Why work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons? You can have a meaningful career with an agency that truly values a diverse workforce. You will find a diverse workforce employed from entry level jobs to senior management positions. We protect public safety by ensuring federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and provide reentry programming. Employees at correctional facilities perform correctional work regardless of their specific occupation.

Duties

What are the Major Duties of this Position?

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is Required.
• See Special Conditions of Employment Section.

Qualifications

How Do I Qualify for this Position? To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: Education:GL-08 and GL-09: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GL-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. OR ExperienceGL-08 and GL-09: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of the qualifying specialized experience are: GL-08: Experience reviewing, interpreting and classifying court orders related to commitment and the related computation of release dates and parole eligibility. Experience performing sentence computations, including auditing, reviewing and providing responses to questions. Experience completing initial offender designations to institutions or contract facilities. GL-09: Experience reviewing, interpreting, classifying and applying various laws, court orders and/or administrative decisions related to commitment, and computation of release dates and parole eligibility. Experience with performing sentence computations, security and maintenance of the electronic records, and coordination of all aspects of the legal commitment and incarceration of offenders. Experience performing investigations into inmates' prior criminal history, application of federal sentencing laws and guidelines, outstanding warrants, state extradition laws, tracking prior periods of incarceration for determining lawful application of jail time credit, and responding to law enforcement agency inquires (i.e., FBI, Secret Service, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Attorney's Office). 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.**

Education

See Qualifications Section for education requirements, if applicable.

ONLY if education is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verification of educational requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and Date Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, Click Here.

Foreign Education: For information regarding foreign education requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition at the U.S. Department of Education website: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.

If you are selected for this position and qualified based on education (i.e. basic education requirement and/or substitution of education), you will be required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.

Contacts

• Address JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS Consolidated Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United States
• Name: CSU
• Phone: 972-352-4200
• Email: [email protected]