Correctional Officer 5 Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Salary: $37,536.00 - $65,020.00 Annually
Location : Raleigh County, WV
Job Type: Full-Time Permanent
Job Number: RJ27SRJ12 PSA
Department: DHS - DCR - Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
Opening Date: 08/31/2026
Closing Date: 9/9/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
LOCATION OF VACANCY: FAYETTE
GREENBRIER
MERCER
RALEIGH
SUMMERS
WYOMING
Civil Service Type:: Classified - This Position is Covered Under the DOP Merit System.
Nature of Work
Under general supervision, a Correctional Officer in this class functions as a shift or unit supervisor within a Correctional Facility and holds the rank of Lieutenant. 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 may serve as shift supervisors, or in some other mid-level supervisory capacity within a specific work unit or department. Supervisors in this class enforce rules, regulations, and state law necessary for the control and management of residents and the maintenance of public safety. The officer plans, reviews, and directs the work of subordinates and performs administrative duties related to the security and operation of the Correctional Facility.
The officer identifies posts and ensures adequate coverage. Conducts, assigns, supervises and/or evaluates inquiries or investigations and takes appropriate action. Responsible for the overall efficient management of the correctional officer workforce.
Officers provide security over inmates at a facility or work unit; supervise the daily activities of inmates while observing and recording their behavior and movement to ensure their safe and secure confinement. They interact with the visitors, staff, inmates and public to maintain orderly and secure operations. The work involves a high degree of mental stress from constant contact with inmates.
Performs related duties as assigned.
Click The APPLY Link To Apply Online.
Minimum Qualifications
Training: Graduation from a standard high school or the equivalent.
Experience: Five (5) 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 Personnel's 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 and 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.
• Applicant's character and suitability for employment as a Correctional Officer must be verified through an agency investigation prior to employment.
• Applicant's background must be clear of felony convictions.
• Applicant's 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 driver's 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 must possess the ability to perform the essential functions and tasks of the classification.
• Applicants shall successfully complete a Supervisor Training Course within six (6) months of promotion.

State employment offers a variety of benefits.
01
The minimum qualifications for this job title are:Training: Graduation from a standard high school or the equivalent.Experience: Five (5) 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 Personnel's 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.Please note: All college, university or vocational school education, licensure or certification must be verified ONCE by attaching a copy of an official transcript, license, or certificate to your online application or by emailing it to the West Virginia Division of Personnel at: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO VERIFY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION OR THE EQUIVALENT. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS OR TRANSCRIPTS. You must only submit this documentation ONE TIME; please DO NOT SUBMIT DUPLICATE COPIES.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 resumé 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 resumé.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 five (5) 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 Personnel's 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 Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in corrections, criminal justice, or related fields *AND* at least one (1) year of qualifying experience as described above.
• I have a combination of the above described qualifying education and qualifying experience to equal at least five (5) 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.

02
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 experienceFor example: if you have a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and five (5) 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 five (5) years of Correctional Officer experience for a total of nine (9) years of combined education and qualifying experience. Therefore, you would select: "I have five (5) to less than ten (10) 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) years of military experience with the U.S. Army, using the chart above, you would convert the thirty (30) semester hours to one (1) year of qualifying experience, and add that to your twelve (12) years of military experience to get a total of thirteen (13) years of combined qualifying education and experience. Therefore, you would select: "I have ten (10) to less than fifteen (15) 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.One final example: If you have a high school diploma and fifteen (15) years, six (6) months as a police officer, simply select: "I have fifteen (15) 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..." from the choices below. How many total years of qualifying education and/or full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience do you have as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, U.S. Military Service, police officer, or in criminal justice or related fields?

• I have zero (0) to less than five (5) 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 five (5) to less than ten (10) 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 ten (10) to less than fifteen (15) 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 fifteen (15) 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.

03

Type information about any college degrees, business school, vocational training or licensure here. You may also enter information about certification of ordination or ecclesiastical commission by an endorsing body or denomination here.Be as accurate as possible. This information will be used to determine your qualifications.For each entry, include details such as the degree, certificate or licensure earned, major/field of study, dates attended/graduated, and the name of the institution.Use the following examples as a guide:
• Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Accounting) 12/09/2023 West Virginia State University
• Some college: 36 semester hours Spring 2021-Fall 2021 Marshall University
• Vocational-Technical school: 580 Clock Hours in Arc Welding May 2023 Ben Franklin Career Center
• Licensure/Certification: West Virginia Professional Engineering License 2024
If you have no relevant training or education to document, type "NONE" here.

04
Were all of the jobs listed on your online application or resumé paid? If not, please list your unpaid positions below. If all of your jobs were paid, please enter "Yes".Please note that compensation may not only be salary or wages; it may also be room and board, gas mileage, etc.
05
Were all of the jobs listed on your application or resumé full-time positions? If not, please list your part-time positions below. If all of your jobs were full-time, please enter "Yes".
06
AFFIRMATION: I certify under penalty of law and disqualification that all statements are true and complete. I authorize the State of West Virginia and any agent acting on its behalf to conduct an inquiry into any job-related informationcontained in this application. I release the Stat