The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.

For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Parole & Probation Specialists perform technical duties in administrative functions and units, which do not require peace officer status. Duties include casework services, investigations, tracking and monitoring assigned parolees and probationers, pre-sentence investigations, determination of restitution and supervision fees, and referral services for the assigned unit. Positions in this series obtain and verify information; prepare and process case files and recommend appropriate action; and monitor offender activities. Incumbents are not Peace Officer's Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) certified and do not perform law enforcement functions such as conducting field inspections of offenders' worksite or residence, conducting surveillance, searches and arrests, or transporting prisoners to court or detention facilities.

The Department of Public Safety is recruiting for a Parole & Probation Specialist 2 in Carson City within the Parole and Probation Division. This Specialist 2 position is responsible for maintaining and monitoring a 500 plus caseload of institutional parolees and two small caseloads of parole reinstatements. Caseload maintenance duties include adjusting sentence times obtained from NDOC, conducting a full caseload audit once per year, preparing discharge documents/violation reports and providing them to the supervisor for approval, prepare monthly statistical reports, process parole reinstatement agreements and notifying command offices of release dates. This Specialist 2 position is also responsible for maintaining and monitoring an approximate 350 plus caseload of confirmed parole/probation absconders. Caseload maintenance duties include but are not limited to, entering Bench Warrants and Retake Warrants into NCIC. Running complete criminal histories on absconders through the warrant entry and validation process. The Specialist II will validate and verify accuracy of warrants within prescribed Federal Bureau of Investigation timelines on an annual basis. Specialists are required to complete Supplemental Violation Reports for absconder arrestees and request Dishonorable Discharges submitted to the Court or Parole Board. The Specialists will place detainers and track absconders who have been arrested in other states and are pending local charges prior to extradition to Nevada. Track and monitor a caseload of parolees/probationers who are currently Lifetime Supervision Deportees, Parole to ICE Hold cases, Non-Warrant Deportee cases, Out of State Custody cases, active Lifetime Supervision cases, Parole Violation cases, or those cases with active Retake warrants.

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: