Job Abstract

Are you a detail-oriented individual with a knack for juggling multiple tasks and meeting deadlines, even in high-pressure situations? Do you take pride in your advanced typing skills and exceptional communication skills? The Department of Corrections (DOC) is currently seeking a highly motivated Corrections Records Specialist to maintain and verify inmate records for the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Camp Hill. If you are eager to explore a rewarding career that offers you the opportunity to showcase and enhance your skills, we want to hear from you!

As a Corrections Records Specialist, you will be assigned to the Records office and will be responsible for maintaining accurate and current inmate legal files, also known as DC-15 master files. This will involve analyzing court documents to create or revise sentence structures and calculations, reviewing commitment credit time periods for legality, revising sentence calculations when changes are made, updating inmate criminal histories, conducting interviews with inmates, and communicating with criminal justice agencies. Additionally, you will review inmate cases before release to ensure legality and compliance with release requirements, as well as register and fingerprint sex offenders under Megan's Law and parole violation. Other duties you will be responsible for include, but are not limited to:

• Collecting information from various sources to maintain inmate records
• Coordinating arrangements for the transport of inmates
• Ensuring appropriate authorization is obtained for all releases
• Interviewing, photographing, and fingerprinting inmates upon reception, release, and as needed throughout the duration of confinement
  
  

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year as a Records Specialist 1 (commonwealth job title); or
• Three years of clerical or correctional custodial experience including one year in a correctional facility; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes one year of clerical or correctional custodial experience in a correctional facility.

Other Requirements:

• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania is required.
  
• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• You must pass a background investigation.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

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If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  1. your score may be lower than deserved.
  2. you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.