Lieutenant

Job Title

Lieutenant Agency 131

Job Type: Regular

Full time

Compensation: $53,268.80

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibility involving the coordination, supervision and direction of a correctional security program in a state adult correctional facility.

• Coordinates and supervises or directs correctional security functions and activities at an adult correctional facility;
• Might serve as a shift supervisor with responsibility for all assigned units and functions in a large facility or as the chief of security in a smaller facility;
• Might serve as commander of a correctional emergency response team; schedules training exercises and coordinates activities;
• Conducts special investigations, particularly concerning incidents that occur during assigned shifts;
• Coordinates and supervises security, riot and escape procedures, including procedures for inmate counts and searches for escape materials and contraband;
• Prepares daily work schedules for security personnel; prepares and maintains appropriate records concerning employees and residents;
• Conducts inspections of assigned staff at beginning of shift to assure proper attire and fitness for duty; makes periodic inspections of posts to assure that they are properly maintained; prepares administrative reports concerning the operation of the shift;
• Acts as liaison to local law enforcement agencies; provides information and file changes; arranges court appearances;
• Serves as member of the administrative institutional staff; participates in the formulation of institutional policies, rules and regulations.

At this level employees serve as a correctional security lieutenant with primary responsibilities for the security operations on an assigned shift or unit within a minimum security facility or hospital security unit with responsibility for the supervision of first level supervisors who are responsible for individual units or activities on the assigned shift and coordination of all shift functions and operations.

This level may also include supervisors of special units in a medium/maximum security facility such as a central control room, a gun gang crew, the house supervisor of a detention or restrictive housing or mental health unit and similar functions or may serve as the team commander of the Correctional Emergency Response Team.

• Knowledge of supervisory methods and techniques;
• Knowledge of staffing patterns and scheduling the distribution of staff and work assignments;
• Knowledge of methods and objectives of discipline required for inmates under restraint;
• Knowledge of the psychology of inmate behavior;
• Knowledge of the use and care of firearms;
• Knowledge of proper restraint methods and techniques;
• Knowledge of the fundamentals of English usage;
• Knowledge of basic math;
• Knowledge of report writing techniques;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships;
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions;
• Ability to gather and organize facts and complete clear, concise reports;
• Ability to quickly evaluate a situation and adopt an effective course of action;
• Ability to exercise alertness and be able to act quickly in an emergency;
• Ability to effectively communicate security techniques;
• Ability to maintain proficiency in firearms;
• Ability to assess and manage conflict resolutions within the inmate population.