About the Position: This position is located within the Military Correctional Complex and requires frequent, direct contact with inmates. This position has been designated as a primary/rigorous and is eligible for Law Enforcement (LEO) retirement coverage. The maximum entry age for positions covered under this retirement is 37 years old. For more information about the United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB), please visit the website at http://usdb.leavenworth.army.mil/main.htm

Duties

Plan, organize, schedule and assign work to subordinate workers within the laundry and dry cleaning facility. Spot-check work in progress or on completion. Explain work requirements, methods, policies and procedures. Investigate work-related problems such as excessive costs or low productivity and determines cause then implements corrective action. Recommend hiring, promotion, and reassignments for employees. Develop performance standards and rate employees.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the employee to pass a Criminal History Background Check.
• This position requires the employee to undergo screening for tuberculosis upon appointment and an annual re-evaluation.
• This position is designated as a Primary LEO and the work requires frequent, direct contact in the detention of inmates convicted of offenses against the punitive articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
• Regularly-assigned contacts with inmates expose the incumbent to daily stress and the threat of potentially dangerous situations such as verbal and/or physical attack by the inmate population.
• The maximum entry age for positions covered under the special Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) retirement is 37 years old.
• Individuals must be appointed by the last day of the month in which the individual becomes age 37. Individuals who are past the maximum entry age limit, but previously served in a primary position, may be reinstated.
• Department of Defense Instruction, Number 1325.7 states all confinement facility personnel shall possess a high degree of maturity.
• Department of Defense Instruction, Number 1325.7 states all confinement facility personnel shall have no civilian felony convictions or court martial convictions for any offense with a maximum authorized sentence to o confinement of over one year.
• IAW The Prison Rape Elimination Act, the MCC may not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with inmates, has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup community conferment facility, juvenile facility, or other institutions.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• Personnel who enter the Military Corrections Complex (within or outside the fence line) consent to inspection of their person and property, including their vehicle.
• Facility personnel must comply with all provisions of the 15th MP BDE Regulation 190-3, Rules of Conduct and ACC Policy Letter #17, Standards of Conduct.
• This position is supervisory. A one year probation to assess your ability to perform supervisory duties is required unless previously completed.
• This position has a requirement to lift up to 44 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.
• Facility personnel are required to complete the Army Corrections Command Pre-Service Training upon employment and complete 40 hours of training annually thereafter.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision. Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of an Laundry Plant Supervisor without more than normal supervision. Skilled in organizing and assigning work to subordinate laundry workers. Explain work requirements and procedures and ensure equitable distribution of workload. Skilled in performing a variety of laundry tasks to include checking, classifying, counting, marking and arranging laundry order for shipment and operating commercial laundry equipment (washers, extractors, tumblers and conditioners) - Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating. Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc.Ability To Lead or SuperviseDexterity and SafetyKnowledge of MaterialsOperation of Equipment and MachineryTechnical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean and in order) Employee must stand and walk on concrete floors. Work requires some quickness in hand and arm movements to keep pace with machines and meet production standards. Physical effort is used in reaching, bending, turning, moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to operate vehicle controls and laundry equipment. Employee is subject to noisy, hot, and humid conditions. Employee is at risk for cuts, bruises, and broken bones as a result of driving accidents, when loading and unloading vehicle, when operating laundry equipment, from carts or machinery and performing related duties in the laundry plant areas. May be required to wear protective masks, gloves, or other gear. Works inside and outside and is occasionally exposed to bad weather conditions while loading and unloading vehicle. This position has been designated as a primary/rigorous and is eligible for Law Enforcement (LEO) retirement coverage under the provisions of title 5 USC 8336(c) and 8412(d) by DoD memorandum dated 19 August 2010. The maximum entry age for positions covered under this retirement is 37 years old. Retirement from this position is mandatory at age 57 with 20 years of LEO service. The maximum entry age may be waived under certain circumstances. Individuals who are past the maximum entry age limit, but previously served in a primary position, MAY be reinstated. The work requires frequent, direct contact in the detention of inmates convicted of offenses against the punitive articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Regularly assigned contacts with inmates expose the incumbent to daily stress and the threat of potentially dangerous situations such as verbal and/or physical attack by the inmate population. This position is included under the provisions of Special Retirement Coverage (SRC) and may have both a maximum entry age and a mandatory retirement date. For more information follow this link: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol336.pdf?ver=2017-12-01-105458-707

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address EX-APF-W6L302 USDB DO NOT MAIL Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]