Sheriff's Deputy - Corrections Deputy (Lateral Only)

*** This posting will close at 8:00 am Monday November 20th***

Klamath County is located in beautiful southern Oregon and home to the city of Klamath Falls, known as the state’s City of Sunshine with over 300 days of sunshine annually!  Klamath County offers everything for outdoor adventurers as well as a unique and diverse art community.  We are home to Oregon Institute of Technology and Kingsley Field Air Base, where the 173rd Fighter Wing resides. For more information about living in this community, please visit https://lifeinklamath.com/. 

Klamath County seeks to find candidates who want to make this beautiful area their home and are looking for a position where their contributions are valued and recognized.  Below is a brief overview of the Correction Deputy position.  Please contact Human Resources for a more in-depth description of the job and more details on our extensive benefits package.

General Position Summary

The Corrections Deputy maintains security, manages and supervises inmates in the Klamath County Jail, and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education, Certification, & Experience
  • Oregon Driver's License
  • High School Diploma or GED Certificate
  • 21 years of age
  • Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) Basic Certification, which must be obtained within one year after employment. Must possess physical capabilities as demanded by DPSST
  • First Aid Certificate, required upon DPSST Certification and periodic renewal thereafter
  • CPR Certification, required upon DPSST certification and periodic renewal thereafter
  • Ability to be sworn as a Police Officer in accordance with Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 181.610-181.990
  • Current or recent experience as a Police Officer, Corrections Officer, or Police Reserve Officer is desirable but not required
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Language Skills - Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
  • Mathematical Skills - Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.  Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
  • Reasoning Ability - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
  • Computer Skills - To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Beacon Database software; Internet software; Excel Spreadsheet software and Microsoft Word, Word Processing software.
• Physical Requirements
  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and taste or smell.  The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. 

Salary and Benefits

This is an hourly, non-exempt position with the Corrections Deputy wage range being $ 24.27 - $32.50 per hour The pay ranges listed here reflect the FULL pay range for this position for the current fiscal year.  Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification.

Klamath County also offers a generous benefits package, including County contributions to health insurance, County contributions to a retirement plan, paid life insurance, paid short term disability, paid time off and more! 

Klamath County recognizes and understands the importance of being able to care for yourself and loved ones when your health and safety are affected.  To show our support during those difficult events, Klamath County offers all of its employees up to 12 weeks of fully employer paid leave per benefit year for qualifying events. 

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Work Schedule

The normal work schedule is 8.00 hours per day, 5 days a week, 10.00 hours a day, 4 days per week, or 12.00 hours per day, 3-4 days per week.  Exact schedules are assigned by management and likely to include weekends and holidays.

It is the attendance standard of the employer that all employees be present and on time each shift they are scheduled to work.  Full or partial absence during any scheduled shift, arriving late, or leaving early, for whatever reason, may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.  Time off may be approved if allowed by applicable policies covering illness, injury, or other personal emergency.

Pre-screening Requirements

• DMV Records Verification
• Pre-employment drug screening
• Sheriff’s Background Investigation, conducted by the Sheriff’s Office
• Physical Evaluation (with vision test)
• Psychological Evaluation
• Final Sheriff’s Determination

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