DETENTION SUPERINTENDENT - 80003555 1

State of Florida•Panama City, FL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Detention Superintendent plans, organizes, and manages the overall operations of the Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center, including secure detention, home detention, and pre-placement supervision. The role ensures the facility meets established goals, departmental policies and procedures, quality assurance standards, regional directives, and life, safety, health, sanitation, and quality-of-life standards. The superintendent develops operational plans and goals, establishes efficient facility procedures, oversees personnel policies and staffing, and manages purchasing, fiscal controls, supplies, and property inventories. The role also develops and communicates a mission focused on detainee security and public safety, completes required reports, and maintains effective relationships with agencies across the Juvenile Justice continuum. This managerial position plans, supervises, and coordinates staff activities; communicates operational policies and regulations; reviews and improves internal processes; forecasts operational needs; prepares budget requests and monitors expenditures; and consults with government, business, and private organizations to coordinate activities and resolve problems. The superintendent also prepares reports and presentations for state officials and management, reviews legislation and other information to recommend policy changes, oversees records and statistical data, represents the organization at hearings and investigations, and negotiates and manages vendor contracts. The position is located at Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center, 450 East 11th Street, Panama City, Florida 32401. The starting salary is $2,534.66 bi-weekly, subject to the stated restrictions for internal promotions. Candidates must have at least five years of experience working in a juvenile correctional facility and at least three years of experience supervising staff and evaluating employee performance. They must be agreeable to working overtime with little or no notice. Candidates must also meet Florida statutory eligibility requirements, including being at least 19 years old, having a high school diploma or equivalent, meeting criminal-history and fingerprinting requirements, and submitting the required affidavit. A successful candidate must obtain Department direct-care certification within 180 days of employment.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience working in a juvenile correctional facility.
At least 3 years of experience supervising staff and evaluating employee work performance.
Agree to work overtime with little or no notice.
Knowledge of basic management principles and practices.
Knowledge of detention services policies and procedures.
Knowledge of Department, state, and federal policies and procedures relating to juvenile detention center operations.
Knowledge of methods for compiling, organizing, and analyzing data.
Ability to apply management principles and practices.
Ability to develop and implement program-monitoring methodologies and techniques.
Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
Ability to formulate and monitor standards and operating policies and procedures.
Meet Florida statutory requirements: be at least 19 years old and a high school graduate or equivalent; meet the specified criminal-history and military-discharge eligibility rules; comply with fingerprinting, background investigation, and screening requirements; and submit the required affidavit of application.
Successful candidate must obtain certification in accordance with the Department direct-care training policy within 180 days of employment.
Candidates not currently in the state system as a DJJ direct-care worker at application may be required, if among the top-ranked candidates after interviews, to pass the Ergometric IMPACT Assessment and Training Test.
Prospective candidates are subject to sex-offender and state, local, and national criminal background checks, and pre-employment drug screening for direct-care positions.
Employees are subject to reasonable-suspicion drug testing under Florida’s Drug-Free Workplace Act.

Nice To Haves

Experience monitoring programs and conducting accountability inspections in criminal justice.
Experience working in a juvenile or adult correctional facility.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and manage the regional juvenile detention center’s operations, including secure detention, home detention, and pre-placement supervision.
Establish efficient operating procedures that comply with departmental policies, quality assurance standards, and regional directives.
Establish and manage personnel procedures for recruitment, hiring, discipline, rewards, training, and staff scheduling.
Develop strategic plans, goals, and objectives for center operations.
Manage purchasing, internal fiscal controls, and supply and property inventories.
Develop, implement, and communicate a mission that ensures detainee safety and security and protects public safety.
Complete periodic written reports required by regional and departmental policy.
Manage the center’s administrative functions effectively and efficiently.
Maintain effective working relationships with agencies in the Juvenile Justice continuum and other parts of the Department.
Recommend improvements or enhancements to detention center policies and procedures.
Ensure facility compliance with life, safety, health, sanitation, and quality-of-life standards.
Plan, supervise, and coordinate staff work activities related to the program area.
Prepare and distribute written and verbal information about operational policies and regulations.
Analyze internal processes and implement policy or procedural changes, particularly to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
Develop methods to improve policies, processes, and practices.
Prepare operational forecasts to project trends and program needs.
Prepare budget requests and monitor expenditures.
Consult with staff and government, business, and private organizations to discuss issues, coordinate activities, and resolve problems.
Prepare and deliver presentations and reports to state officials or management on program policies, practices, and recommended changes.
Study legislation and other relevant information to assess and recommend policy and procedural modifications.
Manage record maintenance and compilation of operational-services statistics.
Represent the organization at hearings and investigations.
Negotiate and manage vendor contracts for services.