Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Our highly-skilled, diverse, and innovative workforce creates a strong foundation of safety and security. Through the principles of humanity and normalcy, we develop good neighbors.

Duties

Provides assistance and direction to the Designation and Sentence Computation Center (DSCC) staff and is primary resource for staff pertaining to difficult and unique problems involving sentence computation and designation related issues. Provides technical guidance to the filed, regional and central office. May be called upon to represent the agency in court proceedings as a subject matter expert. Functions as a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) expert in DC and federal offender issues, Congressional and inmate correspondence and related inquiries and acts as a trouble shooter to resolve some of the most difficult issues faced by the BOP in these program areas. Handles inquiries from law enforcement and correctional agencies concerning inmates confined within the Federal Prisons System. Will be assigned tasks which require liaison responsibilities with other criminal justice agencies, particularly the U.S. and D.C. Courts, U.S. Probation Service, U.S. Parole Commission, U.S. Marshals Service, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Will be required to provide training to non-BOP personal on BOP policies and procedures such as sentence computation generally, jail credit, application of good conduct credit laws, security scoring and designations. Conducts personal interviews with inmates, their families or other interested parties regarding sentence computation and designation concerns and acts as a resource person for Correctional Programs staff in field facilities regarding policies and programs.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

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 grade level. OR Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. 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 developing and teaching basic, advanced and specialized programs and creating lesson plans to support the classes presented. Experience in identifying operational or program issues, and initiate corrective action or recommend solutions with limited review or revision. Experience applying federal, state, and/or local sentencing practices and techniques in computing technical inmate sentences. Experience in providing alternate solutions to management problems, conduct interviews, establish and maintain effective relationships with people at high levels of authority and advise managers regarding training and policies. AND Selective Placement Factor: Applicants applying for this position MUST also possess the following Selective Factor. In the event you do not possess the Selective Factor, you will be found ineligible for the position. Applicants must have experience in computing complex federal sentences (i.e., supervised release violators; parole violator terms; aggregated sentences; and District of Columbia Superior Court sentences). AND Applicants must have successfully completed Principles of Sentence Computation and Advanced Sentence Computation training. NOTE: All applicants MUST address their experience within their resume and electronically upload and attach a copy of their training record for verification of the completion of Principles of Sentence Computations and Advanced Sentence Computation training at the time they apply. 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 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United States
• Name: CSU
• Phone: 972-352-4200
• Email: [email protected]