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Salary: $41,999.00 - $80,389.00 Annually
Location : York County, PA
Job Type: Non-Civil Service Permanent Full-time
Job Number: N-2026-53698
Department: Department of Corrections
Division: CR York Cmy Corr Ctr
Opening Date: 07/13/2026
Closing Date: 7/17/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Job Code: 47320
Position Number: Multiple positions may be filled from this posting.
Union: PSCOA
Bargaining Unit: H1
Pay Group: CO30
Bureau / Division Code: 00119240
Bureau / Division: York Community Corrections Center
Worksite Address: 317 West Market Street
City: York, Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17401
Contact Name: Heather Shenenberger
Contact Email: hshenenber@pa.gov
THE POSITION
As a Corrections Community Center Monitor with the Department of Corrections (DOC), you will contribute to a secure environment where reentrants can work toward personal progress. The York Community Corrections Center (CCC) seeks individuals dedicated to providing supervision, structure, and daily guidance that supports successful re-entry. This position plays a key role in helping participants build habits that lead to safe and steady transition back into the community. If you want meaningful work that strengthens positive outcomes for reentrants and their families, this opportunity is a strong fit!
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
The Corrections Community Center Monitor provides care, custody, control, monitoring, and supervision of reentrants while ensuring the safety and security of the state-operated York Community Corrections Center. As a Corrections Community Center Monitor, you will perform the following duties:

• Safety and Security: Maintain safety by observing behavior, logging activities, conducting counts, and performing searches of reentrants and living areas
• Inventory Management: Maintain and inventory medications, security equipment, tools, chemicals, and housekeeping supplies
• Movement Control: Manage sign-in and sign-out procedures and oversee reentrant and visitor movement within the center
• Orientation Duties: Conduct orientation for new reentrants, review rules, assign rooms, explain services, and assign housekeeping duties
• Accountability Testing: Administer breathalyzer and urinalysis tests and document results to support compliance

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 40 hours per week
• Community Corrections Centers are staffed by 3 work shifts that cover the facility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• 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.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & ELIGIBILITY
QUALIFICATIONS
Additional Requirements:

• You must successfully complete classroom training at the DOC Training Academy in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
• You must be willing and able to work in York, York County, Pennsylvania.
• You must have the ability to work different shifts or irregular scheduled hours.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Preferred Qualifications (not required):

• Two (2) years of experience performing public safety or security work. (Examples of qualifying experience include but are not limited to public safety or security work involving protection of persons and/or property and maintaining required security through enforcement of rules, regulations, and laws; public safety or security work in a correctional setting, juvenile, or adult development/detention center, law enforcement entity, or military security experience)
• One (1) year of work experience providing direction/guidance to individuals. (Examples of qualifying work experience include but are not limited to performing as a lead worker or supervisor assigning and evaluating work tasks, providing informal counseling, or giving orders in the Military)

Legal Requirement:

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

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).
• 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.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant's own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

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.
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Additional Requirement - This position is in York, York County, Pennsylvania. Are you willing and able to work in this location?

• Yes
• No

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Additional Requirement - This position requires shift work. Are you able to work different shifts or irregular scheduled hours?

• Yes
• No

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Additional Requirement - This position requires you to successfully complete 4 weeks of classroom training at the Department of Corrections Training Academy in Elizabethtown, PA. Will you be available to complete this training?

• Yes
• No

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Preferred Qualification - Do you have any experience working within a secure facility (i.e. correctional setting or detention center)?

• Yes
• No

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Preferred Qualification - Do you have any experience working within a law enforcement entity (local, county, state, or federal level)?

• Yes
• No

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Preferred Qualification - Do you have any experience providing counseling/guidance (i.e. lead worker/supervisory, mentoring/counseling individuals, or giving orders in military)?

• Yes
• No

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Preferred Qualification - Do you have any experience working within the security field?

• Yes
• No

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