Jailer

Job Summary

Starting wage: $23.53 per hour (potentially higher with experience). Minimum age: 18 years old.

• Receive, search, book, photograph, fingerprint, and secure arrested individuals.
• Provide a safe and clean environment for inmates.
• Provide security for inmates, personnel, and the courtroom.
• Supervise preparation of meals, duties of trustees, cleaning, work release, and visitation.
• Transport inmates to medical destinations and other secure facilities.
• Aid county road patrol in transporting inmates.
• Provide incident reports, collect evidence, and testify in court.
• Prepare notices of inmate and jail violations, ensuring an orderly flow of facts and actions benefiting prisoners and the Sheriff Office.
• Perform dispatch and general office duties as called upon or replace dispatch personnel.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

• Effective communication and clerical skills.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid driver’s license.
• No illegal drug use in past five years.
• Pass pre‑employment polygraph exam, psychological evaluation, medical evaluation, physical fitness test, firearms qualification, and random drug testing.
• Attend, complete, and pass the Idaho POST Detention Academy within one year of hire.

Full‑time position will remain open until filled.