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DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION

Type: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location: HUMAN RESOURCES

Job Family: MANAGERIAL/EXECUTIVE

Posting Start: 05/01/2025

Posting End: 05/30/2025


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VICTIM WITNESS ADVOCATE

Type: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location: COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY

Job Family: PROFESSIONAL

Posting Start: 05/14/2025

Posting End: 05/28/2025


Target Hiring Range: Starting at $36,000.00 Based on Experience

Position Description for Adult Sexual Assault Advocate Position
Develop, coordinate, implement and evaluate direct services primarily to victims and witnesses of adult sexual assault cases, to include but not limited to providing victims and witnesses with printed correspondence and literature on services, rights, and criminal justice process; accompanying victims and witnesses to court; assisting victims in initiating Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund claims; notifying victims and witnesses of all upcoming court pr....

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ASSOCIATE

Type: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location: CITY MANAGER

Job Family: PROFESSIONAL

Posting Start: 04/28/2025

Posting End: 05/26/2025

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Target Hiring Range: Starting at $55,049.00 Based on Experience

ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY

Type: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location: COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY

Job Family: PROFESSIONAL

Posting Start: 04/17/2025

Posting End: 10/17/2025


Attorney 1 Assistant CWA Salary range: $ 80,500.00 - 132,443.00/year
Minimum requirements: J.D. degree from an accredited law school. Active membership in good standing in the Virginia State Bar and licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Those awaiting Virginia bar results are also encouraged to apply.) Preferences: Prior experience in criminal law. Prior prosecution experience. Prior jury experience. DUTIES: The position includes, but is not limited to: prosecuting misdemeanors and felonies in Circuit and District Courts by conducting legal research, witness int....

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CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICER

Type: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location: POLICE

Job Family: PUBLIC SAFETY

Posting Start: 01/09/2025

Posting End: 06/30/2025

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Salary Starting at $54,117.00

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POLICE AIDE - CENTRAL

Type: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location: POLICE

Job Family: PUBLIC SAFETY

Posting Start: 05/07/2025

Posting End: 05/21/2025

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Target Hiring Range: $41,627.30 - $47,303.75 Based on Experience

POLICE OFFICER RECRUIT

Type: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location: POLICE

Job Family: PUBLIC SAFETY

Posting Start: 01/01/2025

Posting End: 06/30/2025

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Salary Starting at $50,000.00

FIRE PREVENTION INSPECTOR

Type: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location: FIRE

Job Family: PUBLIC SAFETY

Posting Start: 05/06/2025

Posting End: 12/31/9999

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Targeted Hiring Range for This Position: $22.54-$37.19 Hourly Based on Experience.

This is a Part-Time position.

CRISIS INTERVENTION SPECIALIST

Type: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location: FIRE

Job Family: PUBLIC SAFETY

Posting Start: 05/14/2025

Posting End: 05/28/2025

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Targeted Hiring Range for This Position: $55,049-$72,940 Based on Experience.

DETENTION SPECIALIST II

Type: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location: JUVENILE SERVICES

Posting Start: 01/29/2025

Posting End: 05/23/2025

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Estimated Hiring Range: $50,135.58 - $58,854.81 Based on Experience

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