Correctional Officer

This is general duty correctional work maintaining security and discipline in a City correctional institution or police detention facility on an assigned shift. Work includes responsibility for guarding inmates at a work location, in cell blocks, transporting them from institutions to and from courts and between institutions, and in the performance of general laboring tasks as required. Work is performed under the close supervision of higher level correctional or police personnel. Work involves regular exposure to unpredictable conditions and occasionally requires the expenditure of physical effort in the restraining and subduing of prisoners. **HIRING BONUS**New employees are eligible for bonus of 20% of starting salary – 10% upon graduation from academy and 10% after 12 months satisfactory employment. That’s over $10,000! Employees must meet all criteria to be eligible for the bonus. **ADDITIONAL SALARY INFORMATION** Starting salary $52,047 during the training academy based on an 8-hour shift. Upon graduation from the academy, the salary increases to $63,758 with potential to reach up to $75,562 based on a 12-hour shift. **Learn what it’s like to work for the City of Philadelphia and the Department of Prisons****.** [You Make Philadelphia Work - Prisons Department](https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DX0lsvng04kk&data=05|02|Rashida.Ximines%40phila.gov|b7965eb81fc74c98471508de79723528|2046864f68ea497daf34a6629a6cd700|0|0|639081728579499008|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D|0|||&sdata=6kSizYA2RCnw3mdU65oAAxaRyK%2FWgJccMMeB6eh%2FwDQ%3D&reserved=0) **CONTACT INFORMATION** The analyst responsible for reviewing applications and additional documentation for this job opportunity is: Rashida Ximines Office of Human Resources City of Philadelphia Public Safety Team 1401 JFK Boulevard, Room 1530 Philadelphia, PA 19102 [t] 215-686-2318 [f] 215-686-2347 [e] Rashida.Ximines@Phila.gov **INDEBTEDNESS NOTICE** As a condition of employment with the City, any person offered employment shall be required to certify that such person either is fully current on any and all debts, taxes, fees, judgments, claims, and other accounts and obligations due and owing to the City; or has voluntarily entered into a payment agreement with the City. For so long as the person is employed by the City, the amount of the payment as set forth in the payment agreement (not to exceed, for any pay period, twenty percent (20%) of the person’s gross pay for such period, without the person’s consent) shall be withheld from each paycheck until such payment agreement is fully satisfied. Such person shall also be required to certify as a condition of employment that he or she is fully current on any and all debts, taxes, fees, judgments, claims, and other accounts and obligations due and owing to the Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) or has voluntarily entered into a payment agreement with PGW. Failure to enter into a payment agreement shall result in the cancellation of the appointment and removal from the certification. The name of the eligible candidate will be returned to the eligible list. **TYPE OF ELIGIBLE LIST: OPEN-COMPETITIVE**Only an Open-Competitive eligible list will be established as a result of this examination. Permanent City employees will receive no promotional preference in this examination. Candidates who pass the exam and are placed on the civil service list will be retained on the list for a minimum of one year and a maximum of two years after the establishment of the Eligible List. **RESIDENCY WAIVER**The Civil Service Commission has waived the usual requirement that candidates must be residents of Philadelphia. **PREFERENCE FOR PHILADELPHIA RESIDENTS:** Candidates who have maintained a bona fide residence in Philadelphia for at least one year prior to the date of the civil service examination shall have priority over a…