SENIOR CLASSIFICATION OFFICER

Requisition No: 852868 

Agency: Department of Corrections

Working Title: SENIOR CLASSIFICATION OFFICER

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 70021405 

Salary:  $55,043.30 annually 

Posting Closing Date: 05/20/2025 

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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

We Never Walk Alone

 

ADVERTISING TITLE: Senior Classification Officer

 

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

 

Our mission in the Classification Department is to accurately assess and classify inmates based on their needs, risks, and behaviors. We ensure appropriate housing and program placements within the correctional system. Our goal is to enhance safety and security while promoting effective rehabilitation, ultimately aiding in the successful reintegration of inmates into society.

 

This position is not a telework position and is required to report to the FDC office in the area it serves.

 

Salary: $55,043.30 Annually

 

SALARY WILL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT PAY POLICY.

 

JOB DUTIES:

• 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 classification, 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)
  • Deferre