Corrections Community Center Monitor (Pittsburgh CCC)

Are you motivated to support safe and positive reentry experiences in a community-based setting? The Corrections Community Center Monitor at the Department of Corrections plays an important role at the Pittsburgh Community Corrections Center (CCC), maintaining safety and guiding reentrants as they work toward successful reintegration. This position allows you to work closely with individuals while ensuring the center runs smoothly and securely. Join a team committed to structure, support, and strong communication.

This role focuses on maintaining safety, structure, and accountability for female reentrants within the Pittsburgh CCC. It involves monitoring activity, conducting searches, managing records, and supporting daily operations to ensure a secure environment. As a Corrections Community Center Monitor, you will perform the following duties:

• Safety Monitoring: Observe reentrant behavior through direct interaction and closed-circuit television to support safety and security
• Search Procedures: Conduct scheduled and unscheduled searches of reentrants, property, and living areas for contraband
• Record Keeping: Maintain logs, inventories, and sign-in registers to support accurate documentation of center activity
• Orientation Support: Explain center rules, assign rooms, and provide information during new reentrant orientation
• Movement Control: Manage movement of reentrants and visitors within the center to maintain order
• Medication Oversight: Inventory and maintain reentrant prescription medications and security-related supplies

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 three work shifts that cover the facility 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $41,999.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS
Additional Requirements:

• You must be willing and able to work in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
• This position requires shift work. You must be willing and able to work different shifts or irregular scheduled hours.
• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• 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 Requirements:

• 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.