U.S. Probion Officer Judicial Branch U.S. Courts United Stes Probion, Western District of Virginia Summary The U.S. Probion Office for the Western District of Virginia, a combined district for probion and pretrial services, is currently accepting applicions for the position of U.S. Probion Officer. The Probion Office currently consists of 43 employees who support 10 judicial officers and their staff loced in six divisional offices (Abingdon, Danville, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg and Roanoke). Travel including overnight, within and outside the district, is required. Learn more about this agency Summary The U.S. Probion Office for the Western District of Virginia, a combined district for probion and pretrial services, is currently accepting applicions for the position of U.S. Probion Officer. The Probion Office currently consists of 43 employees who support 10 judicial officers and their staff loced in six divisional offices (Abingdon, Danville, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg and Roanoke). Travel including overnight, within and outside the district, is required. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month
- Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Roanoke, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $56,637
- $116,394 per year Pay scale & grade CL 26
- 28 Promotion potential 28
- Promotion potential to target grade of CL 28 without further competition. Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
- You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0007 Correctional Officer Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 2026-15 Control number 873435000 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help Under the guidance and direction of a Supervisory Officer, conduct investigions and prepare reports for the court with recommendions. Interview persons under supervision/defendants and their families and collect background da from various sources. During process, interpret and apply policies and procedures, stutes, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedures, and U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Monographs, and relevant case law, as applicable. Under the guidance and direction of a Supervisory Officer, enforce court-ordered supervision components and implement supervision stregies. Maintain personal contact with defendants and persons under supervision, investige employment, sources of income, lifestyle, and associes to assess risk and compliance. Address substance abuse, mental health, domestic violence, and similar problems and refer to approprie specialists. Schedule and conduct drug use detection tests and DNA collection of persons under supervision/defendants, following established procedures and protocols. Maintain paper and computerized records of test results. Maintain chain of custody of urinalysis testing merials. Respond to judicial officers' requests for informion and advice. Testify in court as to the basis for factual findings and guideline applicions, if warranted. Maintain detailed written records of case activity. Investige and analyze financial documents and activities and take approprie action. Interview victim(s) and provide victim impact stements to the court. Ensure compliance with Mandory Victims Restitution Act. Under the guidance and direction of a Supervisory Probion Officer, review and resolve disputed issues involving defendants/persons under supervision and present unresolved issues to the court for resolution. Assess persons under supervision'/defendants' level of risk and develop a blend of stregies for controlling and correcting risk management. Provide persons under supervision/defendants with informion on local resources and programs regarding employment, GED certificion assistance, ongoing educion, and vocional training. Identify interests, aptitudes, and abilities of persons under supervision/defendants through interviewing and ghering approprie informion. Assist persons under supervision/defendants toward integrion into the job market. Communice with other organizions and personnel (such as the U.S. Parole Commission, Bureau of Prisons, law enforcement, trement agencies, and torneys) concerning persons under supervision/defendants' behavior and conditions of supervision. Identify and investige violions and implement approprie alternives and sanctions. Discuss violions with Supervisory Probion Officer. Report violions of the conditions of supervision to the approprie authorities. Prepare written reports of violion mters and make recommendions for disposition. Testify court or parole hearings. Conduct Parole Commission preliminary interviews. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Because officers must effectively deal with physical tacks and are subject to modere to arduous physical exertion, applicants must be physically capable. Officers must possess, with or without corrective lenses, good distance vision in least one eye and the ability to read normal size print. Normal hearing ability, with or without a hearing aid, is also required. Any severe health problems, such as physical defects, disease, and deformities th constitute employment hazards to the applicant or others, may disqualify an applicant. First-time appointees to positions covered under law enforcement officer retirement provisions must not have reached their 37th birthday the time of appointment. Applicants 37 years of age or over who have previous law enforcement officer experience under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System, and who have either a subsequent break in service or intervening service in a non-law enforcement officer position, may have their previous law enforcement officer experience subtracted from their age to determine whether they meet the maximum age requirement. The successful candide will possess excellent written and oral communicion skills as well as excellent computer skills, including knowledge of and skill in using automed dabases and word processing; the ability to perform thorough investigions; analyze and evalue varied informion from multiple sources and form conclusions; write clear, concise, grammically correct reports while meeting strict deadlines; and possess knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the federal courts and probion office. The successful candide will possess a valid driver's license and have access to a personal vehicle for use in the event a government-issued vehicle is unavailable. Further, the successful candide will possess the ability to organize and prioritize one's work schedule; exercise initiive in handling assignments; work independently with little or no supervision; exercise discretion and sound judgment; handle conflict; listen actively and express emphy; work harmoniously and collabore with a variety of staff; and maintain a positive, professional demeanor all times. Qualificions
LEVEL MINIMUM EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
