Summary

This job is about leading security efforts at a state prison in Iowa, where you'll oversee staff, handle emergencies, and make sure the facility stays safe while supporting rehabilitation programs.

It's ideal for someone with strong leadership skills and experience in corrections who can balance strict rules with a focus on staff development and positive community interactions.

You'll report to the deputy warden and play a key role in daily operations and policy updates.

Key Requirements

Proven leadership experience in supervising correctional or security staff, including mentors and performance evaluations
Knowledge of state and federal laws, departmental policies, and facility procedures for corrections
Ability to manage incidents, investigations, and emergency responses as an incident commander
Skills in resource management, including shift scheduling, equipment maintenance, and overtime minimization
Experience conducting security audits, risk assessments, and implementing corrective actions
Participation in hiring, promotions, and disciplinary processes while upholding equal opportunity standards
Availability for rotational duty officer responsibilities and weekly facility rounds

Full Job Description

Clarinda Correctional Facility is seeking a disciplined, strategic leader to serve as the Correctional Security Director. In this critical role, you will be primarily responsible for the facility’s overall security operations. You will supervise staff while managing the balance between firm security processes and the rehabilitative mission of the Clarinda Correctional Facility and the Iowa Department of Corrections.

In this role you will lead Correctional Officers, Senior Correctional Officers, Correctional Supervisors, and Correctional Security Manager ensuring policies and procedures are followed, and the facility remains a secure environment for staff, visitors, and incarcerated individuals.

This position will directly report to the Deputy Warden.
Key Responsibilities: Operational Oversight: Direct security activities, including perimeter, internal movement, contraband interdiction, and emergency response coordination.

Leadership & Development:
Supervise and mentor subordinate supervisors (Major/Captains).
Conduct performance evaluations and oversee specialized training for correctional staff members.
Be an active member of leadership in the recognition of commendations for the staff in their individual triumphs.
Actively participate in those times when staff disciplinary actions are in need of review.

Incident Management:
Serve as an incident commander during emergency scenarios.
Lead investigations into security breaches, use-of-force incidents, or rule violations.

Policy Implementation:
Ensure the facility operates in strict accordance with state/federal laws, departmental policies, and facility procedure.
Ensure the annual review of policies/procedures is completed as well as manage the creation of policies/procedures for newly identified areas that fall with in the guise of the security department at CCF.

Resource Management:
Oversee the Management of shifts to minimize overtime while maintaining safety standards for the institution.
Oversee the maintenance and inventory of security equipment (firearms, restraints, communication gear and etc.).

Risk Assessment:
Direct the completion of regular internal security audits and vulnerability assessments to stay ahead of potential threats or disturbances.
When appropriate recommend/implement corrective actions.
Ensure that the institution is meeting operational efficiency in line with ongoing reviews of the security program.

Additional duties for this position include but are not limited to:
Weekly rounds of the institution to ensure optimal security operations are occurring in all facets of the institution.
Serve as a duty officer on a rotational basis for the institution as set up annually.
Participate in assigned meetings.
Participate in the hiring/promotion process for the institution ensuring affirmative action/equal opportunity standards in hiring and promoting staff members. Interact with the public, maintaining a positive image of the facility, its staff members and the overall function of the institution.
Act as a PREA investigator when called upon to lead investigations for the institution.

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.

Qualifications

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

1) Eight years of full-time work experience in a juvenile or adult community/institutional corrections or jail security program, three of which were in a supervisory or managerial capacity.

2) All of the following (a and b):

a. Three years of full-time work experience in a juvenile or adult community/institutional corrections or jail security program, all of which were in a supervisory or managerial capacity; and

b. A total of five years of education and/or full-time experience, where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate-level college or university course work equals one year of full-time experience in a juvenile or adult community/institutional corrections or jail security program.

3) Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes twelve months of full-time work as a Treatment Services Director or Correctional Security Manager, or three years of full-time work as a Correctional Supervisor.

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