Correctional Major

Correctional Major

Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

About Miami Correctional Facility:
Miami Correctional Facility is a level-four high-medium-security facility located in Bunker Hill, Indiana, with a capacity of more than 3,100 incarcerated adult males. The facility sits on former Grissom Air Force Base property and also includes a level-one facility with capacity for more than 200 incarcerated adult males. Miami Correctional Facility offers extensive educational and vocational programming, including a Braille translation program and a sewing shop serving community partners.

Incarcerated individuals gain hands-on skills that build employability for re-entry and the programs help individuals develop strong work habits and meaningful experience.

Employees at Miami Correctional Facility support the safe and secure operations of the facility 24 hours a day 7 days per week. Depending on operational needs, assignments will include working with state incarcerated individuals and/or federal detainees.

As a Correctional Major, you will be responsible to oversee the security of the facility as you work directly with a team of custody staff and coordinate with non-custody staff members to ensure the safety of both staff and incarcerated individuals. Successful applicants will encourage a diverse work environment as a member of the facility's administrative team. The Major's schedule will be flexible enough to provide oversight and leadership to a 24-hour a day operation.

Salary:
The salary for this position traditionally starts at $67,314.00 but may be commensurate with education and work experience. Eligible custody staff who complete required training and certification to perform federal detention duties will receive a $50 non-discretionary bonus for each shift that they are assigned those duties.

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Direct custody staff in maintaining the security and safety of offenders, buildings, and grounds.
• Monitor operations of each shift and provides general/technical supervision for all areas of the facility.
• Responsible for facility inspections, emergency plans and annual internal audits.
• Monitor all overtime to ensure proper coverage and overtime procedure compliance.
• Approve/deny all leave requests for Captains and Lieutenants including vacation roster.
• Monitor performance and coaching entries for consistent entries by all custody supervisors.
• Assist in preparing/revising the master roster to best utilize custody staff and provide coverage of posts.
• Assist in developing, revising, and implementing all custody/security related policies, post orders and procedures.
• Consult with directors in matters pertaining to unit and facility security.
• Conduct pre-deprivation meetings.
• Recruit, select, onboard, and train employees to ensure role responsibilities and expectations are clearly understood while providing opportunities to continue professional development.
• Set expectations, measure progress, provide ongoing feedback, and evaluate the performance of employees.
• Ensure work adheres to quality standards, deadlines, and proper procedures.

This position is exempt from overtime compensation for additional work hours which may be required to complete essential functions or other assigned work. Exempt employees may work more than 75 hours in a pay period without additional compensation and must report a minimum of 75 hours per pay period of work hours and/or paid leave taken to receive their base biweekly salary.

Individuals in this role should minimally be able to articulate or demonstrate the following:

• Be willing to travel with reasonable accommodation.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.
• Must test negative on all drug screenings.
• Ability to successfully completion of the Correctional Training Institute program or a similar training program acceptable to the Department of Correction.
• Broad knowledge of correctional programs and security procedures in a correctional facility.
• A thorough knowledge of department policies and procedures and all applicable State and Federal law and American…