County of Santa Clara Jobs

Under direction, to assess and evaluate inmates in the areas of education, employment and job placement, substance use recovery, anger management, parenting skills, and trauma informed services, and to provide planning for re-integration back into the community.NOTE: Candidates who meet the employment standards will be invited to take an online examination tentatively scheduled for the week of 7/21/2025. The following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. However, empl...

Under direction, to conduct investigations into the cause, manner, and circumstances of death in cases of unattended natural death, accident, suicide, or homicideApplicants may be eligible for an additional differential, approximately ten percent (10%), when regularly assigned to perform investigative or administrative duties. The salary range with the differential is approximately:$62.61-76.10 Hourly$5,008.96-6088.72 Biweekly$10,852.74-13,192.22 MonthlyEffective June 23, 2025, the base salar...

Under immediate supervision, attends a Law Enforcement Academy to obtain the required academic, technical, and physical skills necessary to perform as a Deputy Sheriff.Deputy Sheriff Cadet enters training to join the ranks of Deputy Sheriffs who, under supervision, perform active law enforcement duties in the protection of life and property, the investigation of crimes and apprehension of law violators, the service of civil process issued by court, and perform a variety of technical law enfor...

Under supervision, to maintain order and security of inmates within the Sheriff’s Office Correctional facility, and to transport inmates from the Sheriff’s Office Correctional facilities to and from court, medical facilities, and other locations within and outside the County; to supervise a crew of inmates in work projects throughout the County.Under the appointing authority of the Sheriff, the Sheriff's Correctional Deputy has peace officer status while assigned to a detention facility, whic...

Under immediate supervision, attends a California Correction Academy to obtain the required academic, technical, and physical skills necessary to perform as a Sheriff’s Correctional Deputy.Candidates must possess a High School Diploma or General Education Development (G.E.D.) Certificate to qualify. Applications without the required Diploma/Certificate will be rejected.Pursuant to California Senate Bill 960, effective January 1, 2023, it is no longer required for peace officers to either be a...

Under supervision, to perform physical, chemical, biological and/or digital analyses related to scientific examination of physical evidence in criminal cases.The County of Santa Clara District Attorney's Crime Laboratory is recruiting for a Criminalist II, specializing in forensic DNA analysis. The incumbent will perform chemical, biochemical and molecular genetic analysis on evidence samples for the purpose of identification and genetic characterization of physiological fluids and other huma...

Under direction, to supervise and coordinate activities and staff in a forensic specialty unit within the District Attorney's Crime Laboratory; and to participate in the work of the unit.The County of Santa Clara District Attorney's Crime Laboratory is recruiting for a Supervising Criminalist to manage Forensic Biology/DNA analysis unit. The selected candidate must successfully pass a full background investigation prior to appointment.The following are the duties performed by employees in thi...

Under supervision, to perform active law enforcement duties in the protection of life and property, the investigation of crimes, and the apprehension of law violators; to provide security to the Superior Court and the service of civil process issued by the Court; and to perform a variety of technical law enforcement tasks.This recruitment will only be used to hire Extra-Help (temporary) positions for Deputy Sheriff. The following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. H...

Under supervision, to maintain order and security of inmates within the Sheriff’s Office Correctional facility, and to transport inmates from the Sheriff’s Office Correctional facilities to and from court, medical facilities, and other locations within and outside the County; to supervise a crew of inmates in work projects throughout the County, and to assist in the correction of anti-social attitudes and behaviors.Under the appointing authority of the Sheriff, the Sheriff's Correctional Depu...