Community Corrections Center Monitor - Erie CCC

The Department of Corrections (DOC) is seeking a Corrections Community Center Monitor who is ready to bring strong energy, focus, and commitment to re-entry support. In this role, you help guide re-entrants, strengthen center safety, and build positive relationships that support successful transition back into the community. You work with a dedicated team that values teamwork, clear communication, and steady leadership. This position offers meaningful responsibility, daily variety, and the chance to make a real impact at the Erie Community Corrections Center.

This position supports daily operations at the Erie Community Corrections Center (CCC) and ensures safety, accountability, and positive interaction with re-entrants and visitors. The role strengthens center security, promotes constructive behavior, and reinforces re-entry efforts. As a Corrections Community Center Monitor, you will perform the following duties:

• Safety Monitoring: Observe re-entrant behavior through direct interaction and Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) system, maintain activity logs, and conduct counts, drills, and searches
• Center Security: Control movement within the center, manage sign-in and sign-out procedures, and inventory medications, equipment, and supplies
• Orientation Support: Review rules and policies with new re-entrants, assign rooms and housekeeping duties, and complete destination checks
• Testing and Documentation: Administer breathalyzer and urinalysis tests, write behavior observations, issue misconducts, and attend disciplinary hearings
• Public Interaction: Provide information to visitors, respond to concerns from the public or crime victims, and serve as a contact for law enforcement agencies
• Team Assistance: Guide new monitors in their duties, support inspections, and prepare reports and related documents

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 40 hours per week
• Community Corrections Centers are staffed by three (3) work shifts that cover the facility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
• Work hours will include different shifts or irregular hours.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable. 
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Additional Requirements:

• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must be willing and able to work in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
• You must have the ability to work different shifts or irregular scheduled hours.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Preferred Qualifications (not required):

• Two (2) years of experience performing public safety or security work. (Examples of qualifying experience include but are not limited to public safety or security work involving protection of persons and/or property and maintaining required security through enforcement of rules, regulations, and laws; public safety or security work in a correctional setting, juvenile, or adult development/detention center, law enforcement entity, or military security experience)
• One (1) year of work experience providing direction/guidance to individuals. (Examples of qualifying work experience include but are not limited to performing as a lead worker or supervisor assigning and evaluating work tasks, providing informal counseling, or giving orders in the Military)

Legal Requirements:

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). 
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date. 

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.