Correctional Program Specialist (Executive Assistant)

Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System; Oklahoma City (OK); In loco; USD 45.000 - 64.000; Tempo pieno

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Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System seeks dedicated corrections professionals to foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Qualifications emphasize substantial experience in correctional programs, with ability to supervise, direct, and coordinate activities, and to maintain high standards of work objectives within an administrative or program leadership capacity.

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• Serve on committees and task forces that undertake major programs and projects within the institution.
• Monitor and evaluate institution programs for achievement of overall objectives.
• Generate institutional reports, position papers, and responses to congressional inquiries.
• Perform public relations work, give speeches and lectures, and attend public information functions.
• Coordinate meetings and conferences involving agency personnel, government executives, and the judiciary.

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

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

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: (1) understanding the problems of custody, treatment, training, and release of inmates of penal or correctional institutions; (2) a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of an institution's internal policies, programs, regulations, and procedures; and (3)training subordinates, coordinating and directing activities and functions, evaluating performance of operations and the effectiveness of programs, and maintaining high standards or work objectives. This experience must have been gained in an administrative position, or in other positions that included the successful direction, or assistance in the direction of, an entire correctional program or a major phase of such a program.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are:

• Experience in serving on various committees and task forces which undertake major programs and projects within the institution.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluating institution programs in terms of achievement of overall objectives.
• Experience in generating a variety of institutional reports, position papers, responses to congressional inquiries and general correspondence.
• Experience in performing public relations work, giving speeches and lectures, and attending public information functions.
• Experience in coordinating meetings and conferences involving agency personnel, governmental executives, and the judiciary.
• 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.**