Unit Manager (DOC)

State of Oklahoma; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Oklahoma is seeking a Unit Manager (DOC) for Great Plains Correctional Center. This on-site, full-time role leads a multi-disciplinary team within a semi-autonomous unit, overseeing operations and staff supervision.

The position administers unit budgets, negotiates contracts, maintains inmate records, and coordinates with institutional programs. Reports on incidents, food service, and activities are expected, with collaboration on emergency and correctional matters.

Qualifications

• Supervises and evaluates unit staff; provides on-the-job training as required.
• Coordinates unit operations with other institution programs.
• Administers budget work programs; procures equipment; negotiates contracts for services.

Responsibilities

• Maintains offender records for the unit and ensures security and accuracy.
• Chairs the Unit Disciplinary and Classification Committee; may serve on the institutional Disciplinary Committee.
• Liaises with courts, Pardon and Parole Board, and elected officials as needed.
• Submits reports on incidents, meals served, leisure time, and other significant events to the warden or deputy warden.
• Develops and implements inmate programs and negotiates public works contracts as needed.

Skills

Staff supervision

Budget management

Contract negotiation

Records management

Education

Bachelor’s degree and four years of experience in correctional records management or a related administrative position

Job description

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Job Posting Title

Unit Manager (DOC)

Agency

131 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Supervisory Organization

DOC GPCC

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

$56,106.96- this salary is non-negotiable.

Location

Great Plains Correctional Center

Basic Purpose

Positions within this job family are assigned responsibilities which involve serving as the administrator and supervisor of a multi-disciplinary team of staff members who are assigned to work within a specific offender unit; directs the operations of a semi-autonomous unit within a correctional institution.

Typical Functions

• Supervises and evaluates the performance of unit staff members; provides on-the-job training to staff members as required; monitors case management activities; maintains a clean, safe, humane and secure unit environment.
• Regularly coordinates unit operations with other institution programs and operations.
• Administers the operation of the budget work programs established for the unit; procures needed equipment and supplies; negotiates food service contracts.
• Provides for the maintenance, security and control of offender records assigned to the unit.
• Serves as chairperson of the Unit Disciplinary and Classification Committee; may serve as a member of the institutional Disciplinary Committee.
• Acts as a liaison with private and public agencies such as the courts, the Pardon and Parole Board, and elected officials.
• Submits reports as needed to the warden and/or deputy warden covering data such as incidents reported, food served, leisure time activities and other significant events.
• Consults with institutional administration, security personnel and inmates as necessary in their resolution of emergency or extraordinary correctional problems.
• Responsible for administration of unit programs as well as planning, developing and implementing group and individual programs tailored to the needs of the inmates; negotiates public works contracts.

Level Descriptor

The Unit Manager (DOC) job family consists of only one level and incumbents are responsible for performing all functions associated with the assigned position as the administrator and supervisor of a multi-disciplinary team of staff members who are assigned to work within a specific offender unit or in directing the operations of a semi-autonomous unit within a correctional institution.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities And Competencies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required include knowledge of modern penological practices; of public administration; of principles and practices of effective supervision; of contract negotiation; of procurement procedures and requirements; and of human behavior.

Ability is required to enforce rules and regulations with firmness, tact and impartiality; to exercise sound judgment in emergency situations; and to supervise and direct the work of others.

Education And Experience

Education and Experience requirements consist of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and four years of experience in correctional records management or social casework which involved the classification and assignment, field supervision, apprehension or investigation of offenders, or in a professional administrative position with responsibilities for maintaining inmate records, establishing procedures or serving as an assistant to a warden, or in a position which involved responsibility for the activity of inmates or management of a food service or maintenance unit in a correctional facility; or substitution of a master’s degree for one year only of the required experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of experience in correctional work for a government agency for each thirty semester hours of the required education.

This is an on-site position and is not eligible for remote work.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.