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Correctional Program Officer (Deputy Administrator, Community Reentry Affairs Branch) Job Overview
To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: 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. Specialized experience is directly related experience that included substantial involvement with a correctional program and provided a thorough knowledge of correctional techniques, or experience in meeting and dealing with people that demonstrated the ability to work effectively with inmates and associates in a correctional environment. Experience must also have demonstrated the ability to perform supervisory or administrative duties successfully. This includes (1) understanding the problems of custody, treatment, training, and release of inmates of penal or correctional institutions; (2) a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of an institution's internal policies, programs, regulations, and procedures; and (3) training subordinates, coordinating and directing activities and functions, evaluating performance of operations and the effectiveness of programs, and maintaining high standards or work objectives. This experience must have been gained in an administrative position, or in other positions that included the successful direction, or assistance in the direction of, an entire correctional program or a major phase of such a program. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience developing assessment tools, skill-building curricula, and comprehensive reentry strategies and services for incarcerated individuals, applying extensive knowledge of policy and procedures related to unit and case management, inmate programming, institution administration, and offender supervision to strengthen institution-wide release preparation outcomes. Experience coordinating and validating documentation for evidence-based programs and practices to support resource justification, inform executive level decision-making, and guide consistent program application across correctional facilities. Experience working with a wide range of external partner agencies (including the judiciary, Offices of Probation and Pretrial Services, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Department of Justice (DOJ), Internal Revenue Services, Department of Labor, Department of Education, Veterans Affairs, faith-based and non-profit agencies, colleges and universities) to design and lead joint training sessions, conferences, or workshops that strengthen inter-agency collaboration. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in the activities. Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to thequestions in the application.