Corrections Officer

Job Description Summary

Department - Sheriff's Department Job Description

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 4000 - Corrections Officer I

Salary Grade: L1

Pay Range:
Starting: $26.97 Per Hour

Please note, this is an open and continuous recruitment

The Correction Officer I performs corrections work ensuring the welfare of adult inmates, court or direct remanded juvenile inmates, departmental and superior court staff, and maintaining security control and custody in a functional unit of a direct supervision jail.
* This is distinguished from the Deputy Sheriff classification, which is certified to exercise law enforcement powers.

* In a direct supervision jail, corrections staff controls behavior of the jail population through a proactive concept based on direct inmate supervision. In this setting, inmates are given the responsibility to influence their treatment and privileges through control of their own behavior. This direct supervision approach is unlike the more traditional reactive containment approach, which utilizes bars, security glass and other barriers.

This division operates 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. All positions are required to engage in inmate contact, to work rotating shifts which include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays, and to work an assigned post that can be rotated/reassigned at management's discretion.

• Maintains security of assigned facility by observing and controlling inmate behaviors, enforcing discipline, and reporting observations;
• Inspects the living conditions within the housing units for compliance with sanitation objectives;
• Conducts checks of inmate housing and cell searches for inmate census and detection of contraband;.
• Controls, operates, and inspects life safety equipment, electronic safety and surveillance equipment, and door control systems;
• Performs booking, fingerprinting, identification and records maintenance procedures.
• Reviews all incident numbers, logs those that are major rule violations, and prints out major charge sheet;.
• Reviews all officer incident reports, evidence, and major charge sheets to ensuring violations are clearly identified, follows all protocols, and verifies that reports have been completed correctly;
• Conducts inmate hearings within a timely manner.

At the time of appointment, applicants must hold a high school diploma or General Education Development (GED) Certificate, AND must be at least 18 years of age.

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.

THIS IS A TESTED POSITION. Email notifications will be sent out to all candidates that submit a completed application. Candidates will receive an information packet detailing the steps of the hiring process. Please see important dates below:

• Saturday, October 17, 2026 - Start at 8:00am
• Saturday, December 5, 2026 - Start at 8:00am

• The Sheriff's Department will schedule eligible candidates who complete and pass the physical fitness assessment for oral board interviews.

• The Sheriff's Department will notify eligible candidates regarding dates, times, and locations.

• April 5, 2027 - Next Scheduled Academy
• Academies are scheduled based on staffing levels and hiring needs.

Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select the successful candidate from a referral list provided by Human Resources.

Additional assessments/testing may be required as part of the selection process.

Licenses and Certifications :
Valid driver license is required at time of application. Valid AZ driver license is required at time of appointment. The successful applicant will be subject to a 39-month DOT Motor Vehicle Record review to determine applicant's suitability to operate c