Parole Agent Supervisor

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Job ID: 29876

Agency: Department of Corrections - Parole Services

Location: Rapid City

Salary: $64,101.60 to $80,116.56 annually, depending on experience

Pay Grade: GK

Closing Date: Open until filled

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

This position supervises support staff, parole agents, and Senior Agents who are managing a caseload of convicted felons on community supervision. This position ensures community supervision practices are in compliance with state law, department policy and procedure, and South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles conditions. This position is responsible for managing the workflow for assigned staff and ensures that assigned staff understand their duties and tasks. This position provides the Parole Services Director and Associate Director with operational support by directing the Parole Agents in an assigned geographical area. This position also manages a caseload of convicted felons on community supervision, developing placement resources, conducting special investigations, and all other duties as assigned.

Successful applicant will be required to pass a polygraph examination before final appointment.

Must be 21 years of age.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• supervisory experience
• a bachelor’s degree is preferred.

Knowledge Of

• effective methods of supervision;
• principles, methods and procedures to facilitate an acceptable reintegration and/or continued adjustment of persons under community supervision within their environment;
• the attitude, problems and behavior of persons under community supervision;
• laws, rules, policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to community supervision;
• legal terminology and procedures;
• legal restrictions for obtaining recording and disseminating information about persons under community supervision;
• Interstate Compact Standards;
• available community resource agencies;
• information sources concerning persons’ under community supervision backgrounds;
• counseling and coaching/mentoring techniques;
• chemical agents, restraints and basic firearm safety and employment techniques;
• evidence based practices and core correctional practices as they relate to the supervision of offenders;
• corrections and parole systems, including applicable laws, regulations, and case law.

Skill To

• acquire, develop, manage, motivate, and retain a diverse workforce.

Ability To

• document logically, accurately, and concisely all pertinent information and decisions;
• communicate information clearly and concisely;
• supervise;
• interact with persons under community supervision, and with others in order to establish and maintain effective professional working relationships with them;
• conduct interviews, complete background investigations, and on-board new staff;
• train others in a variety of duties;
• oversee training programs facilitated by Senior Agents;
• apply criminal code, court procedures and other criminal justice components and their functions;
• maintain composure under stressful conditions;
• assess program needs and assist the Parole Director in programming, budgeting, training, and public related problems;
• successfully complete the Department of Corrections and Parole Services firearms safety and qualification course;
• direct staff to ensure solutions are found and efficient use of resources in maximized;
• interpret agency policy and procedures, ensuring staff compliance;
• guide staff in difficult case management situations using core correctional practices;
• affectively evaluate staff performance to ensure staff are performing effectively and consistently;
• build and maintain strong working relationships with community providers and local law enforcement agencies;
• build rapport with offenders and motivate them to make positive changes in their lives;
• maintain impartiality in dealing with parolees or persons under supervision.

Additional Requirements: To be considered, please attach your resume.

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. Offers of employment are conditional upon successful completion of a drug screening.

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. For more information, please visit

https://bhr.sd.gov/job-seekers/work-for-state-government/. 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=WL

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"