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 4 statewide within the Parole & Probation Division. The incumbent will work as a lead worker over an assigned staff of lower-level Parole & Probations Specialists located in the Court Services Unit. Incumbents spend the preponderance of time assigning, reviewing, and approving work; training and providing guidance; monitoring and evaluating the progress of lower-level staff and providing input to the supervisor regarding performance. In addition, incumbents may be assigned the most complex and high-profile cases and reports which are defined by the agency as those involving severe or heinous crimes, extensive media coverage, cases with a large number of victims, and/or large restitution cases. Incumbents are expected to manage a small caseload as workload dictates. Work in the Pardons Unit as a Pardons Investigator. Incumbents are responsible for the completion of a comprehensive investigation on requests for pardons to include, but not limited to, a review of pardon applications, conducting interviews with the applicant, contacting the victims of the crime, conducting a full criminal history and social media investigation, and preparing and submitting a comprehensive investigative summary report to include a recommendation as to whether the division should support or oppose the pardon request. These reports, upon review and approval of the Division Chief, are submitted to the Board of Pardon Commissioners to use in their determination to grant or deny a request for pardon. Incumbents may be required to personally brief the Governor, or their staff, on the pardon applications appearing on the Commission agenda.

***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***

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