Salary : $97,011.20 - $116,376.00 Annually
Location : Santa Fe, NM
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number:Department: Corrections
Opening Date: 08/28/2026
Closing Date: 9/28/2026 5:00 PM Mountain
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: NON-UNION
Department Contact Information: Christen Martinez, 505-992-3080
Union Eligibility: Position is not covered by any Collective Bargaining Agreement in Santa Fe County
Budget Amount: Budgeted at $55.95 commensurate with experience
Primary Purpose Under the supervision and direction of the Warden. the Deputy Warden is in charge of managing various aspects of the Adult Detention Facility including custodial, treatment, education, personnel, and business programs. They work under the guidance of the Warden to develop and implement new strategies for departmental administration. The Deputy Warden is responsible for planning and directing specific departmental activities, as well as reviewing and evaluating the work of program personnel to ensure that they comply with general guidelines, methods, techniques, policies, and laws. As part of their supervisory role, they approve leaves, conduct service ratings, counsel employees, discipline employees, participate in employee grievance procedures, and hire and train personnel. They also play an active and ongoing role in formulating and interpreting department or agency policy due to the critical and sensitive nature of the Adult Detention Facility's operation.
Essential Job Functions - Maintains accountability of all inmates, as well as the security of the facility, its staff and employees.
- Touring, engaging, and participating in facility-wide inspections.
- Formulates current and long-range programs, plans, and policies.
- Coordinates work by scheduling assignments and directing the work of subordinate supervisors.
- Directs the revision of rules, regulations, and procedures to meet changes in law or policy.
- Familiarization and involvement with judicial-related matters associated to inmate intakes, court proceedings, and release processes.
- Develops budget recommendations for capital outlay, personnel services, equipment, and materials.
- Ensures adherence to departmental policies and procedures.
- Conducts staff meetings and conferences to discuss operating problems, organization, budgetary matters, personnel matters, technical problems, and the status of programs and projects.
- Selects and assigns staff, ensuring equal employment opportunity in hiring and promotions, identifies staff development needs and ensures that training is obtained; ensures that proper labor relations and conditions of employment are maintained.
- Familiarization and involvement with Union contracts and meetings.
- Strict compliance and maintaining of confidentiality and other sensitive based information entrusted to you.
Knowledge/ Skills:- Thorough knowledge of the principles and methods of Jail administration.
- Thorough knowledge of the routines, procedures, and techniques involved within a Correctional facility.
- Thorough knowledge of adult detention facility education and rehabilitation programs.
- Thorough knowledge of training and supervisory techniques pertaining to a Correctional facility.
- Ability to formulate policies and procedures based on information of a conceptual nature from varied and complex sources.
- Ability to plan, direct, and coordinate program and administrative activities of a complex, interrelated, and interdependent nature, where unknowns and numerous contingency factors are involved.
- Ability to assess, problem solve, and mediate personnel issues.
- Understanding and enforcement of progressive discipline practices.
- Interpersonal communication experience.
Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university in Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, or related field, plus eight (8) years of experience in a detention and/or correctional facility of which two (2) years must be in the rank of Captain or higher. Education and related experience may be substituted on a year for year basis.
- A completed New Mexico EDGE Public Supervisor certification will substitute for two (2) years of required supervisory experience.
Supplemental Information Work is in an adult detention facility, primarily in an office environment and occasionally outdoors in varied weather conditions with exposure to dust, fumes, airborne particles and/or allergens. Work may involve high risk or potentially dangerous situations, exposure to hazardous materials, excessive noise, and hostile individuals. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly is required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands or arms; and talk or hear. Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. Clarity of vision at short distance is required. Evening, holiday, and weekend work is required. Occasional overnight travel is required. Subject to random pat down searches.
Santa Fe County is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible, full-time and part-time employees who work 20 hours per week. You will receive plan booklets, which give you more detailed information about each of these programs.
BENEFITS OFFERED
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Voluntary Life and AD&D
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Gym Membership
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Do you have a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, or a related field, plus 8 years of experience in a detention and/or correctional facility of which two (2) years must be in the rank of Captain or higher?
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