Reentry Program Manager

Pierre, SD;
Sioux Falls, SD or Rapid City, SD | Corrections | Full-Time 40 Hours Weekly

66,523 - 80,000 US per year

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Job
Agency:
Department of Corrections - Reentry & Rehabilitation

Location:

Pierre, Sioux Falls, or Rapid City, SD
Salary: $66,523.68 to $80,000.00 annually, depending on experience
Pay Grade: GK
Closing Date: 10/08/2026

This is a Full-Time 40 Hour Weekly position with the Department of Corrections. For more information on the Department of Corrections, please visit https://doc.sd.gov/ .

The Reentry Program Manager provides statewide strategic leadership, program management, and administrative oversight for South Dakota Department of Corrections (SDDOC) Reentry Program. The position establishes direction and maintains the integrity of the department’s reentry model while ensuring consistent, coordinated transition practices across correctional facilities, clinical services, education and programming, parole, and community systems.

The Reentry Program Manager leads the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of reentry practices that prepare individuals for successful transition from incarceration to the community. The position provides direction to reentry staff and cross-functional partners, develops community partnerships, oversees policies and processes, manages resources, monitors outcomes, and provides leadership with information and recommendations to improve reentry services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish statewide direction and priorities for reentry services consistent with SDDOC policy, evidence-based practices, strategic priorities, and executive direction.
• Maintain the integrity and effectiveness of the department’s reentry model, including assessment, program progression, release planning, referrals, and service coordination.
• Directly supervise, coach, evaluate, and assign work to designated reentry staff and provide statewide direction and coordination to reentry-related staff and processes.
• Ensure effective release-planning practices connect individuals with appropriate programs, services, resources, and supports before and following release and address system barriers that may interfere with successful transition.
• Coordinate reentry efforts among facility staff, case management, clinical and behavioral health services, education and programming, parole, reentry staff, and community providers.

• Develop and maintain partnerships with state agencies, local governments, community organizations, service providers, employers, educational institutions, and other stakeholders that support successful reentry.
• Build and maintain a statewide network of resources addressing housing, employment, education, transportation, health and behavioral health, substance use, identification and vital records, basic needs, and pro-social support.
• Represent SDDOC in community and interagency meetings, work groups, committees, and initiatives related to reentry and transition services.
• Coordinate community engagement activities, resource opportunities, and other initiatives that expand access to services before and following release.

• Establish and monitor key performance indicators and measures for reentry services.
• Collect, analyze, and report data related to assessments, release planning, referrals, services, community connections, housing, and other reentry outcomes.
• Use performance information to identify trends, gaps, barriers, and opportunities and make recommendations regarding program priorities and resource allocation.
• Provide executive briefings, reports, recommendations,…