Prison Enterprises Farm Manager

Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections – Corrections Services

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This position is located at the Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson, LA

At the Louisiana Department of Corrections, our mission is to promote public safety and strengthen communities through fair, professional, and responsive corrections services. We are committed to protecting the people of Louisiana with integrity, accountability, and a deep respect for the rights and dignity of all.

This is an opportunity for you to become part of a dedicated team supporting public safety, where professionalism, resilience, and teamwork are essential.

Serves as the Prison Enterprises Farm Manager for agricultural operations at Dixon Correctional Institute (DCI).

This position offers a mix of hands‑on experience and strategic oversight with contribution to a vital industry.

• Culture: DOC values and supports employees through numerous recognition programs, creating a sense of community, prioritizing internal promotional opportunities, clear communication, and professional development.
• Growth: Professional growth is encouraged at DOC through numerous avenues.
• Benefits: DOC offers a generous benefits package including; a defined benefit pension plan, health insurance that is also available post retirement, at least 10 paid holidays, sick and annual leave that rolls over from year to year, paid or time off accrued for hours worked over 40 per week, a deferred compensation plan, a flexible benefits plan, alternate work schedules etc.
  
  Alternative work schedules including 4/10’s MAY be an available benefit for certain positions upon meeting the policy requirements.

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Four years of farming experience that involved the use of mechanized equipment; or experience in a correctional or penal institution with responsibility for the security, custody, rehabilitation, or classification of offenders engaged in farming activities.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience for a maximum of four years.

Official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

• Supervises and oversees agricultural operations through subordinate supervisors to ensure all operate productively and profitably. Confers with the appropriate Wardens or institutional representatives regarding inmate assignments, transfers, and security. Additionally, confers and informs the PE Regional Manager & PE Agriculture Manager on reports, preventative maintenance programs, new products, new processes and expansions of existing agriculture operations.
• Prison Enterprises is an ancillary “Enterprise Fund”, operating entirely on a self‑generated revenue with a staff of approximately 68, operating over 30 individual cost centers at 7 correctional facilities across this State, along with a Headquarters location in Baton Rouge. Prison Enterprises has approximately 2,027 in livestock assets spread across 5 agriculture operations.

Appointment Type
: PROBATION, or PROMOTION OF A PERMANENT, CLASSIFIED LOUISIANA STATE EMPLOYEE

• Current permanent status classified LA State employees may be required to accept a probational appointment if accepted.
• An employee selected for a promotion may be required to serve a trial detail prior to being permanently promoted.
• This posting may also be used to fill a vacancy as a temporary job appointment. If filled as a temporary job appointment, should a permanent position become available, the employee may be converted to a probational appointment.

The maximum amounts listed are the maximum salary amounts a person can make at each level over their career and NOT the amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.

This position will be domiciled at Dixon Correctional Institute in Baton Rouge, LA.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections – Corrections Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does…