Correctional Officer

Responsibilities

• Monitors the conduct of inmates in the jail according to established policies, regulations, and procedures, to prevent escape or violence.
• Inspects the conditions of locks, windows, and doors at the jail facility to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
• Records information such as inmate identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance, and keeps complete and accurate logs of activity.
• Searches inmates and conducts searches of cells for valuables or contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
• Conducts head counts to ensure that each inmate is present.
• Assists inmates with medical needs such as CPR and first aid.
• Applies physical force in situations necessary to maintain the orderly operation of the jail.
• Performs all other related duties assigned.

Requirements

• Regularly required to stand, walk, and drive.
• Near and far vision is required for conducting searches and scanning inmate activity at a distance.
• Ability to coordinate movement of arms, legs, and torso and exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects to physically detain an inmate.
• Work environment includes potential exposure to violence and physical harm.

Qualifications

• Good moral character as determined by a thorough background investigation including fingerprint search of local, state, and national records.
• No felony conviction or crime involving moral turpitude.
• Possess a driver’s license with a clean driving record.

Benefits

• IPERS retirement with employee and employer contributions.
• Iowa certified candidates may be granted up to seven (7) years credit for prior service for pay and vacation calculations.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flex Spending, Accident and Critical Illness Insurance, Flex Spending Accounts, Wellness program, EAP.

Pay

Salary range: $49,316.80 – $66,664.00 per year.