Vocational Coordinator

Salary : $57,699.20 - $66,019.00 Annually

Location : Sarasota, FL 34237

Job Type: CIVILIAN

Job Number: 2025-00168

Division/Bureau: Corrections Operations Bureau

Section (Cost Center): JAIL OPS-MAIN JAIL

Opening Date: 09/22/2025

Closing Date: 10/5/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

All applicants are required to upload the following documents with their application submission: Drivers License with current address, signed Social Security card, birth certificate issued by state or local government authority, High School diploma/GED, College transcript, DD214 Member-4, Name change documents, FDLE certification documents (certified positions), official arrest/charge documents. If a document does not apply to you, please upload an attachment with N/A, if a document is unavailable at the time of application, please list status of documentation (ordered, requested, in search of, etc.) If ALL requested documentation is not uploaded, your application will not be processed.

SCSO is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Description

Under the supervision of a corrections sergeant and assigned to the facility programs unit, the vocational coordinator's duties include administering programs for incarcerated individuals. This role involves, but is not limited to, inspecting equipment, maintaining supplies, recording data, training inmates, and coordinating the movement of incarcerated workers.

General Description of Duties

Tasks: Complete assignment as directed; maintain work areas; knowledge of general orders; generate reports; receive, route. and disperse telephone calls/messages; compose and type correspondence, reports, and other materials; sort and distribute mail; greet and assist visitors to the agency; and maintain and update files/reports/documentation.

Minimum Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent

Two (2) years of related experience.

Additional Information

PG 02

Long Term Salary Cap: $80,579

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office requires all employees to have either an associates degree, 60 equivalent hours from an accredited college or university or the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test. The Wonderlic Basic Skills Test measures verbal and quantitative skills. Sworn *Law Enforcement and Corrections Deputies must achieve a minimum passing score of Verbal - 267 and Quantitative - 241. Civilians must achieve a minimum passing score of Verbal - 248 and Quantitative - 241.

*Law Enforcement Deputies/Recruits must meet additional requirements to qualify.

Local institution to administer the Wonderlic: Suncoast Technical College ext. 62322. Fee $40 Hours of Operations: Monday through Thursday 7:30am to 3:00pm Friday 7:30am to 2:00pm. TESTING IS SCHEDULED BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

If you are out of town, please contact your local technical institute. A complete report of passing scores must be submitted directly to the SCSO.

In compliance with the American Disabilities Act should you require any reasonable accomodation(s) to participate in the exam process, please advise the administering office and supply documentation so they may attempt to satisfy any special needs expeditiously.

If chosen for processing you will be required to submit to the following screening procedures: a comprehensive background investigation, a polygraph examination, medical examinations, drug and tobacco screening, psychological examination (certified and communications positions). By submitting this application you are agreeing to have a background investigator with the SCSO review any social networking websites that you might belong to. If you are not willing to submit to the above mentioned procedures, please do not submit an application.

The SCSO now offers free, onsite, confidential mental health counseling services to all employees in addition to traditional EAP services.

01

Do you have a High School diploma or GED?

Yes

No

02

Do you have a minimum of 2 years related work experience that has occurred within the last 36 months? (The term "experience," refers to active full-time employment, either in the same position, or directly related to the position applied for. The experience must have occurred within three (3) years prior to application with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.)

Yes, I have at least two (2) years of experience that has occurred within the last three (3) years.

No

03

Do you have any tattoos on your head, scalp, face, neck, or hands?

Yes, I have tattoos on my head, face, neck, or hands.

No

04

Have you used, tried, tasted, experimented with or possessed any illegal drugs, prescriptions not prescribed to you, or marijuana (or its derivatives) even in a state marijuana was legal within the last 12 months prior to this application?

Yes, within the last 12 months.

No

05

Do you currently have ANY other OPEN applications with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office? Per agency policy, we only consider one application per applicant at a time.

Yes, and I would like to be removed from all other application processes and eligibility lists.

No, I understand that I can only have ONE active application at one time.

06

All information and documents you provide in this application must support your selected answers and will be verified, and additional documentation may be required. By completing this application and supplemental questionnaire, you are attesting what has been provided is accurate. Any misstatements, omissions, or falsification of information may eliminate you from consideration or result in dismissal.Have you read all the questions and answered them truthfully?

YES- All answers and documentation are TRUE and ACCURATE.

No- Not eligible for employment.

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