therefore, you would select: I have two (2) to less than seven (7) years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience from the choices below.Here is another example: if you have thirty (30) college semester hours and twelve (12) years of military experience with the U.S. Army, using the chart above, you would convert the thirty (30) semester hours to one (1) year of qualifying experience, and add that to your twelve (12) years of military experience to get a total of 13 years of combined education and qualifying experience. Therefore, you would select: I have twelve (12) or more years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience... from the choices below.One final example: If you have a high school diploma and four (4) years, six (6) months as a police officer, simply select: I have two (2) to less than seven (7) years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience... from the choices below. How many total years of education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience do you have as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields?

• I have zero (0) to less than two (2) years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields. Please do not apply.
• I have two (2) to less than seven (7) years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields.
• I have seven (7) to less than twelve (12) years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields.
• I have twelve (12) or more years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields.

03 Facility Preferences. Mark the facilities at which you will accept employment. Do NOT mark facilities at which you would not accept employment. Mark all that apply.

• Anthony Correctional Center (Greenbrier)
• Beckley Correctional Center and Jail (Raleigh)
• Boone/Logan County Youth Reporting Center (Boone and Logan)
• Brooke/Hancock County Youth Reporting Center (Brooke and Hancock)
• Cabell County Youth Reporting Center (Cabell)
• Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility (Braxton)
• Charleston Correctional Center and Jail (Kanawha)
• Denmar Correctional Center and Jail (Pocahontas)
• Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Boone)
• Eastern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility / Martinsburg Correctional Center and Jail (Berkeley)
• Fayette County Youth Reporting Center (Fayette)
• Gene Spadaro Juvenile Center (Fayette)
• Greenbrier County Youth Reporting Center (Greenbrier)
• Harrison County Youth Reporting Center (Harrison)
• Huttonsville Correctional Center and Jail (Randolph)
• J.M. Chick Buckbee Juvenile Center (Hampshire)
• Jefferson County Youth Reporting Center (Jefferson)
• Kanawha County Youth Reporting Center (Kanawha)
• Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center (Tucker)
• Lakin Correctional Center and Jail (Mason)
• Lincoln County Youth Reporting Center (Lincoln)
• Lorrie Yeager Jr. Juvenile Center (Wood)
• Marion County Youth Reporting Center (Marion)
• Mason County Youth Reporting Center (Mason)
• Mercer County Youth Reporting Center (Mercer)
• Monongalia County Youth Reporting Center (Monongalia)
• Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail (Fayette)
• North Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility (Doddridge)
• Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility / Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail (Marshall & Ohio)
• Ohio and Marshall County Youth Reporting Center (Ohio & Marshall)
• Parkersburg Correctional Center and Jail (Wood)
• Pocahontas County Youth Reporting Center (Pocahontas)
• Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility (Hampshire)
• Pruntytown Correctional Center and Jail (Taylor)
• Putnam County Youth Reporting Center (Putnam)
• Raleigh County Youth Reporting Center (Raleigh)
• Randolph County Youth Reporting Center (Randolph)
• Robert L. Shell Juvenile Center (Cabell)
• Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Ohio)
• Saint Marys Correctional Center and Jail (Pleasants)
• Salem Correctional Center and Jail (Harrison/Doddridge)
• Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Mercer)
• South Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility (Kanawha)
• Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility (Raleigh)
• Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility (Logan)
• STARS Berkeley County Youth Reporting Center (Berkeley)
• Stevens Correctional Center (McDowell)
• James H. Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Kanawha)
• Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility (Randolph)
• Vicki V. Douglas Juvenile Center (Berkeley/Jefferson)
• Western Regional Jail and Correctional Facility (Cabell)
• Wetzel/Tyler County Youth Reporting Center (Wetzel)
• Wood County Youth Reporting Center (Wood)

04 If you have a degree from an accredited college or university, please enter the following information: the degree you earned, the major/field of study, the date on which you graduated, and the school you graduated from. For example: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Concentration in Accounting) 12/09/2023 West Virginia State UniversityIf you have successfully completed semester/quarter hours from an accredited college or university, please enter the following information: the number of semester/quarter hours you have earned, the date(s) you attended, and the school(s) you attended.For example: 36 semester hours Spring 2021 through Fall 2021 Marshall UniversityIf you have vocational school training or similar, please enter the following information: the number of clock hours or credits earned and/or the certificate(s) or diploma(s) you have earned (including your major/field of study), the date(s) you graduated, and the school(s) you attended.For example: 580 Clock Hours in Arc Welding from Ben Franklin Career Center May 2023If you have other training, education, certification, and/or licensure that you would like to document (including but not limited to: West Virginia Professional Engineering License, Certified Public Accountant, Comp TIA A+ or Network+ certification, Certified Nursing Assistant, etc.) please enter that information here.If you do not have any of the above training or education, please type NONE here.PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ANSWERED SOME COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL COLLEGE AS YOUR HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION IN THE PREVIOUS PORTION OF THIS APPLICATION, THEN DO NOT LEAVE THIS AREA BLANK OR TYPE NONE . IF YOU INDICATED THAT YOU HAVE SOME COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL COLLEGE , YOU SHOULD ENTER THE NUMBER OF SEMESTER HOURS OR CLOCK HOURS THAT YOU HAVE AND PROVIDE DETAILS OF WHERE YOU WENT TO SCHOOL AND WHEN; OTHERWISE, PLEASE GO BACK AND CHANGE YOUR PREVIOUS ANSWER TO HIGH SCHOOL . 05 Were all of the jobs listed on your online application or resume paid?Please note that compensation may not only be salary or wages; it may also be room and board, gas mileage, etc.

• Yes
• No

06 If you answered NO to the above question, please list below the names of the employers for which you did not receive compensation. If you answered YES to the above question, please put NONE. 07 Were all of the jobs listed on your application or resume full-time positions? If not, please list your part-time positions below. If all of your jobs were full-time, please enter Yes . 08 We do not accept any of the following documentation. These will not be utilized during the application process. This documentation will not be reviewed or accepted. 1) Unofficial transcripts2) High School Diplomas/transcripts3) Unrelated documents not pertaining to the position for which you are applying4) Any international degree that has not been evaluated by a N.A.C.E.S. (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) approved organization. For more information, please visit: Please do not attach any of the above documentation to your application, nor send it to the Division of Personnel via email or regular mail.I have read and understand this statement pertaining to my application.

• Yes
• No

09 Confirmation. By submitting my application I confirm and agree that all application statements are correct. I further understand that all my information is subject to verification and any misrepresentation is grounds for permanent disqualification.

• I confirm the above statement.

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