Job Openings Employment Application NRADC HR Policy & Procedure

A career in the correctional field can be a highly rewarding and lasting one. Whether your interests are inmate supervision or administration, Detention Center positions offer good pay, significant benefits and opportunities to advance to other fields in the Criminal Justice disciplines.

Selecting the tab “Job Openings” directs viewers to Frederick County, Virginia’s site for available positions which includes the detention center’s vacancies. 

To qualify for Correctional Officer positions applicants must:

• Be a United Stated Citizen
• Be at least 21 upon the date of employment
• Possess a High School Diploma or General Education Development Equivalency
• Possess a valid driver’s license and meet Frederick County’s driving record guidelines required for a bondable employee
• Be medically qualified to perform the functions of a Correctional Officer as certified by an appointed licensed medical doctor
• Be free of any felony convictions, guilty pleas or no contest pleas or any of the same if the offense would be a felony if convicted in Virginia
• Have a suitable credit history; and
• Be free of a positive result on a pre-employment drug screen except when the positive result can be satisfactorily explained by the candidate and supported by the agency’s medical provider.
• Pass the Detention’s Center’s Jail Officer Physical Agility Test

• Be a United States Citizen or be a qualified alien authorized to work in the United States
• Be at least 18 years old at the time of employment (Full time students possessing a work permit and Interns under the age of 18 may be approved by the Superintendent to work within the jail when there is an operational need, to support a student’s educational requirement or for a sponsored community project).
• Not have been convicted of or plead guilty or no contest to a felony or any offense that would be a felony if convicted in Virginia, unless otherwise waived by the Superintendent.
• Possess a valid driver’s license if required to operate a department vehicle and meet the Frederick County’s driving record guidelines required for a bondable employee
• Be physically qualified to perform the duties of the position as certified by a licensed physician when regular inmate contact is required of the position,
• Have a suitable credit history for those candidates handling funds or have direct inmate contact as deemed appropriate by the Division Commander where the vacancy exists; and,
• Meet the appropriate educational requirements for the desired position unless waived by the Superintendent for good cause.

The following automatic disqualifiers will cause the processing
of any application to be immediately discontinued:

• Drug use of any kind after age 30 or within the last three (3) years
• A Driving under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) conviction within the last three (3) years
• A misdemeanor conviction involving moral misconduct or indecency after age 30 or within the last five (5) years
• Any domestic assault or violence conviction (sworn staff only)
• A drivers’ license suspension or revocation within the last 3 years
• Three or more moving motor vehicle convictions violations within the last three (3) years
• A bad conduct, dishonorable or general discharge (under less than honorable conditions) from military service; or
• Any alcohol or drug related conviction within the last three (3) years.

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