Find & Apply For Correctional / Detention Officer Jobs in Lansing, Michigan

BELOW is a list of all the correctional facilities that you can apply for by applying to this job posting: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/michigan/jobs/5411516/corrections-officer-lower-peninsula https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/michigan/jobs/5411521/corrections-officer-upper-peninsula Alger Correctional Facility (LMF)

• Munising, MI 49862Baraga Correctional Facility (AMF)
• Baraga, MI 49908Carson City Correctional Facility (DRF)
• Carson City, MI 48811Central Michigan Correctional Facility (STF)
• St. Louis, MI 48880Chippewa Correctional Facility (URF)
• Kincheloe, MI 49784Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility (LRF)
• Muskegon Hts, MI 49444Kinross Correctional Facility (KCF)
• Kincheloe, MI 49788Marquette Branch Prison (MBP)
• Marquette, MI 49855Muskegon Correctional Facility (MCF)
• Muskegon, MI 49442Newberry Correctional Facility (NCF)
• Newberry, MI 49868Oaks Correctional Facility (ECF)
• Manistee, MI 49660Saginaw Correctional Facility (SRF)
• Freeland, MI 48623St. Louis Correctional Facility (SLF)
• St. Louis, MI 48880 Gus Harrison Correctional Facility (ARF)
• Adrian, MI 49221Lakeland Correctional Facility(LCF)
• Coldwater, MI 49036Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility (IBC)
• Ionia, MI 48846Ionia Correctional Facility(ICF)
• Ionia, MI 48846Charles Egeler Correctional Facility (RGC)
• Jackson, MI 49201-7547 Cooper Street Correctional Facility (JCS)
• Jackson, MI 49201Parnall Correctional Facility (SMT)
• Jackson, MI 49201 G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility (JCF)
• Jackson, MI 49201 Thumb Correctional Facility (TCF)
• Lapeer, MI 48446Macomb Correctional Facility (MRF)
• Lenox Township, MI 48048 Woodland Center Correctional Facility (WCC)
• Whitmore Lake, MI 48189Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV)
• Ypsilanti, MI 48197-0911 Corrections Officer positions are at various locations throughout the state, Corrections Medical Officers are located exclusively at Woodland Center Correctional Facility.

Upon hire as a Corrections Officer or Corrections Medical Officer, the employees is required to successfully complete the DOC Officer Recruit Training program designed to provide knowledge and skills required to function as a corrections officer. The training program consists of 8 weeks of academy training and two months of on-the-job training. Upon successful completion of the training and other departmental requirements, the officer will complete the probationary period at an assigned correctional facility (facilities are located throughout the state). The employee participates in the custody, security, and treatment of prisoners or detainees while learning and developing the interpersonal skills required to perform a range of corrections officer assignments. Successful completion of the initial training program, annual training, and continuing certification as a Corrections Officer are required to remain employed.

NOTE:

These positions are considered test designated and are subject to all forms of drug and alcohol testing. Required Education and Experience Education Completion of 15 semester (23 term) college credits in any field.

Military Veterans:

The MDOC accepts Joint Services Transcripts(JST). Please call 517-335-1863 or 517-241-8559 for assistance with your JST's. A DD214 is not a Joint Service Transcript. Experience Corrections Officer 8 OR Correction Medical Officer 8 No specific type or amount is required. Alternate Education and Experience Corrections Officer 8 Two years of full-time corrections officer experience in another local, state, federal or private correctional institution, and currently employed satisfactorily in a corrections officer position, or have left corrections officer employment in satisfactory status. OR Successful completion of basic training in the uniformed services.

• Education Waiver
• Employees in possession of less than 15 semester (23 term) college credits may be eligible for participation in the Education Waiver Program, in which employees are allowed up to 24 months from the date of hire to obtain college credits necessary to satisfy the education requirement.

Successful completion of the education requirement, in addition to meeting the experience requirement, is mandatory for an employee to be considered eligible for reclassification to the Corrections Officer E9. Completion of the education requirement prior to expiration of the 24-month waiver period is required to remain employed as a Corrections Officer. Additional Requirements and Information

YOUR APPLICATION FOR ANY POSITION DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE DEPARTMENT/AGENCY FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Failure to complete or attach any of the above items such as an

OFFICIAL

college transcript or Joint Service Transcript may result in your application being screen out. Do not attach a resume or cover letter in lieu of Official College Transcript. The Department of Corrections may screen out job applicants who have been convicted of a felony in accordance with Public Act 191 of 2017. Applicants who have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony are ineligible for employment with the Department of Corrections until satisfactory completion of any sentence imposed, including parole or probation. The Department of Corrections will not hire individuals who are found unsuitable for employment as a Corrections Officer based on background investigation of the individual. An applicant must be at least eighteen (18) years of age at time of employment as a Corrections Officer. An applicant must pass a post-job-offer medical exam, drug screen, and physical fitness test.

REQUIRED INFORMATION

Employment in the state classified service demands a high degree of loyalty and imposes high ethical standards on employees to ensure the integrity of state government and maintain effective services. All employees must meet these ethical standards and all appointing authorities are obligated to enforce these ethical standards.