Corrections/Dispatch Officer Applications (will be trained for both positions).

Duties: Correctional Officers enforce rules and regulations governing facility security, inmate accountability, and inmate conduct to ensure judicial sanctions are carried out and inmates remain in custody. Provides custody and security of inmates including observing actions of inmates. Conduct pat and strip searches of offenders. Restraining and securing sometimes assaultive inmates; escorts/transports offenders by walking and/or vehicles (day and night time). Submit disciplinary reports on inmate violations of rules and regulations and submit reports on illegal or questionable occurrences. Conducts inventory of individual inmate property and documents. Assist in the supervision of inmates in living quarters, visitation booths, during recreational activities, while in transit, and during sleeping hours. Count inmates at designated and random times as instructed. Maintains accountability of inmates assigned to work detail. Respond to emergency situations such as escape, suicide, riot, and other disturbance, in accordance with Department policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and post orders. Perform other related duties as assigned. Dispatch Officer: The Dispatch Officer will work in the Communications Center which is a twenty-four-hour, seven-days-per-week operation that includes rotating 12-hour shifts that include nights, weekends, and holidays. Being the primary answering point for all emergency (911) and service calls from the public, this job fast-paced and requires multi-tasking skills and the ability to make quick decisions in violent and/or highly emotional situations while maintaining a courteous, calm, and effective demeanor utilizing a multi-agency Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system. You will enter and retrieve data in the system, process general information requests for the public or other agencies, and will assign, track, monitor, and disseminate information to field units via appropriate radio frequencies and computer systems.

Additional Information: This position is identified as High Potential Risk (HPR). All applicants and selectees for employment are tested for drugs and are subject to random drug/alcohol testing. Selectees for this position are designated as essential personnel. It's important that candidates: Be empathetic and objective in understanding of persons in custody to effectively manage inmates, be able to demonstrate tact with others, be of good moral character, and demonstrate leadership in program and services to show that they can effectively manage inmate population.

Benefits: Selectee will be eligible for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, annual (vacation), and sick leave. PERF is included and paid overtime for working on county-designated holidays.

Work Environment: Work is performed in a Correctional/penal setting with and around offenders. Application available HERE or from the Sheriff's Office/Jail (make sure to put DOB & SSN on the app) Vermillion County Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer.