Correctional Program Officer (Deputy Regional Director)

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.

01Experience

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: understanding the problems of custody, treatment, training, and release of inmates of penal or correctional institutions; a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of an institution's internal policies, programs, regulations, and procedures; and 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 analyzing information and providing recommendations in regards to the formulation, establishment or modification for agency/organization wide program objectives, plans, and or policies.

Experience in developing policy and providing guidance, direction, supervision, advice and/or evaluation regarding institution operations and programs. Experience in the development and implementation of plans, policies and programs (including the allocation of financial and manpower resources) for the management of correctional programs.

Experience working with a variety of institutions, inmate populations and the resulting problems presented by the various combinations in order to effectively carry out primary responsibilities of directing and evaluating operating programs in field institutions. 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.

The Deputy Regional Director serves as a full assistant to the Regional Director, who has the overall responsibility for supervising and managing Federal Prison System facilities and activities in the region, comprised of numerous institutions. Additionally, incumbent ensures extensive community service operations are carried out in the region through community programs staff and contract facilities.

Reports to the Regional Director on all problems and potential problems relating to operations in the regional office and field installations. Regularly communicates with the Regional Director, Assistant Directors, institution executive staff and Central Office staff in connection with the operation of regional facilities to gather and disseminate information relevant to the management of regional facilities.