Job Description
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Job ID: 35374
Agency: Department of Corrections
Location: Pierre, SD
Salary: $25.00-$28.00 Hourly, depending on experience
Pay Grade: H
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
The South Dakota Department of Corrections is hiring! Join the DOC - view DOC Recruitment video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI3Hwg99jTg&t=9s .
This is a Full-Time position with the Department of Corrections Behavioral Health team. For more information on the DOC, please visit https://doc.sd.gov .
The South Dakota Women's Prison is seeking a dedicated and organized Cultural Activities Coordinator. This position manages all cultural and religious programming provided to inmates, ensuring a diverse and secure environment for rehabilitation. The coordinator acts as the primary liaison for volunteers and oversees the scheduling, logistics, and policy compliance of all related activities.
Duties include:
- Volunteer Management: Coordinate the activities, functions, and onboarding of all religious and cultural volunteers.
- Logistics & Scheduling: Manage the scheduling and logistical requirements for inmate cultural and religious activities.
- Program Facilitation: Facilitate specific inmate programming and represent assigned areas at staff meetings.
- Compliance & Reporting: Develop, revise, and enforce relevant policies and procedures; monitor and prepare reports on operational activities.
The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
Prior experience and demonstrated ability to supervise and manage in a secure correctional environment is preferred.
Knowledge of:
- DOC policies and institutional operations.
- Methods and practices for supervising individuals in a correctional setting.
- Modern principles related to the rehabilitation of offenders.
- Management principles and personnel practices.
Ability to:
- Supervise operations and programs within a correctional complex.
- Establish effective working relationships with staff, inmates, and external agencies.
- Conduct investigations and evaluate findings effectively.
- Effectively analyze situations and exercise judgment and discretion in establishing, applying and interpreting departmental policies and institution operations memoranda and procedures;
- Resolve systems problems and organizational conflicts
- Recognize deficiencies in and recommend changes to policies, operations memoranda and procedures;
- Maintain composure and exercise sound judgment during stressful or emergency situations.
Benefits:
- Employer-paid health insurance and retirement benefits (SDRS Class A).
- Eleven paid holidays per year.
- Generous vacation and sick leave accrual.
- Dental, vision, and additional insurance options.
Conditions of Employment:
The SD DOC is committed to a work environment free from illegal drugs and alcohol. All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation, urine drug screen and the candidate's ability to perform the essential functions of the position.
Individuals selected for the position will have the opportunity to carry Oleoresin Capsicum (OC/pepper spray) if desired. If OC spray is carried, the staff carrying OC spay will be required to have direct (level 1) exposure during the training program. Individuals selected for the position must successfully complete a written and practical self-defense exam and successfully complete CPR to AHA guidelines - this includes successful completion of the practical/hands on portion as well as the written exam. Selected individuals must possess the physical ability to successfully complete the practical self-defense exam, which involves the following:
- Lift arms above head and kick as high as own waist;
- Stabilize another person to accomplish a controlled take down;
- Use arms, palms of hands, shins, and feet to deliver blows;
- Withstand impact (slow speed or with a safety bag) on own body from strikes/blows;
- Rotate body 90 degrees with feet planted for striking with foot or using a defensive tactic;
- Get down on one or both knees and up again with multiple repetitions.
Additionally, TB (tuberculosis) screening is required of all new employees upon hire.
Additional Requirements: To be considered, please attach your resume.
This position is exempt from the Civil Service Act.
This position is eligible for Veterans' Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.
Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment. Successful applicant(s) will undergo an abuse and neglect screening. Offers of employment are conditional upon successful completion of a drug screening.
NCRC: If you possess a National Career Readiness Certificate, please submit the certificate with your application. For more information on how to acquire a National Career Readiness Certificate contact a South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation Job Service Office. A certificate is not necessary to be considered.
The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.
The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information here . This position is a member of Class B retirement under SDRS.
Must apply online: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=3RU
You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.
South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources
Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us
http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus
"An Equal Opportunity Employer"
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