Correctional Program Specialist (Executive Assistant)

Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System; Washington (District of Columbia); In loco; USD 75.000 - 110.000; Tempo pieno

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Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System in Washington, DC seeks professionals with specialized experience in correctional programs and strong supervisory capabilities. The role emphasizes shaping policy, coordinating activities, and ensuring compliance with institutional regulations.

Candidates should demonstrate the ability to supervise, train subordinates, and evaluate program effectiveness within custodial settings, while maintaining high work standards and effective communication with

Competenze

• Education: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position.
• Experience: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level; experience with correctional programs and knowledge of correctional techniques.
• Experience must include supervisory or administrative duties, understanding custody, treatment, training, and release of inmates; knowledge of internal policies, programs, regulations, and procedures.

Conoscenze

Policy development

Program monitoring

Supervisory abilities

People management

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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 which demonstrated policy development and program monitoring, and basic operations and programs of a correctional institution.
• Experience which demonstrated the ability to provide expert advice in an area of correctional specialty, provide guidance, direction, supervision, advice and evaluation for program(s) in correctional institutions.
• Experience which demonstrated extensive knowledge of correctional programs and related components.
• Experience completing responses to correspondence, responding to inquiries from other law enforcement officials, inmate families and attorneys, general public and preparing written reports in regards to correctional programs issues.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid 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.