CL-25 and CL-26 : One year of specialized experience; or Completion of the requirements for a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and one of the following superior academic achievement requirements: An overall "B" grade point average equaling 2.90 or better of a possible 4.0; Standing in the upper third of the class; "3.5" average or better in the major field of study, such as business or public administrion, human resources management, industrial relions, or psychology; or Election to membership in one of the Nional Honorary Scholastic Societies meeting the minimum requirements of the Associion of College Honor Societies, other than Freshman Honor Societies; or Completion of one academic year (30 semester or 45 quarter hours) of gradue work in a field of study closely reled to the position. CL-27 : Two years of specialized experience; or Completion of a master's degree in a field of study closely reled to the position, or a Juris Doctor (JD) degree. CL-28 : Two years of specialized experience. Educion A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a field of academic study, such as criminal justice, criminology, psychology, sociology, human relions, or business or public administrion, which provides evidence of the capacity to understand and apply the legal requirements and human relion skills involved in the position is required for all officer positions. Additional informion Visit the courts website for full vacancy announcement : https://www.vawd.uscourts.gov/court-informion/employment/ . The duty locion is Roanoke, VA; however, additional positions in this or other duty stions may be filled from this announcement as vacancies become available Must be a U.S. citizen or meet the citizenship requirements for employment in the Judiciary. Visit the Court's web site https://www.uscourts.gov/careers/search-judiciary-jobs/citizenship-requirements-employment-judiciary for additional informion on citizenship requirement. Selectees are subject to a background investigion, including fingerprinting, and subsequent favorable suitability determinion. This position is subject to mandory electronic funds transfer (direct deposit) for payment of salary. The Court requires employees to adhere to the Code of Conduct for Judiciary Employees, which is available for review on the Court's web site https://www.uscourts.gov/administrion-policies/judiciary-policies/ethics-policies . Prior to appointment, the selectee considered for this position will undergo a medical examinion, drug screening and a ten-year background investigion. Upon successful completion of the medical examinion, drug screening and background investigion, the selectee may then be appointed provisionally, pending a favorable suitability determinion by the court. In addition, as conditions of employment, incumbent subject to ongoing random drug screening, upded background investigions every five years, and as deemed necessary by management for reasonable cause, may be subject to subsequent fitness-for-duty evaluions. The medical requirements for primary and secondary law enforcement officer and officer assistant positions are available for public review http://www.uscourts.gov under Officer and Officer Assistant Medical Requirements. Work is performed in an office setting and out in the community (field situions) and may be subject to variable hours, including nights and weekends, and requires regular contact with persons who have violent backgrounds. The incumbent required to complete the Probion Officer training program the Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy (FLETC) in Charleston, SC. Excepted Service and are considered "At-Will" employees. The United Stes District Court is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help For federal benefits informion, : http://www.uscourts.gov/Careers/BeneFitForLife.aspx . How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. We will review your resume and supporting documents to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion provided and evalue your relevant professional, educional, and work experiences as it reles to fundamental competencies, identified in the Qualificions section above, required for this position. Benefits Help For federal benefits informion, : http://www.uscourts.gov/Careers/BeneFitForLife.aspx . Required documents Required Documents Help A letter of interest. This letter should be addressed to Ms. Kimberly A. Falic, Chief U.S. Probion Officer and should detail the applicant's qualificions and specialized experience; A detailed resume; Two most recent performance appraisals (or an explanion why they cannot be provided); College transcript(s) (official or unofficial); Contact informion for three professional references; and Judicial Applicion for Employment
- Form AO78 See 'How to Apply' for instructions.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Qualified candides must submit: A letter of interest. This letter should be addressed to Ms. Kimberly A. Falic, Chief U.S. Probion Officer and should detail the applicant's qualificions and specialized experience; A detailed resume; Two most recent performance appraisals (or an explanion why they cannot be provided); College transcript(s) (official or unofficial); Contact informion for three professional references; and Judicial Applicion for Employment
- Form AO78 Applicion packets should be submitted as a single PDF via email to Careers@vawd.
uscourts.gov and reference U.S. Probion Officer, #2026-15 in the subject line. Submissions received by July 1, 2026 , will receive first considerion. Agency contact informion Human Resources careers@vawd.uscourts.gov Address US District Court, Western District of Virginia 210 Franklin Road, SW Room 540 Roanoke, VA 24011 US Next steps Due to the anticiped high volume of applicions expected to be received, the Court will communice only with those individuals who are invited for a personal interview. Unsuccessful applicants will not receive notice. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help A letter of interest. This letter should be addressed to Ms. Kimberly A. Falic, Chief U.S. Probion Officer and should detail the applicant's qualificions and specialized experience; A detailed resume; Two most recent performance appraisals (or an explanion why they cannot be provided); College transcript(s) (official or unofficial); Contact informion for three professional references; and Judicial Applicion for Employment
- Form AO78 See 'How to Apply' for instructions.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Qualified candides must submit: A letter of interest. This letter should be addressed to Ms. Kimberly A. Falic, Chief U.S. Probion Officer and should detail the applicant's qualificions and specialized experience; A detailed resume; Two most recent performance appraisals (or an explanion why they cannot be provided); College transcript(s) (official or unofficial); Contact informion for three professional references; and Judicial Applicion for Employment
- Form AO78 Applicion packets should be submitted as a single PDF via email to Careers@vawd.
uscourts.gov and reference U.S. Probion Officer, #2026-15 in the subject line. Submissions received by July 1, 2026 , will receive first considerion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Human Resources careers@vawd.uscourts.gov Address US District Court, Western District of Virginia 210 Franklin Road, SW Room 540 Roanoke, VA 24011 US Next steps Due to the anticiped high volume of applicions expected to be received, the Court will communice only with those individuals who are invited for a personal interview. Unsuccessful applicants will not receive notice. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month
- Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Roanoke, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $56,637
- $116,394 per year Pay scale & grade CL 26
- 28 Promotion potential 28
- Promotion potential to target grade of CL 28 without further competition. Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
- You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 2026-15 Control number 873435000
