Join The JCSO

Want to make a difference in your community? Choose your own path? Balance work and life?
Detention deputies can transport inmates, provide court security, train new recruits, join the tactical team, climb the ladder, and so much more. The possibilities are endless! 

This is not a job. It is a calling.

If you are called to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, you will find the duties, qualifications, and information on how to apply below. 

The starting salary for this position is $56,638.00. This will be your salary while attending the Detentions Academy as Deputy Sheriff Trainee.  Upon successful completion of the Academy, your salary will be adjusted to $64,090.00 with a top salary of $91,258.00 after merit and time in grade-based pay increases.

Do you prefer routine or diversity in your day? Like both?

You can experience the stability of routine and the refreshment of change as a JCSO Detention Specialist. Be a crucial part of our innovative environment that adds new initiatives, specialized housing units, and beneficial programs to reduce the likelihood individuals will return to jail once released. This career is key to better help inmates with behavioral, mental health, or substance abuse issues. A detention specialist doesn't generally have physical contact with inmates but performs an integral part of monitoring and managing inmate, visitor, and employee movement in the facility.

Join us to Do Good In Green and play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and security of one of Colorado's most extensive detention facilities, with cutting-edge technology and a clean environment.

Fulltime position: $20.29-$30.43/HR

The Detention Counselor performs specialized clinical law enforcement work participating in counseling inmates and detainees of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility. 

Work involves 

• Conducting inmate classification screening and follow-up interviews
• Providing inmate management recommendations to detention staff
• Documenting all contacts with inmates and detainees. 

Responsible for 

• Organizing and operating self-help classes and groups for inmates and detainees
• Perform ongoing case management and crisis intervention. Serving as a member of various committees and boards, Preparing statistical and narrative reports 

Salary Range: $44,727 - $67,089

The Sheriff’s Office is seeking an individual with government finance skills, as well as capabilities as a policy analyst.

The ideal candidate will contribute to the overall success of the organization by effectively managing all financial tasks. They will oversee the financial operations of the business and provide frequent financial reports. They will also assure strict adherence to financial regulations and compliance. 

Do you have the ability to

**Effectively identify local, regional and national financial trends

**Present well-informed economic projections

**Manage assets

**Oversee inventory control, monitor and develop budgets

**Provide excellent leadership

The responsibilities of the Director of Business and Finance are key to keeping Jefferson County a safe place for all people to live, learn, work, and play.

***Annual Salary: $117,300 to $142,007***

Preferred - Certified Public Accountant (CPA) License or Certified Government Finance Officer (CGFO).

Preferred - Master’s degree.

Preferred - Three years supervisory experience of staff responsible for budgetary or financial processes.

Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree - Accounting, Bachelor's Degree - Finance: Supervision Experience

Work Experience: Minimum five years

The Inmate Worker Crew Lead performs specialized detention work in providing supervision and training for inmate workers. Direct inmates in the proper operation of kitchen sanitation, commercial laundry operation, custodial services, and outside authorized landscape activities including light carpentry work, greenhouse and horticulture operations, sign engraving, facility snow management techniques, and special community project management.

Full time-$20.29-$30.43/HR

Apply now to be a Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy to Protect, Serve and Enforce with the best agency in the country!

We are looking for individuals with

• integrity
• excellence
• respect
• called to a life of service,
• live their lives accordingly

Good people who represent the vibrant diversity of the community we serve in a fair, impartial, and equitable manner.

Those who successfully complete this process will join one of Colorado's oldest and largest sheriff's offices to help make Jefferson County a safe place for all people to live, learn, work, and play.

This is not a job. It is a calling.

The starting salary is $56,638 while attending the Combined Regional Academy as Deputy Sheriff Trainee.  Upon successful completion of the Academy, your salary will be adjusted to $64,090 with a top salary of $91,258 after merit

Are you up for a challenge?

The JCSO has great vision with great people. Exceptional employees ensure our continued success. Therefore, recruiting and hiring good, qualified sworn and professional staff is a top priority.  

To help achieve this goal, we have opened a new civilian position: Recruiting Manager. This key HR position will bring experience, knowledge, and consistency to our Recruiting Unit.

• Experience in HR and recruiting
• Strategic, “big picture” thinker
• Capable of supervising highly qualified personnel
• Quick learner with a positive attitude

Challenge Accepted? Apply now.