Looking for a good job with good benefits & career opportunities -- become a member of the Greene County Sheriff's Office!

The Greene County Sheriff's Office recently broke ground on a new - state of the art facility. The new facility will be located at the 2200 block of Greene Way Boulevard in Xenia. The anticipated completion date is September 2025.

NOW ACCEPTING LATERAL TRANSFERS!! (up to 5 years)

12 hour schedule -- every other Friday, Saturday & Sunday OFF!

Job Purpose: Protects the public and the inmate population by maintaining the custody, security, and treatment of prisoners in correctional facilities. Duties: * Maintains the security of the correctional facility and the safety of employees, visitors, and other prisoners by observing prisoner's activities; detecting unusual or prohibited behavior; conducting prisoner counts and transmitting count totals to control officer; conducting searches of prisoners, visitors, employees, mail, packages, cellblocks, and other structures for prohibited items, such as, critical tools, weapons, drugs, or other contraband. * Maintains prisoners' compliance with facility rules and regulations by keeping prisoners moving and preventing loitering in yards or building entrances during periods of mass movement; conducting routine patrols; writing disciplinary action reports on prisoners for rule infractions. * Controls disturbances and assaults on employees or prisoners by responding to calls for assistance from control center; assisting in controlling disturbances; isolating instigators; using appropriate control mechanisms, including firearms. * Keeps prisoners healthy by maintaining proper standards of personal care and hygiene of prisoners; dispensing prescribed medications to prisoners; checking and maintaining the orderliness and sanitation of inmate quarters. * Provides information by answering questions and requests; maintaining a variety of logs; preparing routine and special reports; investigating incidents and documenting occurrence. * Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations. Skills/Qualifications: Physical Fitness, Job Knowledge, Time Management, Planning, Attendance, Dependability, Emotional Control, Integrity, Resolving Conflict, Teamwork, Decision Making