Correctional Supervisor

State of Iowa - Executive Branch; Mitchellville (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Iowa - Executive Branch seeks qualified personnel for a Correctional Officer leadership role at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women. Responsibilities include supervising shifts, ensuring security, and documenting rounds within the facility.

The position also involves staff development, handling HR tasks, and conducting investigations while maintaining records in WorkDay, Kronos, and ICON systems. Background in corrections or law enforcement is essential.

Qualifications

• Three years of full-time correctional or law enforcement work, one year as a correctional officer in a juvenile or adult facility.
• Alternative: one year correctional work plus two years education/experience with 30 credit hours counted as one year.
• Eighteen months of full-time experience as a counselor of offenders or related combinations may apply.

Responsibilities

• Shift Supervision & Security: supervise staff, visit units, document rounds, assign searches, maintain orderly operations.
• Staff Management & Development: identify training needs, coach COs, assist with trainings and orientation.
• Administrative & HR Duties: manage CO work time, leave requests, schedules, and write performance evaluations.
• Documentation & Investigations: complete staff investigations, maintain daily logs and ICON system entries.

Skills

Shift supervision

Security

Staff management

Documentation

Education

Penology/ police science/ psychology/ sociology/ social work coursework

Job description

The Iowa Correctional Institution for Women is a multi-faceted facility that serves as the sole female facility and female reception center for the Iowa Department of Corrections.

Schedule

• Shift: Afternoon shift (1:00 PM – 11:00 PM)
• Rotation: 6 days on/4 days off, 5 days on/5 days off, 5 days on/3 days off

Key Responsibilities

• Shift Supervision & Security: Supervise employees during assigned shifts. Visit all staffed areas and living/working units for incarcerated individuals once per shift, documenting rounds using a PDA. Assign area and personal offender searches. Ensure the overall orderly operations of the institution.
• Staff Management & Development: Identify training and developmental needs for Correctional Officers (COs), providing necessary coaching to improve job performance. Assist with training sessions and orientation as designated.
• Administrative & HR Duties: Maintain, approve, and deny CO work time and leave requests within the WorkDay and Kronos systems. Complete CO work schedules. Develop and write timely performance evaluations for assigned COs.
• Documentation & Investigations: Complete staff investigations thoroughly and on time. Maintain all pertinent information in the Supervisor daily log and make all necessary entries and changes in the ICON system.

E-Verify and Right to Work

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov .

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

• Three years of full-time work experience in correctional or law enforcement officer work, one year of which must have been as a correctional officer in a juvenile or adult community/ institutional corrections or jail security program.
• All of the following (a and b):
• One year of full-time work experience in correctional or law enforcement officer work; and
• A combination of a total of two years of education and full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in penology, police science, psychology, sociology, or social work equals one year of full-time experience.
• Eighteen months of full-time work experience as a counselor of offenders in a community/ institutional corrections or jail security program.
• A combination of a total of eighteen months of education and full-time experience (as described in number three), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in penology, police science, psychology, sociology, or social work equals one year of full-time experience.
• Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes any of the following:
• Six months of full-time work as a Senior Correctional Officer;
• One year of full-time work as a Correctional Counselor or State Industries Technician; or
• Two-and-a-half years of full time work as a Correctional Officer or Correctional Food Service Coordinator.

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Additional Qualification Requirements

Some positions in this class may require an applicant to have the ability to pass a background investigation.