Bamberg County seeks detention-center officers for full, part-time jobs

Bamberg County is advertising for detention-center officers on both full-time and part-time schedules, putting the hiring notice prominently on its website and directing applicants to the Human Resources Office in the Bamberg County Courthouse Annex, the Isaiah Odom Building at 1234 North Street in Bamberg.

The posting matters because detention work sits at the center of county public safety. The Bamberg County Detention Center houses adult male and female offenders and serves a wide network of agencies, including local police, the sheriff’s office, state police, conservation officers, federal authorities, prosecutors, courts, and probation and parole officials. When those posts go unfilled, the pressure can spread quickly through schedules, supervision, transport, and daily jail operations.

To apply, candidates must have a valid South Carolina driver’s license, a high school diploma, no criminal record, and be at least 18 years old. The county also requires a medical examination. Those requirements point to a job that is both physically demanding and tightly tied to public safety, not just another open position in county government.

Bamberg County groups the detention center within its public-safety structure alongside fire services, the sheriff’s office, metal permits, and 911 communications. The sheriff’s office says its primary duty is to protect the life and property of all citizens in Bamberg County and to reduce crime and the fear of crime. That makes detention staffing part of the broader system that keeps arrests, custody, and court-related movement orderly.

The county’s home page currently features the detention-center hiring notice among its alerts and announcements, giving the opening unusual visibility. County government describes its mission as financially stable and fiscally responsible while using technology, communication, and ingenuity to provide effective services, a message that frames the hiring push as part of routine operations as much as recruitment.

The detention center has also been in the county’s management spotlight before. Bamberg County announced Moses Cheatham as detention center captain in September 2023, and county officials said the FY 25-26 budget would help support the Public Works Department, Sheriff’s Office, and Detention Center. That budget passed 6-1, and a public hearing was scheduled for June 23, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Bamberg County Annex.

Taken together, the hiring notice, the budget support, and the county’s public-safety setup show that the detention center is not an isolated HR line item. It is a working part of county government that has to stay staffed every day if Bamberg County is to keep its jail, courts, and law-enforcement partners operating without interruption.