Correctional Program Specialist (Training Specialist) (DSCC)

Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

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

The position requires supervising or administrative duties, knowledge of correctional programs, and the ability to work effectively with inmates and staff within a correctional setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in supervisory or administrative duties in a correctional environment.
• Ability to work with inmates and associates, maintaining high standards of safety and discipline.
• Experience training subordinates and directing program activities.
• Knowledge of correctional policies, regulations, and procedures.

Skills

Supervision

Corrections experience

Interpersonal skills

Training subordinates

Policy and training advice

Education

Education cannot substitute for experience

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 grade level.

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 and teaching basic, advanced and specialized programs and creating lesson plans to support the classes presented.
• Experience in identifying operational or program issues, and initiate corrective action or recommend solutions with limited review or revision.
• Experience applying federal, state, and/or local sentencing practices and techniques in computing technical inmate sentences.
• Experience in providing alternate solutions to management problems, conduct interviews, establish and maintain effective relationships with people at high levels of authority and advise managers regarding training and policies.

AND

Selective Placement Factor:

• Applicant must have 2 years of experience in computing complex federal sentences (i.e., supervised release violators; parolee violator terms; aggregated sentences; and District of Columbia Superior Court sentences).

• Applicants must have successfully completed Principles of Sentence Computation and Advanced Sentence Computation training.

NOTE: All applicants MUST address their experience within their resume and electronically upload and attach a copy of their training record for verification of the completion of Principles of Sentence Computations and Advanced Sentence Computation training at the time they apply.

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.**