Correctional Program Specialist (Executive Assistant)

Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System; Terre Haute (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bureau of Prisons in Terre Haute seeks corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and work to ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Candidates must have substantial experience in supervisory or administrative duties within a correctional setting, with strong knowledge of policies, programs, and inmate relations.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level.
• Experience in supervision or administrative duties within a correctional environment.
• Knowledge of an institution's internal policies, programs, regulations, and procedures.
• Experience in developing plans, policies and programs for institution management.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Administrative duties

Inmate interaction

Policy knowledge

Job description

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 developing plans, policies and programs for institution management.
• Experience in serving on various committees and task forces which undertake major programs and project.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluating institution programs in terms of achievement of overall objectives.
• Experience in generating a variety of institutional reports, positions, papers, responses to congressional inquiries and general correspondence.
• Experience in performing public relations work, giving speeches and lectures, and attending public information functions.

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

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