Corrections Religious and Volunteer Services Coordinator pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 47902
- Class code
- 47902
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Religious and Volunteer Services Coordinator is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 47902.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 08/28/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is professional administrative work in the development, management, and coordination of religious and volunteer services programs in the Department of Corrections (DOC). The employee in this job plans, develops, and coordinates the administration of statewide religious and volunteer services programs to ensure quality services are provided to the inmate population. Work involves developing and recommending changes to rules, regulations, policies, and procedures for assigned programs, and collecting and analyzing information to evaluate program administration and to maintain compliance with accreditation standards and federal, state, and departmental regulations and objectives. Work includes integrating services with the needs of inmates and providing consultative services to facility and contracted religious services staff and volunteers regarding the administration of programs.
Examples of the work
• Evaluates regulations, policies, and procedures to ensure conformance with departmental objectives. • Researches and analyzes program data, issues, and trends to develop recommendations for program improvements. • Consults with and advises central office and facility staff regarding religious requests. • Conducts annual internal reviews to assess the quality of religious services and compliance with laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and accreditation standards. • Reviews and recommends revisions to facility policies and procedures to ensure statewide consistency and standardization in the delivery of religious services.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Chaplain (Commonwealth title); or • Three years of professional experience in the development and implementation of religious services programs in a correctional facility, hospital, university, or in a similar institutional operation, and a bachelor's degree in religion, theology, divinity, or a related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Special requirements
• All candidates are required, at the time of application, to provide documentation from an officially sanctioned faith group dated within one year of the application date stating they are officially sanctioned or authorized to conduct worship/sacred services, and specifying which sacraments, rites, ...
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.