Corrections Sergeant - Lead, Train & Secure Units

Louisville Metro Government; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Louisville Metro Government seeks a LMDC Corrections Officer to supervise staff on an assigned shift within a correctional facility, prepare unit shift reports, conduct roll calls, and respond to emergencies. This role includes home/work site visits, employee training, and specialized corrections support duties under general supervision.

Two years of LMDC Corrections Officer experience and a high school diploma or GED are required.

Qualifications

• Must have 2 years of LMDC Corrections Officer experience.
• High School Graduation or GED equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
• Coordinates, assigns and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.
• Conducts employee roll call meetings, assigns employees to work areas; relays information concerning planned inmate activities, shift operations and procedure changes.
• Patrols an assigned area to supervise and observe employee performance, inmate behavior and security operations.
• Monitors security operations to assure the safety of inmates and employees.
• Coordinates inmate movement, meals, visitation, living quarters operations, bar taps, shakedowns, inmate count, booking, and officer response to inmate disturbances and emergency situations.
• Provides technical assistance and instruction to subordinates concerning county jail facility operations and procedures, crowd control and crisis intervention tactics, and evaluates their performance
• Prepares reports and discusses shift operations and activities with supervisor.
• Monitors program functions and activities of participants assigned to the home incarceration program and operates two-way radio to communicate with officers in the field.
• Conducts home and work site visits to assist subordinates in unusual or emergency situations, to assure the quality of services provided, and to supervise and evaluate their performance.
• Answer questions from participants concerning program guidelines and equipment operation and resolves minor complaints.
• Develops and schedules training programs, coordinates instructors, maintains training records and inventory of training equipment
• Conducts employee classroom training sessions, weapons field training, defensive tactics, riot training, and physical conditioning training

Skills

Supervisory experience

Corrections officer experience

Education

High School Graduation or GED

Job description

Louisville Metro Government seeks a LMDC Corrections Officer to supervise staff on an assigned shift within a correctional facility, prepare unit shift reports, conduct roll calls, and respond to emergencies. This role includes home/work site visits, employee training, and specialized corrections support duties under general supervision.

Two years of LMDC Corrections Officer experience and a high school diploma or GED are required.