Job opening: Correctional Program Officer (Deputy Chief, Counter-Terrorism Unit)
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: May 14 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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
Serves as one of the Bureau of Prison (BOP) subject-matter experts (SME) on counter terrorism issues and is responsible for maintaining contact with staff assigned to the FBI Counter Terrorism Division and National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF). Maintains final “TOP SECRET-Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)” clearance as a condition of assignment to this position. Assist with threat analysis, risk assessment, and link analysis tasks so as to determine the security threat posed by various terrorist groups entering or operating within the BOP. Works closely with all parties to ensure the BOP is kept abreast of the status of all inmates entering custody or releasing to the community where theirs offense behavior is related to terrorist acts or threats to national security. Assists the Chief, in advising on all matters that involve inmates that require placement in a special management/interest category for heightened awareness and monitoring purposes.
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 position. Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. 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 planning, evaluating, developing and ensuring the management of policies and operations are in compliance with the agency’s goals and objectives.
Experience in providing expert advice in counter terrorism issues, intelligence security interests and general law enforcement intelligence products and services.
Knowledge of the geographical, political, military, economic, industrial forces, and trends which effect domestic terrorist group operations.
Conditions of Employment: Upon selection, the selectee must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret AND Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance as a condition of assignment to this position. 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 75054
United States
- Name: CSU
- Phone: 972-352-4200
- Email: [email protected]
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