Records Specialist Supervisor - SCI Albion

The Records Specialist Supervisor position at State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Albion provides an exciting opportunity to lead a team that manages essential inmate records. You will take part in meaningful work that supports safety and compliance across the institution. This role allows you to build strong skills in organization and supervision. Step into a role where your expertise helps strengthen the correctional system.

This role focuses on overseeing inmate record systems and guiding staff who maintain important information for SCI Albion. As a Records Specialist Supervisor, you will perform the following duties:

• Record Oversight: Collect information, review court documents, and ensure accurate updates to inmate records
• Identification Processing: Interview, photograph, and fingerprint inmates while ensuring proper procedures are followed
• Staff Supervision: Manage work assignments, provide training, and support staff performance
• Transport Coordination: Arrange inmate transports and verify authorizations for releases and temporary absences
• Judicial Representation: Represent the Department at hearings and provide testimony related to identity and sentence status

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• 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.

• Two years of experience as a Corrections Records Specialist (Commonwealth job title);
  or
• One year of experience as a Records Specialist 2 (Commonwealth job title);
  or
• Four years of clerical or correctional custodial experience that includes two years of specialized records work in a correctional facility; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of specialized records work experience in a correctional facility.

• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

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

This position subject to the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or memorandum of understanding.

You must be eligible for selection in accordance with merit system employment regulations.

• Applicants must meet one of the following methods to be considered for this vacancy:
  • Reassignment (Only current civil service employees in the same agency who hold the same or similar job title, with the same maximum salary, within the same occupational group or where there is a logical career movement, will qualify for reassignment.)
  • Transfer (Only current civil service employees who hold the same job title will qualify for transfer to another agency.)
  • Voluntary Demotion

• 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.