Lieutenant - Corrections; Support Operations and Training

***** TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION YOU MUST CURRENTLY POSSESS THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS CERTIFICATION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA*****

NOTE TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS: INTERNAL CANDIDATES IN THE SAME CLASSIFICATION AND/OR PAYGRADE AS THE POSITION POSTED WILL NOT RECEIVE A PAY ADJUSTMENT IF SELECTED.

Under general direction, the purpose of the position is to perform responsible management work involving the training, review, and evaluation of subordinate Sergeants, Corporals, and Corrections Officers to ensure compliance with all departmental policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements applicable to the work. Employees in this classification function at the middle management level and are responsible for overseeing and ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of facility operations.

The employee works with considerable independence in the performance of regularly assigned duties; however, the employee may confer with the Captain in unusual or highly sensitive facility matters. The objective is to ensure the general welfare and safety of the Corrections staff, volunteers and inmates.

Under general direction, the Correctional Training Lieutenant performs responsible supervisory and management-level work involving the planning, development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of training and professional development programs for certified and civilian staff within the Corrections Department. The position provides direct supervision, guidance, review, and evaluation of the Training Sergeant, Support Sergeant, Corporals, Training Corrections Officers, and other assigned personnel to ensure compliance with departmental policies and procedures, accreditation standards, regulatory requirements, and applicable training mandates.

The Correctional Training Lieutenant serves in a middle-to-senior management capacity and is responsible for supervising, directing, reviewing, and evaluating the performance of the Training Sergeant, Support Sergeant, Support Corporals, Training Corrections Officers, and other assigned personnel. The position ensures that training activities and staff performance comply with departmental policies and procedures, applicable laws, regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and established correctional practices.

The Correctional Training Lieutenant is responsible for maintaining an effective and professional training program that supports the operational needs of the correctional facility. Responsibilities include recruit and new-employee training, in-service training, mandatory and compliance-based instruction, remedial training, professional development, supervisory and leadership development, and on-the-job training. The employee exercises considerable independence, professional judgment, and discretion in carrying out regularly assigned duties.

The Correctional Training Lieutenant may confer with the Support Captain regarding unusual, complex, sensitive, or significant training, personnel, security, or operational matters. The primary objective of this position is to develop and maintain a highly trained, professional, accountable, and operationally prepared workforce while promoting the safety, security, and general welfare of correctional staff, civilian employees, volunteers, inmates, visitors, and the public.

• Supervises, trains, and evaluates Corrections Staff according to established procedures, departmental guidelines, and regulatory requirements applicable to the work; assists in formulation and delivery of training procedures and performs in-service training of Officers; conducts shift briefing to ensure dissemination of all pertinent information; enforces departmental rules, policies, and regulations; assists in the development and planning of emergency response, e.g., riots, fire.
• Supports Captain in planning, organizing, and implementing Corrections goals and objectives; coordinates and integrates all activities toward the achievement of established goals and objectives.
• Manages highly responsible care, custody, and control of criminal offenders in a detention/correctional institution; may respond to highly escalated circumstances; may observe, interact or supervise inmate activities to enforce order and discipline; monitors inmate housing, job, and program assignments. Will observe nudity and possible lewd acts.
• Ensures Corrections work is performed in compliance with all laws, rules, and regulatory standards…