Corrections Lieutenant; RCMC

Job
Agency:
Department of Corrections - Rapid City Minimum Center

Location:

Rapid City, SD
Salary: $30.00 to $33.00 per hour, depending on experience
Pay Grade: GI
Closing Date:
Open until filled

This is a Full‑Time position with the Department of Corrections. The South Dakota Department of Corrections is hiring! This position enforces Department of Corrections policies and correctional institution implementation adjustments and procedures by scheduling and supervising correctional personnel and controlling and monitoring inmate activities to maintain security and safety for offenders and employees.

• Successfully pass all modules of the South Dakota Department of Corrections Basic Training, including English reading comprehension, competency assessments, and written/practical exams in Defensive Tactics and firearms/armed transport curriculum.
• Possess the physical ability to successfully complete Defensive Tactics, including lifting arms above head, kicking, stabilizing a person for a controlled take‑down, delivering blows using arms, palms, shins, and feet, withstanding impact, rotating body for striking, and performing repeated kneeling actions.
• Will be exposed to Oleoresin Capsicum during Basic Training and while on assignment.
• Must be able to see and hear to observe, address, and respond to potential breaches in safety and security.
• Seize, hold, control, or subdue violent or assaultive persons and defend oneself or others to prevent injury.
• Demonstrate body agility, strength in all four limbs, and the ability to walk and climb stairs consistently.
• Must be able to work 12‑hour rotating shifts, including holidays and weekends.
• Work in situations involving assaultive behavior, physical control, or restraint.
• Deal with individuals of diverse moods and behaviors tactfully and congenially.
• Work with people of the opposite sex, diverse racial/ethnic groups, mentally ill, and emotionally disturbed offenders.
• Communicate verbally, via listening, or signaling to convey information or assignments.
• Operate in environments with fluctuating noise and temperature, including outdoor inclement weather and concrete floor/wall settings.
• Willing and able to travel.
• Willing and able to work various shifts: days, afternoons, graveyards (nights) with a rotating schedule.
• Tuberculosis screening is required on hire.

EITHER three (3) years of progressively responsible corrections experience working directly with offenders, including at least one (1) year in a supervisory role (Sergeant or higher) supervising correctional staff; OR a combination of education (Criminal Justice, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, or a similarly related field) and experience equaling three (3) years.

Corrections‑related experience is defined as direct client service to detainees, such as custody/control, teaching, social work, nursing, food service, or general maintenance; or supervising offenders in program implementation such as correctional industries. Entry‑level officer or clerical support experience does not meet the minimum qualifications for offender management.

• Department of Corrections policies, institutional operations and procedures.
• English grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• The attitudes, problems, and behaviors of incarcerated individuals.
• The methods, procedures, and practices for controlling and supervising inmates.
• Physical force continuum and Use of Force Policy.
• Effective supervision methods.

• Interpret and apply department policies and procedures.
• Plan, assign, and direct the work of others.
• Promote teamwork.
• Serve as a positive role model for staff and offenders.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with offenders, correctional personnel, subordinates, and representatives of public and private agencies.
• Analyze situations, conduct investigations, and evaluate findings.
• Remain calm in stressful situations and respond to emergencies swiftly.
• Maintain acceptable attendance while avoiding misuse of leave.
• Maintain confidential information.
• Operate and direct firearms, mechanical restraints, and chemical agents, and control their employment by subordinates.

• Sched…