Correctional Officer 6

Correctional Officer 6

Salary

$39,461.00 - $68,582.00 Annually

Location

Kanawha County, WV

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

RJ27SCJ13 PSA

Department

DHS - DCR - South Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility

Opening Date

10/29/2026

Closing Date

11/12/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

LOCATION OF VACANCY

KANAWHA

Civil Service Type:

Classified - This Position is Covered Under the DOP Merit System.

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Nature of Work

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.

Minimum Qualifications

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 Personnels 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.
• Applicants character and suitability for employment as a Correctional Officer must be verified through an agency investigation prior to employment.
• Applicants background must be clear of felony convictions.
• Applicants 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 drivers 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.

Other Information

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

State employment offers a variety of benefits. Click HERE to visit the Division of Personnels Benefits Page.

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The minimum qualifications for this job title are: 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 Personnels internal conversion calculation), police officer or in criminal justice or related field. Substitution: Successfully completed coursework from an 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. Job duty descriptions of all experience MUST be included in the Work History section of your online application or be clearly stated on your attached resume in order for them to be considered as qualifying experience toward the minimum qualifications. Please include details of daily job duties on your online application or resume. How do you qualify for this job title? Please note that this question is only asking how you meet the minimum qualifications. You will be asked about your overall/total training and experience in the next question.

• I have high school graduation (or the equivalent) and six (6) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, any U.S. Military Service (Part-time National Guard service may be included as military service using the Division of Personnels internal conversion calculation), police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields (including but not limited to security guards that have public contact duties and retail loss prevention employees). This experience must be detailed in the job duty description of the work history of your online application or resume.
• I have a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in corrections, criminal justice, or related fields AND at least two (2) years of qualifying experience as described above.
• I have a combination of the above described qualifying education (coursework must be in corrections, criminal justice or related field only) and qualifying experience to equal at least six (6) years. Please note that qualifying education substitutes for the qualifying experience at the rate of thirty (30) semester hours or forty-five (45) quarter hours equals one (1) year of qualifying experience. (A copy of your official transcript or diploma must be attached to your online application or emailed to applicantservices@wv.gov or mailed to the West Virginia Division of Personnel for verification.)
• I do not meet any of the above training and experience requirements. Please do not apply.

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The next question asks how many total years of qualifying education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience you have as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields. To help you answer this question, please use the following equivalency chart to convert any college or university education you have completed into the appropriate amount of qualifying experience. PLEASE NOTE: ONLY COURSEWORK IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CRIMINOLOGY, CORRECTIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, OR RELATED FIELDS CAN BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE QUALIFYING EXPERIENCE. COURSEWORK IN OTHER FIELDS IS NOT QUALIFYING AND SHOULD NOT BE COUNTED. Every thirty (30) undergraduate semester hours = One (1) year of experience Every forty-five (45) undergraduate semester hours = One (1) year of experience Associate Degree = Two (2) years of experience Bachelor's Degree = Four (4) years of experience Every fifteen (15) graduate semester hours = One (1) year of experience Master's Degree = Two (2) years of experience Juris Doctor = Three (3) years of experience Doctorate/PhD = Four (4) years of experience For example: if you have a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and seven (7) years of full-time paid experience as a Correctional Officer, you would count the Bachelor's degree as four (4) years of experience from the chart above to add to your seven (7) years of Correctional Officer experience for a total of eleven (11) years of combined education and qualifying experience. Therefore, you would select: "I have eleven (11) to less than sixteen (16) years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields..." from the choices below. Here is another example: if you have thirty (30) college semester hours in Criminal Justice coursework and twelve (12)

• I have zero (0) to less than six (6) years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields. Please do not apply.
• I have six (6) to less than eleven (11) years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields.
• I have eleven (11) to less than sixteen (16) years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields.
• I have sixteen (16) or more years of combined education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields.

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• I consent to the above statement.

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Employer West Virginia

Address 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East

Building 3 Suite 500

Charleston, West Virginia, 25305

Phone (304) 558-3950

Website http://personnel.wv.gov