Are you interested in working as a Correctional Officer?

Various work locations

$66,974 to $84,045

Who can apply: Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad.

Work environment: The Correctional Service of Canada is seeking interest from persons looking for an exciting and rewarding career as a Correctional Officer.

Correctional Officers are essential to fulfilling the Correctional Service of Canada’s (CSC) mission of enhancing public safety by actively encouraging and assisting offenders to become law-abiding citizens, while exercising reasonable, safe, secure, and humane control.

Correctional Officers maintain the safety and security of federal penitentiaries. They monitor, supervise and interact with offenders. They regularly watch for signs that the safety of others or security of the institution might be at risk. When necessary, they take appropriate security measures.

As a Correctional Officer, you will conduct routine patrols and inmate counts. You will supervise inmate movement and escort inmates both inside and outside the institution. You will also search cells, offenders, visitors, vehicles, living units, and surrounding areas. If necessary, you will conduct security checks and perform other duties.

Other duties you may perform:

• verify safety equipment
• draft daily logs
• submit reports
• brief visitors, volunteers, and other criminal justice professionals who enter the institution

CSC institutions operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As a result, you work in shifts, including some weekends and statutory holidays. You may also be required to work overtime on occasion.

For further information on the department, work environment, careers at CSC and application process, please visit our website at Correctional Service of Canada at http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca.

Essential Qualifications:

• Education: A secondary school diploma, or a satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission (PSC) test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; or successful completion of a provincially/territorially approved secondary school equivalency test.
• Experience: No essential experience is required.

***The candidate must successfully complete the CSC Correctional Training Program (CTP)

This posting is open until January 18th, 2022 23:59 Pacific time. 

This is a full time position.

Candidates can apply online