Development and Training Lieutenant; SDSP

Job

Agency:
Department of Corrections - South Dakota State Penitentiary

Location:

Sioux Falls, SD

Salary: $29.00 to $34.00 per hour, depending on experience

Pay Grade: GI

Closing Date: 10/29/2026

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This Lieutenant will work with training staff to focus on the security aspects of training for all new DOC staff, contract employees, volunteers, and current employees. This person is also responsible for tracking training completion and compliance of all staff. This Lieutenant will assist in the development and provide Basic, In-Service, and Specialized training courses at South Dakota State Penitentiary and throughout the department for newly hired employees and current existing employees annually for the purpose of developing a highly professional correctional work force.

This Lieutenant will perform full operating level duties requiring application and use of theory and practice by exercising initiative and understanding of training concepts in order to develop and revise curriculum, certify successful completion and monitor for compliance with established policy, standards and procedures. Develop and write curriculum by writing, researching, and updating lesson plans, training aids and participant material to implement tactical, effective, cognitive and psych motor learning techniques into a viable training design format while complying with federal/state statutes, policy, procedures, court decisions and general directives.

Construct test questions utilizing various test development techniques. Assure security of test questions and maintain proper confidentiality. Have a basic understanding of learning disabilities and the needs associated. This Lieutenant will be responsible for managing new hire employees throughout the Basic Training process.

Willingness to obtain and maintain various training credentials as part of their normally assigned job duties. Once these credentials are obtained the candidate will be expected to train employees for a minimum of one year.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience or education in training adult learners. They will also possess a strong attention to detail, be able to maintain confidentiality of testing information, staff personal information, and operational information that if shared could compromise safety and security of the institutions. The ideal candidate will have some knowledge on how to keep, analyze, compile, and tabulate data for training and for instructor credentials.

The ideal candidate will have a dynamic teaching method that assists in engaging students and fostering a desire to learn. The ideal candidate will have a knowledge base of how adult learners best receive and process information. Ideal candidates will also have correctional security experience, as well as experiencing managing direct subordinates.

• Department of Correction's policies and institutional operations memoranda and procedures;
• English grammar, spelling, and punctuation;
• the attitudes, problems, and behavior of incarcerated individuals;
• the methods, procedures, and practices of controlling and supervising inmates confined to a correctional institution;
• effective use of physical force;
• adult learning preferences;
• effective communication;
• effective methods of supervision.

• interpret and apply department policies and institution operations memoranda and procedures;
• plan, assign, and direct the work of others;
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with inmates, correctional personnel, subordinate employees, and representatives of public and private agencies;
• effectively analyze situations, conduct investigations, and evaluate findings;
• remain calm during stressful situations and respond to emergencies quickly;
• maintain confidential information;
• travel to other training sites within or outside of the state to provide training, or attend trainings;
• acquire and maintain instructor credentials in various disciplines: defensive tactics firearms, less-lethal munitions, first aid/CPR and others;
• operate and direct the employment of firearms, mechanical restraints and chemical agents and control the employment of such devices by subordinates.

• with or without reasonable…