Deputy Sheriff - Institutions

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is seeking both trainee and certified applicants to join our Institutions team as a Deputy Sheriff. The Marion County Sheriff's Office is a full-service law enforcement agency consisting of four operational divisions:
Community Corrections, Enforcement, Institutions and Operations. Institutions deputies provide 24‑hour supervision, monitor all adults in custody, and facilitate programs/services for pretrial and sentenced adults in custody.

• Wages
• Trainee Pay Rate: $31.40 – $37.87 per hour*
• Certified Pay Rate: $34.48 – $46.16 per hour*
• * Hourly rate negotiable
• Incentives:
  • Certification 8% (4% intermediate and 4% advanced)
  • Bilingual 5%
  • Field Training Officer 5%
  • Instructor 5%
  • Cell Extraction 5%
  • SWAT Team 5%
  • Longevity Pay

• Medical and dental insurance with 95% employer contribution
• PERS & OPSRP Retirement (Marion County pays employee’s 6% contribution)
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• 1 paid commissioners day per year
• 2 paid personal holidays per year
• Paid training program with accelerated field training for qualifying lateral applicants
• Employer provided Group Term Life Insurance
• Employer provided Long‑Term Disability Plan
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• Voluntary Short‑Term Disability
• Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement Medical Trust with employer contributions

• Maintains security, sanitation, health, and medical standards by supervising adults in custody.
• Ensures due process rights of adults in custody in disciplinary matters and maintains legal system access.
• Ensures adults in custody have access to materials, services and privileges according to the law.
• Adheres to, implements and enforces job‐related rules, policies, procedures and post orders to promote a safe, secure and orderly facility.
• Attends and participates in facility and unit briefings, meetings, and training.
• Initiates and maintains neat, accurate and complete reports, memos, disciplinary reports, logbooks and unit rosters.
• Works in a 24‑hour, 7‑day a week facility; may require day, swing, night shifts, weekends, holidays and overtime.
• Remains constantly alert and observant during the entire shift.
• Controls access to and egress from the facility.
• Conducts visual adult welfare checks and counts, equipment and structural inspections.
• Conducts tactile‑clothed and visual‑unclothed searches to discover contraband and ensure adult welfare.
• Conducts area searches to detect contraband or deficiencies in security systems or physical structure.
• Transports and escorts adults inside and outside the facility.
• Responds to and assists other staff in managing a variety of emergency situations.
• Uses approved facility restraints to control adults.
• Operates fire‑fighting equipment in institutional fires.
• Maintains and uses firearms.
• Monitors audio traffic on radios, telephones and intercoms, and acts as central dispatch.
• Controls, issues, and records issuance of keys and radios.
• Monitors auditory and visual emergency alarm systems.
• Coordinates directly with the incident commander during emergencies.
• Uses audio‑visual surveillance equipment to monitor movement in hallways.
• Verbally provides instructions and orders to adults over the intercom for facility safety and order.

• United States citizen within one year of employment.
• At least 21 years of age at employment (consideration for 20‑year‑old applicants who meet qualifications and are 21 within 90 days).
• Declared by a physician as able to perform required physical duties.
• Of good moral fitness; no legal conduct involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or conviction of drug and/or sex crimes.
• Information on minimum qualifications and physical requirements available in Oregon Administrative Rules 259‑008‑0010.

• Must possess a valid Oregon driver’s license or obtain it within 30 days of hire; driving record reviewed per County policy.
• Finalists subject to extensive background investigation.
• Finalists required to pass a psychological and physical exam.
• Ability to hold, aim, and discharge a firearm with…