Correctional Program Officer (Deputy Director, Management and Specialty Training Center)

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. This position requires at least one year of specialized experience in correctional programs, supervisory duties, and working effectively with inmates and staff.

Candidates must understand custody, treatment, and institutional policies, and be capable of training subordinates and evaluating program effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Requires at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty to the next lower grade level.
• Experience must include substantial involvement with a correctional program and knowledge of correctional techniques.
• Experience should demonstrate ability to supervise or administer duties and work effectively with inmates and staff.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Training subordinates

Inmate interaction

Correctional management principles

Job description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Education: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position.

Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. Specialized experience is directly related experience that included substantial involvement with a correctional program and provided a thorough knowledge of correctional techniques, or experience in meeting and dealing with people that demonstrated the ability to work effectively with inmates and associates in a correctional environment. Experience must have also demonstrated the ability to perform supervisory or administrative duties successfully.

This includes:

• Understanding the problems of custody, treatment, training, and release of inmates of penal or correctional institutions.
• A thorough and comprehensive knowledge of an institution's internal policies, programs, regulations, and procedures.
• Training subordinates, coordinating and directing activities and functions, evaluating performance of operations and the effectiveness of programs, and maintaining high standards or work objectives.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are:

• Experience that demonstrates professional knowledge of correctional management principles, functions, procedures and techniques.
• Experience in designing, developing, delivering, and evaluating training programs that has a broad impact on an agency.
• Experience in providing expert advice and/or guidance, direction, supervision and evaluation of a correctional specialty or program in a correctional facility.
• Experience in researching, analyzing, evaluating and applying emerging technologies in the area of staff development and training programs.

In addition, if applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.