Correctional Officer 6

West Virginia; Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 57,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retention incentive ($2,000) after 1st

Base building pay differential ($250)

Special Hiring Rate facilities

Job summary

West Virginia is seeking a Correctional Officer Captain to oversee shift/unit supervision within a correctional facility. You will ensure safety, enforce rules, and manage staffing, training, and performance evaluations. The role includes directing audits, investigations, and reporting to leadership.

You will lead a team of security personnel, coordinate coverage, and participate in disciplinary actions and promotions as needed, while maintaining compliance with agency policy and state law.

Qualifications

• Six years of full‑time or equivalent experience as a correctional officer or related criminal justice field.
• Substitution: college coursework may substitute for experience at 1 year per 30 hours of study.
• Completion of required training and supervisor courses.
• Background checks and physical and medical assessments are required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and review the work of subordinates within a correctional facility.
• Provide for safety and security of staff, inmates, and the public; enforce rules and policy.
• Oversee overtime, attendance records, and performance evaluations; conduct audits and inspections.
• Lead hiring, promotion decisions, and investigations; prepare facility operation reports.

Skills

Supervision

Emergency response

Policy compliance

Record keeping

Audits & inspections

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Under general supervision, a Correctional Officer in this class performs duties as a shift or unit supervisor or in a related administrative capacity within a Correctional Facility and holds the rank of Captain. Correctional Officers contribute to the public safety mission by providing for the safety and security of the public, staff, and inmates ensuring the care, custody, and control along with compliance with policy and procedure.

Correctional Officers in this class enforce the institutional rules and state law regulations necessary for the control of inmates and maintenance of public safety. Plans, directs, and reviews the work of subordinates. This Officer oversees the maintenance of overtime, work records and attendance records of subordinates. Makes certain that subordinates attend required training, performance evaluations are completed and perform written evaluations. Recognizes and directs response to real emergency situations and notifies supervisors of potential or actual emergencies. Identifies posts and ensures adequate coverage. Ensures controls are in place regarding searches to detect and discourage the introduction, manufacturing, and trafficking of contraband. Assists in the selection, hiring and promotion of staff. Conducts, assigns, supervises and/or evaluates required audits and inspections. Directs and controls the work of all security personnel. Chairs, conducts, or participates in committee meetings to discuss daily activities and problems. Conduct or assign and supervise investigations of reported or suspected incidents. Prepare periodic reports to the authority concerning facility operation, progress, problems, and recommendations for action. Discipline or recommend discipline of subordinates for violations of established policies and procedures.

Performs related duties as assigned.

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

Experience: Six (6) 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.

Substitution: Successfully completed coursework from a regionally accredited college or university in corrections, criminal justice or related field may be substituted for the required experience at a rate of one (1) year for every thirty (30) hours of study.

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 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 shall successfully complete a Supervisor Training Course within six (6) months of promotion.

Special Hiring Rates as of 7/1/2024 (SPB 3088-B):

• $61,900.384 - 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) (SPB 3088)
• $56,900.272 - Remainder of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities (SPB 3088)

Additional Information, per SPB 3088:

• 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.

Probationary period 1 year