Correctional Assistant

Posting number: 2026-03386

Department: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Job classification: CORRECTIONAL ASSISTANT

Posting type: Open Competitive

Categories: Corrections

The Nevada Department of Corrections is seeking to fill a Correctional Assistant at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City. The Correctional Assistant will process incoming and outgoing mail, file paperwork, document and log items. The incumbent must stay in accordance with Nevada Revised Statues, Administrative Regulations and Operational Procedures while assigned to the mail room. The Correctional Assistant will work in the property room under the direction of the property room supervisor.

Under immediate supervision and direction of a P.O.S.T. certified Category 3 custody officer, Correctional Assistants perform a variety of entry level assignments which do not require P.O.S.T. certification. Positions allocated to this class are trained and oriented to the field of Corrections, but do not respond to emergency situations, riots, and/or altercations involving inmates, do not supervise inmates, and do not perform security functions such as inmate movement or escort.

High school graduation or equivalent education and one year of work experience.

• Assist custody staff in performing the duties required in carrying out the purpose and function of the work unit as mail room officer or visiting room officer, or work in the law library, chapel, laundry, culinary, and other non-housing area as assigned.
• Perform institutional counts and monitoring duties of offenders as assigned; provide security unit and safety checks and document activities in various logs and reports.
• In a maximum security institution, may provide floor duties in a housing unit such as meal and mail delivery, mopping and general custodial functions.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Generalknowledge of: basic mathematics.

Ability to: read, understand and follow instructions; communicate orally and in writing; establish cooperative working relationships with coworkers; stand for long periods of time; learn the basic principles and practices of maintaining security in a correctional facility.

Skill in: operating motor vehicles.