Records Specialist 1 - SCI Mercer

About the role

This position supports accurate inmate recordkeeping and helps maintain timely and reliable information for staff and partner agencies. The role involves reviewing, updating, and verifying documentation related to inmate status throughout confinement.

Responsibilities

• Record Maintenance: Collect information from multiple sources and verify accuracy by reviewing court orders and system data
• Information Updates: Enter sentence changes and ensure required details are provided to staff, inmates, and partner agencies
• Intake Processing: Interview, photograph, and fingerprint inmates while explaining relevant procedures
• Identity Verification: Process photographs and fingerprints to confirm identification and support offender registration
• Transport Coordination: Arrange inmate movements for court or release and confirm authorization before transferring custody
• General Support: Assist with additional assigned tasks that help maintain reliable records and institutional operations

Qualifications

• Minimum Experience and Training Requirements: Two years of clerical or correctional custodial experience; or An equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Other Requirements: Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required. You must meet the PA residency requirement.
• Legal Requirements: You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

Benefits

Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $41,506.00 (before taxes).

Pay

Starting annual salary of $41,506.00 (before taxes).

Schedule

Full-time employment, 37.5-hour work week. Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.