Training Specialist (National Programs Advisor, Community Services Division)

Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System seeks corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

The role emphasizes leadership in training design and program management, with requirements for developing and evaluating curricula, policies, and tactical goals; applicants must address selective placement factors and demonstrate experience collaborating with criminal justice

Qualifications

• Education: Undergraduate and graduate education in education or a related field.
• Specialized experience in training design, delivery, or management of training programs.
• Experience supervising or administering a training program.
• Development or review of training materials and evaluation of results.
• Experience instructing adults in education or related fields.
• Selectively, leadership roles at a community supervision agency or equivalent.
• Note: provide evidence of meeting the selective placement factors.

Skills

Leadership

Curriculum design

Training delivery

Policy development

Education

Education in education or related field

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:

Basic Requirements

Education:

Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- education or a subject area related to the position to be filled.

OR

Specialized Experience:

Experience that demonstrated a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:

• Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s).
• Supervising or administering a training program.
• Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results.
• Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis.

AND

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, applicants must have the following:

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. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are:

• Experience in the supervision of one or more of the following areas: training curricula design, delivery, or management of training program for senior or mid-level executives in jails, prisons, or community services.
• Experience with the administration or implementation of one or more of the following: the design, management, development, or implementation of a national, state, regional, or local level initiatives for jails, prisons, or community services.
• Experience utilizing innovative/evidence-based practices in community services, prisons, and jails to develop operational policy and procedures.
• Experience engaging and working with criminal justice stakeholder groups, such as judges, prosecutors, treatment providers, advocacy groups, and other state and local government agencies to plan a significant criminal justice system change or improvement of practice.
• Experience in conducting assessments/operational gap analysis for a community service agency, prison, and jail to determine agency needs and design a recommended plan of action.

AND

Selective Placement Factor

Applicants applying for this position MUST also possess the following Selective Factors. In the event that you do not possess the Selective Factor, you will be found ineligible for the position.

Applicants must have the following:

• At least 2 years of leadership experience serving as a director, deputy director, assistant/associate director, regional director, chief, administrator, senior manager within a community supervision agency (probation, parole, pretrial services, parole board, or criminal justice coordinating council), with responsibility for overseeing the entire agency or major divisions; AND

• At least 4 years of experience developing, revising, and implementing policies, procedures, or tactical goals for a community supervision agency or division; AND

• At least 4 years of program management experience, such as developing and delivering staff training, providing technical assistance to criminal justice agencies, or managing complex projects within an agency or division.

NOTE

All applicants MUST clearly address the Selective Factor in their resume.

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.**