Corrections - Security Coordinator

Are you interested in serving your community? Have you been considering a Corrections and/or a Law Enforcement career? If you answered yes, then you need to apply for Travis County Sheriff’s Office Security Coordinator position. This is a great position to introduce you to the Corrections and Law Enforcement environment. Travis County offers a premier Total Rewards package that includes a highly rated retirement plan, vacation and sick leave, personal holidays, longevity pay, tuition reimbursement, medical, dental, and vision, and a free employee health care clinic.

The Security Coordinator, under general direction, maintains accurate inventory of keys, updates and maintains complete detainee rosters and daily activity log, and performs a variety of administrative, skilled, or technical tasks of a specialized nature. Security of inmates and the public is a major element in the performance of duties assigned to this job classification.

This is a job classification within the Public Safety/Emergency Management job family. This classification possesses knowledge of fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures. This classification is distinguished in that incumbents are directly responsible for security of the inmates and public visiting detention centers. This classification may require work in secure facilities.

• Operates base radio within the jail detention complex and maintains contact with all jail posts. Monitors radio for routine and emergency transmissions.
• Monitors and operates security alarm systems in the detention complex. Operates electronic control panel for access to unit. Operates screening devices, such as the X‑ray machine. Monitors security cameras to track normal inmate movement and identify security violations in all areas, including MPA and isolation areas. Provides surveillance of activity in passive dayrooms.
• Maintains accurate inmate count for each unit, including individual building counts. Reports all suspicious behavior and activity to appropriate personnel. Responds to panic and fire alarms throughout the courthouses and other locations. Writes reports or supplements to incidents or violations of the law. Maintains running count sheet showing inmate movement. Records counts at shift change.
• Dispatches officers to various tasks on or off the complex. Coordinates traffic flow during detention and other hearings. Responds to and coordinates emergency situations.
• Coordinates access into, within and out of the complex. Answers telephone and relays information between buildings, supervisors, officers and the general public.
• Enters information into computer system and drafts correspondence using computer software. Performs administrative duties, such as filing, photocopying, answering phones and data entry.
• Provides first line of security to buildings within the complex. Assists with inmate visitation, ensures that all visitors are properly signed in and accounted for with appropriate identification before allowing access into secured area.
• Processes new inmates by booking, interviewing, completing paperwork, fingerprinting, taking photos, searching inmates and takes all property, including clothes and money to be held while in custody. Maintains accurate inventory and account of inmate property and money when they are detained. Returns appropriate belongings, such as money or clothing, to detainees when released.
• Initiates and develops files on inmates who participate in the weekend work release program. Conducts warrant checks on inmates processed at both intake and release.
• Handles classification and tracking of inmates who are a part of specific programs. Completes program processing, gives orientation, and reviews protective order information with inmate. Accepts fine payments for inmates on the weekend program.
• Performs inmate's sentence calculations and releases by reviewing court commitments, calculating time served, tracking and projecting release dates, and tracking credit for inmates who work upon completion of sentence. Researches back time for credits for courts and attorneys. Audits files, as required.
• Interacts with courts…