Civil Service Commission

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EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Criminal Justice, Psychology, or related field of study. Please upload a copy of your transcript with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.

Foreign transcripts must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service. Please upload a copy of your evaluation with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility.
 
AGE:  Minimum of eighteen (18) years of age.

CITIZENSHIP: No person shall be appointed as a State Parole Officer Recruit unless he/she is a citizen of the United States.

NOTE:  At the time of appointment, applicants for this position must submit acceptable proof of meeting the indicated requirements.

NOTE:  Appointee will be required to satisfactorily complete the Basic Course for Juvenile Parole Officers mandated by the Police Training Commission as a part of the one (1) year recruit period. Such training includes successful attainment of a level of proficiency in the use of firearms.

SPECIAL NOTE: Candidates certified from the eligible list for this title will be required to undergo medical and psychological examinations administered by the appointing authority

LICENSE:  Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey at the time of appointment.

NOTE:  The responsibility for ensuring that employees possess the required motor vehicle license, commensurate with the class and type of vehicles they operate, rests with the Appointing Authority.

SPECIAL NOTES: Selected eligible candidates will be required to successfully complete the New Jersey Police Training Commission course standards in arrest, apprehension, investigations, parole supervision, and other related law enforcement requirements. Such training shall also include firearms training and the ability to qualify and successfully attain the required level of proficiency and the ability to requalify with firearms on a semiannual basis. All training requirements and the successful completion thereof these aspects reflect a one year training period in addition to the satisfactory completion of the working test period as a Parole Officer Recruit, Juvenile Justice to be considered as an eligible appointee for appointment to the Senior Parole Officer, Juvenile Justice position.

Candidates accepting employment are required to adhere to the employment restrictions that they not pursue outside gainful employment during their course of employment unless approved by the Executive Director of the Juvenile Justice Commission or appropriate designee.

Candidates may be required during the working test period to attain required motor vehicle license commensurate with the class and types of vehicles to be operated. Verification of such license rests with the Appointing Authority.

Selected eligible candidates shall meet the qualifications for juvenile corrections officers and shall be employed as Juvenile Corrections Officers pursuant to section 6 of P.L. 1995, c. 284 (NJSA 52:17B-174).

PLEASE NOTE: Applications must be completed and submitted by 4:00pm on the closing date. 

Customer Care and Technical Support: If you are having difficulty submitting your application online, customercare and technical support are available during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, Monday - Friday, excluding holidays and emergency closings. Please email: OAS.support@csc.nj.gov or call (609) 292-4144. Please note that application support requests received outside regular business hours on the closing date will not change the application filing deadline so PLEASE FILE EARLY.