Institutional Parole Assistant - SCI Camp Hill

Are you looking for a role where your attention to detail and clerical experience help guide inmates through important steps toward reentry? As an Institutional Parole Assistant with the Department of Corrections, you will support interviews, maintain reports, and coordinate essential release documentation at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Camp Hill. This job gives you the chance to work closely with institutional staff while ensuring all parole procedures are followed.

Your work will make a meaningful impact on the accuracy and consistency of parole operations.

Senate Bill 411 merged the Department of Corrections and the Pennsylvania Parole Board. This position is within the Department of Corrections.

This position supports the parole release process by assisting with interviews, preparing reports, coordinating documentation, and maintaining accurate records. Daily responsibilities help ensure that inmates are released according to law, policy, and investigative findings. As an Institutional Parole Assistant, you will perform the following duties:

• Release Coordination: Prepare release documents, maintain interview dockets, and ensure required steps are completed before release
• Inmate Interviews: Meet with inmates to explain parole procedures, gather information, and provide required notifications
• Record Management: Scan files, update docket systems, maintain folders, and upload documents for board review
• Information Review: Examine misconduct reports, criminal histories, movement sheets, and other records to support case decisions
• Communication Support: Answer calls, relay information, respond to messages, and assist staff, applicants, and family members
• Mail Processing: Open, sort, date stamp, and distribute incoming mail and prepare outgoing correspondence

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

• Full‑time employment, 40 hours per week
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 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

• Four years of experience as a Clerical Assistant 2 in the Department of Corrections or Probation and Parole Board (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• One year of complex clerical experience; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

• 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

• 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)
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable
• 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…