Correctional Officer (Corrections)

About this role

<div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: center;" data-pasted="true"><span style="color: rgb(0,82,51);"><strong><strong>Join our team!</strong></strong></span></div><span style="font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;color: rgb(0,0,0);">The Merrimack County Department of Corrections serves the community and its criminal justice system by providing security, supervision, and assistance to persons remanded to our custody. Our policy is to meet or exceed the standards set by the American Correctional Association, the National Commission of Correctional Healthcare, the New Hampshire Association of Counties, and the Merrimack County Board of Commissioners.</span><br style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><br style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;">Our Correctional Officers are focused on providing a safe and secure environment while managing the daily care, custody, and control of the inmates under correctional supervision.</span><br><br><img src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/8328/jobpostings/image/DOC Mission_Sta

Requirements

<strong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;" data-pasted="true">EDUCATION:&nbsp;</strong><span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;">&nbsp;Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent.</span><br style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><strong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;">EXPERIENCE: <span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"> </span></strong><span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;">Prior Correctional experience preferred or any equivalent combination of education and experience which demonstrates possession of the required knowledge, skills and abilities with or without reasonable accommodation as required by the Americans with Dis