PROJECT MANAGER

AZ State Jobs; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 67,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation and sick days with 10 paidH"?

Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per

Robust insurance plan (medical, dental

Exceptional retirement program

Transit subsidy program

Job summary

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, REHABILITATION & REENTRY (ADCRR) seeks a Project Manager to oversee ORAS-based assessments, including PIT and SRT, across prison complexes in Phoenix. You will supervise staff, enforce fidelity, and partner with ADCRR community corrections and treatment personnel to ensure reentry services.

Responsibilities include audits for scoring accuracy, maintaining logs, and producing reports while ensuring compliance with laws and policies.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of ORAS tools, PIT and SRT, and risk/needs assessment principles.
• Quality assurance methods, compliance review processes, and staff certification tracking.
• Principles of management and supervision.
• Evidence-based programming.
• Best practices for correctional programs and community supervision.
• Understanding of community resources and participation requirements.
• Adult learning processes.
• Computers and various software.
• Business English, grammar, and correspondence.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and supports the implementation of ORAS institutional assessments across prison complexes.
• Conducts quality assurance audits of completed ORAS assessments for scoring accuracy and compliance with policy.
• Maintains audit logs, prepares reports, and tracks trends or error patterns.
• Provides coaching and manages staff certification and recertification documentation.
• Serves as regional liaison between Reentry Center staff and Community Corrections Officers.
• Acts as Reentry Center Liaison between community organizations and ADCRR.
• Reviews, develops, and recommends policies and process improvements to ensure accuracy.
• Drives on State business and performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Knowledge of ORAS tools

Quality assurance methods

Management and supervision

Evidence-based programming

Best practices for correctional

Community resources

Adult learning processes

Computers and software

Business English

Education

Masters or Bachelors degree

Job description

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, REHABILITATION & REENTRY

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

PROJECT MANAGER

Job Location:

Address:
801 E. Jefferson St
Phoenix, Arizona 85034

Posting Details:
Salary: $74,400.00
Grade: 21
Closing Date: 10/12/26

Job Summary

This position is located within the DC CR ARCS Assessments Unit. The Project Manager oversees the implementation, quality assurance, and compliance of the Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS) institutional assessments across all prison complexes, including the Prison Intake Tool (PIT) and Supplemental Reentry Tool (SRT). This role directly supervises assigned staff, ensures fidelity-based assessment administration, and collaborates extensively with Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) community corrections, treatment personnel, contracted staff, and volunteer partners to maintain comprehensive reentry and programming services.

Job Duties

• Oversees and supports the implementation of Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS) institutional assessments, including the Prison Intake Tool (PIT) and Supplemental Reentry Tool (SRT) across prison complexes


• Conducts quality assurance audits of completed ORAS assessments for scoring accuracy, documentation completeness, and compliance with agency policy


• Maintains detailed audit logs, prepares summary reports of findings, and tracks trends or error patterns


• Provides coaching, manages staff certification and recertification documentation, and resolves quality issues to maintain assessment fidelity


• Serves as a regional champion and liaison between Reentry Center staff, institutional case management personnel, and Community Corrections Officers


• Functions as the Reentry Center Liaison between community organizations offering services at Reentry Center and ADCRR


• Actively seeks out new services to add to Reentry Center


• Manages and supervises staff; serves as a backup to staff as needed


• Ensures services are provided in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures


• Updates and maintains databases related to residents' participation programs


• Prepares quantitative and qualitative reports for programs and program participation rates


• Conducts quality control and improvement audits of programs and services offered at Reentry Center


• Reviews, develops, and recommends policies, practices, and process improvements to ensure accuracy


• Drives on State business


• Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs)

• Knowledge of:
  
  
  
  • Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS) tools, including PIT and SRT, and risk/needs assessment principles
  
  
  • Quality assurance methods, compliance review processes, and staff certification tracking
  
  
  • Principles and practices of management and supervision
  
  
  • Evidence-based programming
  
  
  • Best practices for correctional programs and community supervision
  
  
  • Community resources and requirements for participation in those resources
  
  
  • Adult learning processes
  
  
  • Computers and various software
  
  
  • Business English, grammar, and correspondence
  
  
  
  


• Skill in:
  
  
  
  • Verbal and written communication
  
  
  • Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships
  
  
  • Organizational and time management
  
  
  • Active listening
  
  
  • Community outreach
  
  
  • Collecting and maintaining accurate data/documentation
  
  
  
  


• Ability to:
  
  
  
  • Supervise and work with a diverse group of professionals
  
  
  • Deliver program curriculum to participants in a classroom environment
  
  
  • Interact professionally with offenders in a group setting and one-on-one situations
  
  
  • Interact professionally with security staff and the public
  
  
  • Work in a secure/correctional environment
  
  
  • Collect, maintain, and report statistical data
  
  
  • Maintain accurate documentation and records
  
  
  
  

Selective Preference(s)

• Prefer a Masters or Bachelors Degree from an accredited school and three (3) to five (5) years experience in program delivery or management.


• Previous correctional experience/knowledge of ADCRR policies and procedures and case management system preferred.

Pre-Employment Requirements

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation and drug test.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class‑appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2‑10‑207.11).

In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E‑Verify).

Benefits

• Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year


• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly‑placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).


• Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short‑term and long‑term disability options


• Exceptional retirement program


• Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program


• An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Retirement

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment. Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.

Contact Us

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