SENIOR CLASSIFICATION OFFICER

Requisition No: 851330 

Agency: Department of Corrections

Working Title: SENIOR CLASSIFICATION OFFICER

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 70020745 

Salary:  $55,043.30 annually 

Posting Closing Date: 05/01/2025 

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***OPEN COMPETITIVE ADVERTISEMENT***

 

This advertisement is for a Career Service position located at Martin Correctional Institution in the Classification Department.

 

Salary: $55,043.30 annually

 

SALARY WILL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT PAY POLICY.

 

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for managing a caseload of inmates, including inmates in special statuses.
• Responsible for recommending the custody classification and the institutional and program assignments of inmates at a correctional institution.
• Evaluates information from reports, interviews, and correspondence for recommendations for inmate custody dassification, program participation and work/program assignment for inmates in special statuses and reviews inmates for special status recommendation.
• Prepares inmate management plans.
• Supervises and evaluates inmate progress and prepares progress reports for inmates in special statuses.
• Serves as the assistant supervisor in a classification section.
• Assists the Classification Supervisor in the administrative functions of the classification sections.
• Maintains inmate information on the department offender database system.
• Assists in training new classification staff.
• Evaluates, monitors and record inmate gain time awards.
• Responds to inmate requests, correspondence and telephone inquiries.
• Observe and interact with inmates at their work assignment, housing assignment and educational/vocational assignment. Visit
• confinement/management units as necessary.
• Manages a Release Officer caseload including those pending release.
• Attends mandatory and other training as required.

 

BENEFITS:

• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
• Comprehensive health insurance and life insurance with accidental death and dismemberment benefits.
• Supplemental Dental, Vision, Life, Disability and Hospitalization insurance.
• Tuition-Free college courses.
• Retirement Plans with the Florida Retirement System:
  • Pension Plan (Traditional Retirement Pension Plan)
  • Investment Plan (401(K)-Type Retirement Plan)
  • Deferred Retirement Option Program (Drop)
  • Deferred Compensation
  • Recently Retired? Beginning July 1, 2024, there is no longer a reemployment limitation; beginning with the 7th calendar month from the member's distribution date, there are no restrictions on working for an FRS employer. You will not be required to repay any prior distributions, and you may continue receiving distributions from the Investment Plan or Pension Plan without interruption.

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Possess two (2) years of Classification Officer experience

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Preference will be given to applicants with the following qualifications: