Program Specialist (Corrections)

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Keams Canyon (AZ); Remote; USD 75,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework eligible

Job summary

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs in Keams Canyon, AZ is seeking a Program Specialist (Corrections), GS-0301, to plan and conduct program analyses of law enforcement functions and resources. The role includes developing reporting systems, coordinating with agencies, and preparing briefing materials for leadership.

The position requires organizing meetings, liaison duties, and data-driven assessments of program effectiveness for Indian country.

Qualifications

• Education documentation required: transcripts or other documentation to support educational claims. Official or unofficial transcripts acceptable, or a course list with grades.
• Foreign education: certificate of foreign equivalency if applicable, evaluated by private organization.
• Related non-Federal experience may be credited towards annual leave accrual.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops and conducts program analysis of law enforcement functions and operations affecting resources.
• Develops, maintains, and monitors integrated reporting systems for program areas such as budget guidance and allocations.
• Assists in organizing meetings with state, local, and federal agencies to coordinate law enforcement services.
• Acts as liaison with internal and external groups, manages correspondence and briefing materials.
• Researches information on criminal activity, compiles statistics, and prepares programmatic reports and charts.

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, District 3-Corrections in Keams Canyon, Arizona; Phoenix, Arizona. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see USA Jobs What are bargaining units? Permanent Change of Station (PCS) may be authorized in accordance with agency policy.

Key Responsibilities

As Program Specialist (Corrections), GS-0301, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to: Plans, develops and conducts program analysis of law enforcement functions and operations that concern human and financial resources, equipment, and material resources of current or projected operating programs.

Develops, maintains, and monitors integrated reporting system(s) affecting programs within the OJS functions and operations, such as budget guidance, submissions, allocations, obligation targets, etc. Responsible for requisitioning supplies and equipment, equipment care, use of government vehicles, utilities and other expenditures for the unit.

Assisting in organizing, developing, and establishing periodic meetings with state, local, and federal agencies to assure proper coordination and cooperation that results in the best possible delivery of law enforcement services to Indian country. Acts as a liaison or handles communication with people and/or groups within and outside the unit. Manages and/or prepares responses to correspondence; manages a wide variety of correspondence from within and outside of the unit.

Research information pertaining to a particular type of criminal activity or crime, compiling local statistics and requesting information from other law enforcement programs to evaluate effectiveness. Forecasts and estimates program requirements and prepares programmatic reports, justifications, charts, graphs, statistical and narrative data, etc. for top-level presentations and briefings.

Requirements & Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society. One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis.

If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S.

education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Related non-Federal experience or related experience as retired members of the uniformed services may be credited towards computing entitlement to leave accrual, at managerial discretion, providing that experience meets certain criteria. This provision allows new employees to earn annual leave at a higher rate than would otherwise be allowed. (5 Code of Federal Regulations, 630). For additional information, please visit: Creditable Service for Annual Leave

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $74678 – $101558/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-30.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.