Full-time position available with the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff's Department. Duties include transports, court, direct supervision of inmates, medical (prescription) dispersement, booking, photographing, fingerprinting, and computer skills. Requirements are 18 years of age with a good driving record and no criminal background. Pay range is $24.96 - $31.20 per hour based on experience.
Applications will be accepted until filled, with the first review of applications being scheduled for July 18, 2025. Pre-employment physical, drug screen, psychological testing, criminal background check, and reference checks required. Cerro Gordo County is an EOE.
Position Title: Female Correctional Officer/Jailer
Department: Sheriff
Immediate Supervisor: Jail Administrator
Shift: Assigned shift could be 7:55 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 3:55 p.m. to 12:00 p.m., or 11:55 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. with rotation of 6 days on and 3 days off
Location: Cerro Gordo County
FLSA: Non-exempt/Union Position
Salary Range: $24.96 $31.20 / hour
Approved by: Sheriff
Summary: The Female Correctional Officer will implement activities associated with the intake and holding of inmates in the Cerro Gordo County Jail. Duties include, but are not limited, to transports, court, supervising inmates, medical (prescription) dispersement, booking, photographing, fingerprinting, and computer skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Communicates with court officials to insure availability of inmates for trials or hearings.
- Escorts inmates to courts, hospitals, and other correctional institutions.
- Schedules visits of medical personnel to treat inmates.
- Conducts searches of inmates in all areas of jail facility for contraband.
- Insure cleanliness of jail facility.
- Assists trustees for special work assignments.
- Accepts and receives bail payments.
- Issues receipt and arranges for release of inmates.
- Prepares reports concerning inmate population and jail functions and submits reports to Lieutenant.
- Prepares requisitions for commissary, clothing, and housekeeping supplies for jail population.
- Photographs, fingerprints, and measures height and weight of arrested suspects noting physical characteristics and posts data on record for filing.
- May fingerprint applicants for employment or federal clearance and forward prints to other law enforcement agencies.
- May testify in court.
- Enters in jail computer all information concerning inmates.
- Open and close all inmate trust accounts when necessary.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Qualification Requirements:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed as follows are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.
- Ability to contribute to a positive work environment.
- Ability to render independent and appropriate judgment and decisions.
- Ability to represent Cerro Gordo County in a professional manner.
- Ability to interact and deal effectively with inmates, staff, associates, professionals, and the general public.
Education and Experience:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
- Typing and computer skills required.
Language Skills:
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to communicate effectively in one-on-one and small group situations to inmates, other employees of the department, and others outside of the department.
Mathematical Skills:
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability:
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
- None
Physical Demands:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand or sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Occasionally, it may be necessary to physically restrain an adult inmate.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to physical harm caused by an inmate.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Comments:
- Must have a valid Iowa Driver's License and be insurable for driving under county insurance company policies.
- Ability to obtain automobile insurance if personal vehicle is ever used for county business for which mileage reimbursement would be received. To be reimbursed for mileage, must provide proof of auto insurance with the following minimum limits:
$100,000 bodily injury for each person
$300,000 bodily injury for each occurrence
$100,000 property damage
$300,000 single limit for all liability
Applicant will be subject to psychological screening.
Applicant will be subject to Criminal Background Check and reference checks.
Applicant will be subject to post offer, pre-employment drug and physical testing.
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