PROBATION/PAROLE DEPUTY DISTRICT DIRECTOR - 10212025-72215

Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, PROBATION AND PAROLE FIELD SUPERVISION DIVISION, SHELBY COUNTY

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Qualifications

This position requires graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to five years of full-time professional level experience in one or more of the following: probation/parole, counseling, social work, investigative, or legal experience, of which two years must be at a lead or supervisory level in probation/parole work.

Graduate course work credit received from an accredited college or university in social science, criminal justice, criminology, social work, and/or law may be substituted for the required experience to a maximum of two years (e.g., an additional 36 graduate quarter hours in one or a combination of the above listed fields may substitute for one year of the required experience).

Overview

This employee under general supervision, is responsible for managerial probation/parole work of considerable difficulty; and performs related work as required. This is a supervisory level class in the Probation/Parole Officer job series. An employee in this class acts as the Deputy District Director and supervises a moderate to, large team of supervisory level Probation/Parole Managers and their subordinates in the performance of probation and parole services for adult offenders for a district of the state. This class differs from the Probation/Parole Manager in that an incumbent of the latter acts as a supervisor over a district field office or a single team of Probation/Parole Officers. This class differs from the Probation/Parole District Director in that an incumbent of the latter acts as the District Director and supervises all Probation and Parole Services within a district.

Responsibilities

1. Manages Probation/Parole Managers and their subordinates in the performance of probation and parole services for adult offenders for a district of the state.
2. Assists and supports Prob/Par District Director as needed to monitor the day-to-day operations of probation and parole supervision.
3. Audits offender records to ensure they are complete, accurate, and properly stored as required by policies and procedures and reviews offender judgment orders for accuracy and proper calculations as required by codes, policies, and procedures.
4. Enters all required information and changes in information records systems as required by codes, policies, and procedures.
5. Communicates with persons outside the organization as required in response to inquiries for offender information to explain details relative to hearings, sentencing, or parole as required by codes, policies, or procedures.
6. Processes and confirms that all required data and information is accurate prior to scheduling a hearing/parole hearing as required by policies and procedures.
7. Reviews reports on offenders to determine release eligibility and to clear out court status as required.
8. Provides staff with training and professional development opportunities to align with organizational policies and procedures.

Competencies (KSA's)

1. Instills Trust
2. Directs Work
3. Resourcefulness
4. Builds Effective Teams
5. Manages Ambiguity

1. Clerical
2. Customer and Personal Service
3. Law and Government
4. Public Safety and Security
5. Communications and Media

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Speaking
3. Active Learning and Listening
4. Learning Strategies
5. Time Management

1. Deductive Reasoning
2. Inductive Reasoning
3. Mathematical Reasoning
4. Problem Sensitivity
5. Perceptual Speed

Tools & Equipment

1. Personal Computer
2. Telephone
3. Fax Machine
4. Printer