Correctional Officer 4

Special Hiring Rates:

$57,900.336 - 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) 

$52,900.224 - Remainder of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities 

Shift or unit supervisor or in a mid-level specialized supervisory capacity. The officer supervises the enforcement of rules, regulations and state law necessary for the control and management of offenders and the maintenance of public safety. The officer supervises and reviews the work of subordinates to ensure the orderly functioning of a facility or unit.

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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: applicantservices@wv.gov or by mail to: WV Division of Personnel, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E., Building 3, Suite 500, Charleston, WV 25305.

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• Supervises orientation and/or on-the-job training of subordinate officers.
• Maintains public safety and control of offenders by efficiently supervising the enforcement of rules, regulations and state law.
• Conducts roll call and obtains pertinent information from previous shift to communicate to staff coming on duty.
• Assigns duties to subordinates and supervises work performed.
• Ensures adequate coverage of posts, prepares work schedules, makes required adjustments and maintains attendance records.
• Ensures subordinates complete required training.
• Ensures performance evaluations are completed; recommends staff commendations and disciplinary action.
• Makes referrals to employee assistance program; Performs supervisory duties related to the security of a facility.
• Conducts or supervises inquiries or investigations and takes appropriate action.
• Chairs or participates in staff, team or committee meetings.
• Ensures security of perimeter and points of ingress/egress.
• Recognizes and directs the response to potential or actual emergencies such as, but not limited to fires, physical altercations, disturbances or escapes in a manner consistent with policy procedure and state law.
• Ensures offender escort/transport security.
• Ensures key and weapon control.
• Handles and operates security/communications equipment and/or firearms as required and, in a manner, consistent with policy and procedure.
• Participates in or conducts segregation reviews.
• Testifies at internal disciplinary hearings and in court.
• Ensures monitoring of disruptive and high-profile offenders.
• Initiates and supervises contraband searches.
• Initiates offender counts to verify location and status of offenders.
• Ensures housekeeping, security and safety policies are enforced.
• Assists in selection, hiring and promotion of staff.

 
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of correctional security, treatment and support program operations.
• Knowledge of rules, regulations and state law.
• Knowledge of emergency procedures.
• Ability to effectively plan, assign, supervise and direct subordinate staff.
• Ability to supervise enforcement of rules, regulations and state law.
• Ability to plan, organize and direct 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 general 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 use a computer terminal for entry and retrieval of data.
• Ability to initiate and supervise accurate offender counts.
• Ability to initiate and supervise contraband searches.

Training: Graduation from a standard high school or the equivalent.

Experience: Four (4) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, any US 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 field.
Conditions of Employment:

• Applicants must successfully complete competitive promotion selection process governed by agency policy.
• 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.
• 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 must possess the ability to perform the essential functions and tasks of the classification.
• Applicants shall successfully complete a Supervisor Training Course within six (6) months of promotion.

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.

• Any Correctional Officer promoted into the Correctional Officer 4, 5, 6, and 7 classifications shall receive the special hiring rate and then have the total amount of their annual base building pay differential applied to their new salary.

• 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.

Generally, persons who do not have significant direct experience in corrections or closely related work are not hired at this level.

Adult Facilities

Prisons and Jails

• Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Braxton County (304) 765-7904

• Denmar Correctional Center and Jail - Pocahontas County (304) 653-4201

• Eastern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility / Martinsburg Correctional Center and Jail - Berkeley County (304) 267-0046

• Huttonsville Correctional Center and Jail/Huttonsville Work Camp - Randolph County  (304) 335-2291

• Lakin Correctional Center and Jail - Mason County (304) 674-2440

• McDowell County Corrections/Stevens Correctional Center - McDowell County (304) 436-5420

• Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail/Slayton Work Camp - Fayette County (304) 442-7213

• North Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Doddridge County (304) 873-1384

• Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility / Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail - Marshall/Ohio (304) 843-4067 

• Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Hampshire County (304) 496-1275

• Pruntytown Correctional Center and Jail - Taylor County (304) 265-6111

• Saint Marys Correctional Center and Jail - Pleasants County (304) 684-5500

• Salem Correctional Center and Jail - Harrison/Doddridge County (304) 782-2371

• South Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Kanawha County (304) 558-1336

• Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Raleigh County (304) 256-6726

• Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Logan County (304) 239-3032

• Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Randolph County (304) 637-0382

• Western Regional Jail and Correctional Facility - Cabell County (304) 733-6821

Community Corrections

• Anthony Correctional Center - Greenbrier County (304) 536-3911

• Beckley Correctional Center and Jail - Raleigh County (304) 256-6780

• Charleston Correctional Center and Jail - Kanawha County (304) 340-6921

• Parkersburg Correctional Center and Jail - Wood County (304) 420-2443

Juvenile Facilities and Reporting Centers

• Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center - Boone County (304) 369-2976

• Gene Spadaro Juvenile Center - Fayette County (304) 877-6890

• J.M. “Chick” Buckbee Juvenile Center - Hampshire County (304) 496-1341

• Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein Juvenile Center - Tucker County (304) 259-5241

• Lorrie Yeager Jr. Juvenile Center - Wood County (304) 420-4860

• Robert L. Shell Juvenile Center - Cabell County (304) 948-2190

• Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center - Ohio County (304) 232-3441

• Sam Perdue Juvenile Center - Mercer County (304) 425-9721

• James H. “Tiger” Morton Juvenile Center - Kanawha County (304) 766-2616

• Vicki V. Douglas Juvenile Center - Berkeley/Jefferson County (304) 267-0164

Youth Reporting Centers

• Boone/Logan County Youth Reporting Center - Boone County (304) 369-8949 or (304) 369-8959

• Brooke/Hancock County Youth Reporting Center - Hancock County (304) 748-1490

• Cabell County Youth Reporting Center - Cabell County (304) 528-5266 or (304) 528-5267

• Fayette County Youth Reporting Center - Fayette County (304) 465-2107

• Greenbrier County Youth Reporting Center - Greenbrier County (304) 647-7509 or (304) 647-7511

• Harrison County Youth Reporting Center - Harrison County (304) 627-2183

• Jefferson County Youth Reporting Center - Jefferson County (304) 724-6317

• Kanawha County Youth Reporting Center - Kanawha County (304) 558-9800

• Lincoln County Youth Reporting Center - Lincoln County (304) 824-6000 Ext. 4307

• Marion County Youth Reporting Center - Marion County (304) 368-4460

• Mason County Youth Reporting Center - Mason County (304) 675-4835

• Mercer County Youth Reporting Center - Mercer County (304) 425-4525 or (304) 425-5850

• Monongalia County Youth Reporting Center - Monongalia County (681) 990-7387

• Pocahontas County Youth Reporting Center - Pocahontas County (304) 456-0090

• Putnam County Youth Reporting Center - Putnam County (304) 586-2055

• Raleigh County Youth Reporting Center - Raleigh County (304) 256-6907

• Randolph County Reporting Center - Randolph County (304) 636-9156

• STARS Berkeley County Youth Reporting Center - Berkeley County (304) 260-4365 or (304) 260-4363

• Wetzel/Tyler County Youth Reporting Center - Wetzel County (304) 337-2010

• Wood County Youth Reporting Center - Wood County (304) 295-3024

Salary : $35,702 - $61,628