Correctional Officer (Pamlico Correctional) $10,000 Sign-On Bonus

Salary $36,525.00 – $61,137.00 Annually

Job Number 24-02084

Department Adult Correction

Division Operations

Job Class Title: Correctional Officer

Description of Work

$10,000 Sign-On Bonus. POSITIONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EMPLOYEE REFERRAL BONUS PROGRAM ($1,000)

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.
Effective July 1, 2024, 12 NCAC 09G .0208, allows the NC Department of Adult Correction, the ability to 1) hire Lawful Permanent Residents, who have resided in the US for the past 3 years for Correctional Officers; as well as 2) our ability to hire 18- and 19-year-olds as Correctional Officers.

We recruit for Correctional Officer I, II, and III levels statewide.

– 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.

All applications received will be reviewed and considered for all three levels of Correctional Officer (Officer l, ll, and lll) based upon the individual qualifications of each applicant as well as the business needs of the Institution.

Some NC prisons contain more than one custody level of offenders. There may not be a current vacancy at all facilities. 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:

Applicant must have an active drivers license and/or the ability to obtain a drivers license within 90 days of employment.

When choosing your county of residence or desired location of work, please refer to the[Facilities Map](https://www.dac.nc.gov/documents/prisons-map-2-10-2023/open){tabindex=”0″ target=”blank”}.

Correctional Officer Responsibilities:

– Ensure the care, custody, and control of offenders.
– Officers must tour assigned areas which will require:
– periodically climbing stairs.
– observing offender activity in person and on closed-circuit monitors.
– identify offenders who have behavioral, medical, or other problems so that appropriate safety and security measures may be taken.
– 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:
– search offenders, visitors, cells, and other areas for weapons and contraband.
– monitor and regulate offender and staff movement.
– maintain and record offender counts, cell assignments, and other pertinent information.
– escort offenders within and outside the institution.
– use and maintain keys and other equipment.
– and supervise offender work details.
– Specific security duties vary by post-assignment.

PERSONAL APPEARANCE:
Employees must adhere to an appearance a d grooming standard. Every employee is mandated to be in compliance with this[policy](https://public.powerdms.com/NCDAC/tree/documents/2366735){tabindex=”0″ target=”blank”}.

WORK SCHEDULE:
This is a full-time position.However, 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.

– Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form.

Correctional Officer Salary Rates (2024-2025), chart view:

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Correctional Officer I

$37,621

$40,253

$42,670

$44,803

$46,594

$47,993

$48,953

Correctional Officer II

$38,859

$41,578

$44,074

$46,277

$48,128

$49,571

$50,563

Correctional Officer III

$41,558

$44,468

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