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THIS POSITION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE APPLICANT REFERRAL BONUS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR A $7,000 SIGN ON BONUS. The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction is eager to hire those committed to excellence and seeking a career path in public safety. We are seeking full time employees to join our team as Correctional Officers and are pleased to announce the newStep Pay Planapproved by the NC Legislature. This pay plan offers competitive starting salaries and guaranteed annual increases based on each year of experience as a North Carolina Correctional Officer. Those with prior North Carolina Correctional Officer experience can return to employment with full credit in the pay plan for each year of experience as well. NC Department of Adult Correction is recruiting forCorrectional Officer I, Correctional Officer II, and Correctional Officer IIIpositions.

Correctional Officers:

• Ensure the care, custody, and control of offenders.
• Officers must tour assigned areas which will require:
  1. periodically climbing stairs.
  2. observing offender activity in person and on closed-circuit monitors.
  3. identify offenders who have behavioral, medical, or other problems so that appropriate safety and security measures may be taken.
  4. and perform general security duties to prevent escape, disorder, rule infractions, and harm to offenders, visitors, and staff.
• The general security duties performed by officers require them to:
  1. search offenders, visitors, cells and other areas for weapons and contraband.
  2. monitor and regulate offender and staff movement.
  3. maintain and record offender counts, cell assignments, and other pertinent information.
  4. escort offenders within and outside the institution.
  5. use and maintain keys and other equipment.
  6. and supervise offender work details.
• Specific security duties vary by post assignment.

Offenders are assigned to various "custody" levels including "Minimum," "Medium," and "Close" which identifies the level of supervision that is required. As such, each Correctional Officer level of classification below corresponds with the custody level of offenders that they will be supervising: Correctional Officer I:Minimum - Offenders at these facilities require a minimum amount of oversight, they are permitted to enter/exit cells without permission during certain times of the day. Correctional Officer II: Medium - Offenders at these facilities do not require as much oversight as those at Close facilities but require more supervision than those at Minimum facilities. Correctional Officer III:Close - Offenders at these facilities always require close supervision. Movement throughout the prison is heavily controlled. Some NC prisons contain more than one custody level of offenders. For a complete list of prisons AND the custody levels at each prison, Click HERE. Click HERE to view NCDAC Correctional Officer Video. (This video has been configured to operate systems using Windows XP, Internet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome.)

WORK SCHEDULE: Employees must be able to work any shift including rotating, fixed shift or split shift. All shifts may include days, nights, weekends, holidays, and mandatory overtime as required.

PERSONAL APPEARANCE: Employees must adhere to an appearance and grooming standard. Click HERE to view NCDAC Personal Appearance Policy. Every employee is mandated to be in compliance with this policy.

CONTINUOUS RECRUITMENT: We continuously recruit for Correctional Officer I, II, and III levels statewide. There may not be a current vacancy at all facilities. Your application will be considered active for 365 days. Only one application can be submitted during this time.

SPECIAL NOTES: All applications received will be reviewed and considered for all three levels of Correctional Officer (Officer l, ll and lll) based upon individual qualifications of each applicant. If you were ever charged with a criminal offense at some point in your life, you will be required to provide certified and true copies of warrant(s) and judgment(s) for each offense (other than a minor traffic violation) as a condition of employment, even if documentation and charges have previously been reported to this agency.

BENEFIT INFORMATION: This is a full-time position (40 hours per week) with State Benefits.

SALARY INFORMATION: Refer to the "Minimum Education and Experience Requirements" section for qualification information. Please note that if there are no fully qualified candidates for the Correctional Officer II or Correctional Officer III positions, management may consider trainee candidates. Candidates must possess High School or General Educational Development (GED) diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience and must be eligible for certification by the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission. Trainees must successfully meet all requirements in order to move up to the fully qualified Correctional Officer II or Correctional Officer III job classification. Trainee salaries will be less than that of those employees who are fully qualified. The pay is adjusted when the employee is fully qualified (see below chart):

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies

Conditions of Employment: * Effectively communicate with offenders, staff, and members of the general public.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Correctional Officer I:High School Diploma/GED from accredited school or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Correctional Officer II:High School Diploma/GED from accredited school and one-year experience as Correctional Officer; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Correctional Officer III:High School Diploma/GED from accredited school and two years experience as Correctional Officer; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

EQUIVALENT COMBINATIONS OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: An equivalent combination of the education and experience listed below may be considered to meet the minimum education and experience requirements (above) for the Correctional Officer II and Correctional Officer III positions. Applicants for Correctional Officer II and Correctional Officer III who donotpossess the required years of Correctional Officer experience or an equivalent combination listed below may still be considered, and would be designated as Trainee upon hire. Please note that only North Carolina Correctional Officer experience will be considered in determiningsalary(see chart above).

Associate Degree in any field

Bachelor's Degree in any field

Military experience (no dishonorable discharge, one year of full-time military service is equal to one year of experience)

Probation/Parole Officer (PPO)

Any sworn law enforcement or juvenile detention experience at the federal, state,county, or municipal level

Correctional Officer within North Carolina or from another state

County Jailor

Municipal Police Officer