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: 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. 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 have also 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 in coordinating, preparing and presenting inquiries regarding residential and nonresidential correctional activities regionally and nationally. Experience in implementing and monitoring new policies and procedures, drafting proposed revisions to existing program statements or drafting proposed language for new program statements or operations memoranda. Experience in auditing and examining the adequacy of controls and safeguards for the Re-entry Management activities. 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 the questions in the application.**
This position is located in a sector office of the Residential Reentry Management Branch (RRMB) of the Reentry Services Division (RSD). Under the general direction of an Assistant Administrator of the RRMB, the Sector Administrator assumes full responsibility for all duties and functions related to the operations of Residential Reentry Management and contract confinement/detention services in the assigned sector. Participates in the development of, and is responsible for, the implementation of national policy for the RRMB. Analyzes and evaluates the impact of pending, proposed, and existing legislation. Prepares correspondence in response to public, congressional, and intra-governmental concerns. Provides technical assistance to managers at all levels in interpretation and coordination of community-based correctional activities.