Correctional Program Officer (Chief, Counter-Terrorism Unit)

01Education

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position.

02Experience

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 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 performing threat analysis, risk assessments, and link analysis tasks to determine the security threat posed by various terrorist groups.

Experience assembling and analyzing pertinent facts and preparing clear and concise authoritative oral and written intelligence reports. Experience in conducting and supporting investigations in intelligence operations. Experience in designing, initiating, and managing the collection, analysis, and dissemination of operational and strategic intelligence as it relates to counter-terrorism. 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.

Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) subject matter expert (SME) on counter-terrorism issues, he/she is in daily and direct contact with staff assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Counter-Terrorism Division and National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF).

Represents the BOP's counter-terrorism intelligence and security interests nationally, while at the same time directly participates in the management, planning, design and production of general FBI intelligence products and services which are used for the operational intelligence purposes and counter-intelligence forecasting. Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution.

The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.