Part-time Probation Officer Shift Lead

General Description

POSTING TYPE:
Open, Competitive
DEPARTMENT:
Community Corrections

HOURS:

Part-time
PREFERRED HIRING RANGE: $35.20 /hr- $39.61 /hr (Grade 108)
FULL SALARY RANGE: $35.21 /hr- $55.01 /hr

LOCATION:

Juvenile Service Center, Hastings, MN
UNION: AFSCME 450
CLOSE DATE: 4:30 p.m. on 1/23/2026

There is currently one opening for a part-time Shift Lead Probation Officer in the Juvenile Service Center (JSC) located in Hastings, MN. This position is on a 3 day on, 6 day off rotation and includes overnights, weekends, and holidays as scheduled. This position is assigned to work inside a secure juvenile facility.

Community Corrections' Mission Statement:
To transform lives, promote equity and increase community safety.

Community Corrections' Diversity and Inclusion Mission Statement:
As a system we are committed to dismantling institutional racism and healing historical trauma. We are moving forward as a place where inclusion, respect, acceptance, growth, and teaching are expected. We will recognize our individualities. We will listen to every voice, recognize our biases, and grow towards a more equitable and inclusive culture. We will help each other learn by modeling, teaching, and listening.

Probation officers establish professional relationships with adult and juvenile clients involved in the criminal justice system. The primary responsibility of a probation officer is to actively and directly facilitate client change. This requires a holistic view of human behaviour. Dakota County seeks probation officers who see themselves as change agents for their clients, engaging clients, assessing their barriers to success, supporting access to needed services, motivating clients to seek change, and extending interventions that lead clients to greater success.

The JSC Probation Officer-Shift Leader work alongside supervisors to manage building operations and resident programming.

Community Corrections is part of the Community Services Division. Community Services includes Social Services, Public Health, Veteran Services, and Employment and Economic Assistance. The division is focusing on Integrated Service Delivery and meeting the needs of all of our clients no matter which department(s) are providing services. We work with our clients to support their needs for housing, employment, transportation, health care, education, financial assistance and empowerment.

Applicants for this vacancy will be considered for future JSC Probation Officer Shift Lead positions for the next six months.

• Bachelor's degree in Corrections, Criminal Justice, Sociology, Psychology, Social Work, Education or related behavioral science field, AND 12 months experience in corrections, human services or related behavioral science field
  • Required license(s):
    • Valid driver's license
    • First Aid/CPR certificate within 6 months of hire. (For Probation Officers working in the secure residential facility or the day treatment program. Training provided by the facility.)
• To be eligible for hire, an applicant must successfully complete a background check and meet the criminal history background criteria required to access certain networks/systems necessary to perform the essential functions of this position. The law and/or County policy will disqualify applicants with a particular criminal history background from employment in this position.

* Pursuant to Dakota County Policy, this position is designated as Safety Sensitive. "Safety-sensitive position" means a position, including any supervisory or management position, in which impairment caused by drug, alcohol, or cannabis use would threaten the health and safety of any person as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 181.950, subdivision 13.

These examples do not include all possible tasks in this work and do not limit the assignment of related tasks in any position of this classification. Regular attendance according to the position's management approved work schedule is required for all positions.