Policy Strategy & Compliance Manager

South Carolina Department of Corrections; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

South Carolina Department of Corrections seeks a policy specialist to develop and update agency policies, coordinate implementation, and draft modifications. The role entails researching policy issues, interfacing with outside counsel and other agencies, and ensuring compliance with GA-01.01 standards.

Candidates should have a high school diploma with relevant experience; the SC State requirements also allow an associate's or bachelor's degree substitute and supervisory background.

Qualifications

• State of South Carolina Minimum Requirements: A high school diploma and relevant program experience.
• SCDC Minimum Requirements: A high school diploma and 3 years of supervisory experience.
• An associate's degree and 1 year of supervisory experience.
• A bachelor's degree may substitute for the required experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical and professional services for policy development.
• Coordinates policy implementation as well as utilizing policy software to update policy websites, implementation and operation.
• Assists in the drafting and developing of new policies and policy modifications.
• Conducts research on policy related issues and provides results to agency managers.
• Provides policies to outside counsel, other state agencies D the public policies requested through subpoena, FOIA, etc.
• Ensures policies and forms are in compliance with SCDC policy GA-01.01, "policies, publications, and forms".
• Ensures that policies falling under the mental health lawsuit are reviewed by the implementation panel before being processed.
• Implements a policy monitoring system and manages policies sent out each month for annual review to ensure policies are reviewed and updated in a timely manner.
• Responsible for responding to request to staff member forms and the automated request to staff member system.
• Position requires daily contact with inmates.

Education

High school diploma

3 years of supervisory experience

Associate's degree

1 year of supervisory experience

Bachelor's degree may substitute for the required experience

Tools

Policy software

Job description

South Carolina Department of Corrections seeks a policy specialist to develop and update agency policies, coordinate implementation, and draft modifications. The role entails researching policy issues, interfacing with outside counsel and other agencies, and ensuring compliance with GA-01.01 standards.

Candidates should have a high school diploma with relevant experience; the SC State requirements also allow an associate's or bachelor's degree substitute and supervisory background.