CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT

CORRECTIONAL CAPTAIN

Department Only:
Prisons

ExamNumber:
09Q15H07

Announce/ Closing Date:
May 5, 2008
- May 16, 2008

Salary Range:
$44,035 - $56,617 per year



APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applications are available on the Concourse Level of the Municipal Services Building, 15th & J.F. Kennedy Boulevard, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 5 PM.

When applying by U.S. Mail, the application should be sent to:

City of Philadelphia
Personnel Department
1401 J.F. Kennedy Boulevard, Room 1640
Philadelphia, PA 19102

To apply in person, please visit the Employment Application Center on the Concourse Level of the Municipal Services Building, 1401 J.F. Kennedy Boulevard in Center City Philadelphia.


DUTIES

  This is supervisory correctional work directing and coordinating the safety and security operations of a correctional institution. An employee in this class, through subordinate supervisors, directs a large number of correctional personnel and performs a variety of facilitating administrative tasks in support of prison institutional operations. Work involves insuring that security activities conform to Prison rules and regulations and court mandates. Contact with inmates, prison staff, education and social service professionals in the institution, superiors and law enforcement agencies, is significant to the work. Work is performed under the direction of a higher level correctional superior and involves conditions which can be only partially controlled.

For additional information regarding this class please refer to specification 5H07 available at www.phila.gov/personnel.


REQUIREMENTS

  1. Presently employed by the City of Philadelphia with permanent Civil Service status in the Prisons Department with a Performance Rating of Satisfactory or higher;

    AND

  2. EDUCATION:
    Education equivalent to completion of the twelfth school grade;

    AND

  3. GENERAL EXPERIENCE:
    Three years of experience guarding inmates in a correctional institution;

    AND

  4. SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE:
    Two years of experience supervising, through subordinate supervisors, the activities of correctional officers;

    OR

  5. Any equivalent combination of education and experience determined to be acceptable by the Personnel Department which has included the specific experience as indicated above.

NOTE: Candidates must meet these requirements within thirty days after the closing date of this announcement.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, AND/OR CERTIFICATES:
Possession of a valid proper class motor vehicle operator's license as issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to appointment and during tenure of employment as a Correctional Captain.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.



PROJECTED EXAMINATION SCHEDULE

This examination is tentatively scheduled for the week of July 22, 2008.

EXAMINATION PARTS AND WEIGHTS
Will be related to the duties of the position and will consist of the following:

PARTS WEIGHTS
Oral Examination 90%
Seniority Rating 10%
TOTAL 100%

TEST REVIEW
In accordance with Civil Service Regulation 9.091B, candidates will have 30 days after the results have been mailed to review their test.  Call 215-686-0880

ELIGIBLE LISTS:

DEPARTMENTAL PROMOTIONAL:
Only a departmental promotional eligible list for the Prisons Department will be established as a result of this examination.


CLOSING DATE (Application Deadline)

ALL Applications MUST be received by the close of business or postmarked on or before the date above.


AMD / jl, 5H07

END OF ANNOUNCEMENT