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CORRECTIONS LIEUTENANT

Salary

$3,991.86 - $6,758.00 Monthly

Location

Angie, LA

Job Type

Promotion

Job Number

416-25-044

Department

DOC-Rayburn Correctional Center

Opening Date

10/08/2025

Closing Date

10/15/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

Louisiana Department of

Public Safety & Corrections –

Corrections Services

www.doc.louisiana.gov

RAYBURN CORRECTIONAL CENTER

Angie, LA

At the Louisiana Department of Corrections, our mission is to promote public safety and strengthen communities through fair, professional, and responsive corrections services. We are committed to protecting the people of Louisiana with integrity, accountability, and a deep respect for the rights and dignity of all.

This is an opportunity to become part of a dedicated team supporting public safety,working in a correctional facilitywhere professionalism, resilience, and teamwork are essential.

This is apromotional opportunityfor current LA Department of Corrections employees who have permanent status and are ready to advance in their career.

Custody, care, and control of male inmates at a medium security facility and to provide supervision to subordinate officers.

The incumbent will work with a diverse group of skilled officers while assisting to train officers of the next generation in an environment where every day is different and exciting.

Minimum Qualifications

Two years of experience in a correctional, behavioral, or penal institution with responsibility for the security, custody, rehabilitation, or classification of offenders, or in law enforcement or security plus one of the following:

1. Possession of a high school diploma or GED; OR

2. One year of experience in any field; OR

3. Six months of law enforcement experience as a POST certified peace officer.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

An applicant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence or a felony, or who is under indictment on a felony charge will be disqualified until relief from the disabilities imposed by state and federal laws is granted.

In accordance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) (Part 115:17) of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations an applicant who has been found to have engaged in any form of sexual abuse; engaged in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable or refused will be disqualified.

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.

Possession of a current driver's license.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=144260) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Ensure inmates and staff follow the Policies and Procedures of the Department of Corrections and Rayburn Correctional Center.

Conducting shake downs/inspections of inmate housing and property and ensuring documentation is completed accurately and in a timely manner.

Supervise and train subordinate officers.

This position requires the incumbent to have the ability to walk, stand and run for different durations and/or distances. The incumbent should have good communication skills, the ability to maintain awareness of surroundings at all times, and good attention to detail.

Work with security and non-security staff.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: DETAIL OF A permanent, classified employee of LA DPS&C - CORRECTIONS SERVICES (Adult DOC)

+ An employee selected for detail may be permanently promoted to this position if the position become available.

Compensation: This position has a Special Entrance Rate (SER) of $ 23.03 per hour.

This position also offers premium pay:

A rate between $.50 and $1.00 an hourfor each regular hour worked, based on years of service with DOC, in addition to regular pay.

Other Important Information :

+ IMPORTANT: In the supplemental questions section,applicants must authorizethe HR Office of DPS&C-Corrections Services to contact prior employers to check references under thePrison Rape Elimination Act (PREA),to be considered for employment, by answering ‘YES’ to the PREA question.

+ Any degree, certificate, special license, or DD-214 must be verified by official documentation prior to hire.

+ Any qualifying experience that is based on college credit/college hours should have an accompanying transcript for verification.

+ This is a 24 hour facility.

+ Applicants may be required to work shift work

+ This Agency is a Drug Free Workplace.

How to Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy , click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

+ Please list your security experience separately by job title so that years of higher levels of supervisory security experience may be calculated. Ex. Corrections Cadet/Sergeant/Master Sergeant, Corrections Lieutenant, Corrections Captain, etc.

+ There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed. The hiring supervisor/manager has90 days from the closing dateof the announcement to make a hiring decision. Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected.

+ To view and apply to any of our other postings we currently have available, click HERE.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections - Corrections Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any non-merit factor including disability.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Linda Brockhaus

Human Resources Department

[email protected]

Ph: (985) 661-6389

Fax: (225) 342-5968

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

01

Are you currently a permanent classified employee of the Department of Corrections/Corrections Services (Adult DOC)?

+ Yes

+ No

02

Do you possess a valid Louisiana driver's license?

+ Yes

+ No

03

Have you reached your eighteenth birthday at the time of application?

+ Yes

+ No

04

If you have previous employment in a community confinement center, jail, lockup or prison, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requires Corrections Human Resources to contact those employers prior to hiring any applicant for information on substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or any resignation during a pending investigation of an allegation of sexual abuse. Do you authorize the Human Resources Office of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services, to contact any of your prior employers, whether listed on your employment application or not, to ascertain information required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Part 115 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations? I understand that prior to any offer of employment by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections that such information must be obtained. IMPORTANT: I also understand that if I do not authorize such contact, I will not be eligible for employment with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Should I be appointed from this announcement, I also understand that this authorization will remain valid for the duration of my employment with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Questions should be directed to Human Resources as noted in the Supplemental Information section of this job posting.

+ Yes, I understand. You may contact my employers, past or present.

+ No. Do not contact my employers, past or present, and DO NOT CONSIDER ME as a candidate for employment.

05

Do you possess a High School diploma or GED equivalency?

+ Yes

+ No

06

Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence or felony or under indictment of a felony charge?

+ Yes

+ No

07

Have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge?

+ Yes

+ No

08

If 'YES', give the law enforcement authority (city police, sheriff, FBI, etc), the offense, place and disposition of case. If 'NO', enter N/A.

Required Question

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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