DOC Canine Supervisor CSTS I - Canon City

About the Department

The Colorado Department of Corrections is a team of dynamic and diverse professionals building a safer Colorado by cultivating transformative opportunities for those under our supervision. Customer service is a key component for every position in state government, as is the focus on ideas and ways to redesign the delivery of services in making state government more effective and efficient. This position is located in Canon City, Colorado.

About Colorado Correctional Industries

Colorado Correctional Industries (CCi) is a cash funded, self supporting division of the Colorado Department of Corrections. CCi provides services to many government and non profit organizations with an emphasis on excellent customer service.

Position Overview

This position is a Correctional Support Trades Supervisor I (CSTS I). This position ensures the safety and security of the general public, staff and inmates. This position prepares inmates for community re-entry by promoting the Colorado Department of Corrections Mission, Vision and Values while adhering to a high level of integrity and commitment.

Responsibilities

• Maintains safety and security of facility through clear and accurate communication
• Trains and guides staff and inmates in the proper use of controlled items, keys, tools, equipment and chemicals
• Enforces security procedures by conducting searches
• Monitors workplace environment and offender behavior, paying close attention to changes, inappropriate activity or potential problems
• Initiates verbal reprimands when warranted and, if necessary, physically controls inmates with the proper application of restraints or "use of force" techniques
• Monitors, supervises and escorts inmates according to facility policy and limits offender access to restricted areas
• Performs offender counts and transportation
• Responds to emergency situations such as fights, fires and escapes according to agency policy and writes and submits required reporting
• Ensures offender workers are trained in work area and ensures timely completion of tasks
• Completes offender evaluations, tracks and calculates offender hours and pay, creates schedule and assigns tasks
• Resolves informal grievances according to agency policy
• Reduces offender idleness and creates real life work opportunities to prepare inmates for community re-entry
• Holds inmates accountable for attendance and utilizes PCDCIS Chronological Entry to report/track both positive and negative behavior
• Ensures the safe, secure, efficient, compliant and cost effective execution of assigned tasks and projects by performing "hands on" instructional work alongside staff and offender crew

Minimum Qualifications

Four (4) years of work experience in commercial/professional experience in the canine industry, to include behavior modification training, canine management and nutrition, and canine health care.

OR

A minimum of two (2) years of experience as described above may be combined with experience in a correctional environment for a total of at least four (4) years. Correctional experience must be security related duties where primary responsibilities throughout a shift include:

• Monitoring and controlling inmate movement throughout their daily schedules
• Discovering and preventing contraband and responding to emergencies
• Ensuring proper key/tool/chemical/equipment control, use, storage and accountability
• Advising inmates in matters concerning work, programs, appropriate behavior and decision making in order to prepare them for successful community re-entry

Substitutions: Education from an accredited college or university in fire science or closely related field may substitute for the required experience on a year for year basis.

Required Competencies

• Ability to motivate others to work cohesively in accomplishing tasks
• Ability to maintain industrial tools and equipment
• Ability to effectively work with offenders through daily instruction in a variety of situations
• Ability to respond to emergency situations (such as fights, fires and escapes)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional discernment and decision making skills
• Ability to read and comprehend the English language
• Ability to effectively communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing
• Self-control, a strong sense of ability to work in stressful, potentially violent situations
• Ability to remain alert, emotionally stable, and mentally resilient under pressure and observant throughout their shift
• Tolerance to stress, confinement, and high-stakes interaction
• Ability to create accessible documents and technical content that follows plain language guidelines with accessibility in mind

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a Correctional Environment
• Endorsement by the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors
• Experience supervising kennels, teaching canine behavior modification class and supervising/training an inmate population in canine management within a correctional environment
• Experience as a veterinary technician

Benefits

• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the state system
• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401K and 457 plans. Correctional Officers I-IV qualify as "Safety Officers" and are eligible for increased PERA benefits
• Medical and dental health plans
• Short and long term disability coverage
• Paid life insurance
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• Wellness program, tuition reimbursement, training opportunities and more

Important Information

This posting may be used to fill future vacancies at this location. A residency waiver has been granted for this announcement. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado. This position may be eliminated at any time if funding is discontinued. The Department may be able to assist with transferring you to a position that is either comparable or below the classification that you were hired for, but if there is not a vacant position it may result in termination of employment. If the position is eliminated it may require you to relocate to another correctional facility or geographical location based on the need of the CDOC. You must meet minimum qualifications for any vacant positions in order to be considered for a transfer.

Your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the Minimum Qualifications (MQ's). Applicants that meet MQ's will be included in the Comparative Analysis process which may include a suitability screening, eSkills Assessment, oral assessment, written performance assessment or review of your application material and responses to supplemental questions by a Subject Matter Expert (SME). The "Work Experience" section of your application must be complete and specifically address your qualifications, experience, and accomplishments as they relate to the position. Resumes and "see resume" statements will not be accepted in lieu of the "Work Experience" section. If you have transcripts, a license or other relevant documentation, upload and attach copies to your application. Transcripts from colleges or universities outside the United States must be assessed for U.S. equivalency by a NACES educational credential evaluation service. Under the Job Application Fairness Act (SB 23-058), applicants may redact information from certifications and transcripts that identify their age, date of birth or dates of attendance from an educational institution.

Your application must include at least (10) ten years of the most current work experience unless experience related to the job for which you are applying is later than (10) years. All job offers are contingent upon a successful medical screening by a healthcare professional, certifying the candidate's ability to perform the essential functions of the position.