About the Position: This position is included under the Law Enforcement (LEO) provisions of Special Retirement Coverage (SRC). The maximum entry age for positions covered under this retirement is 37 and mandatory retirement age of 57 years old.For more information about the United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB), please visit the website at http://usdb.leavenworth.army.mil/main.htm https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol336.pdf?ver=2017-12-01-105458-707

Duties

Picks up inmate and official incoming mail; sorts official mail by activity; and safeguards official mail until picked up by recipient. Logs inmate mail by housing unit and maintains the mail until picked up by authorized personnel from each housing unit. Ensures a fund account is initiated for each inmate assigned to the facility; secures cash, valuables, and personal property; and processes money to be credited to inmate accounts. Prepares required supporting documents and ensures monies received are properly accounted for and credited to the appropriate inmate account. Monitors and processes inmate telephone transactions including adding, deleting, and tracking telephone use to monitor authorized telephone use and potential abuse of regulations, policies, and procedures.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• A valid driver’s license is required.
• Employee must be able to pass a Criminal History Background Check. Candidates under consideration will be required to certify whether they have ever been convicted of such an offense.
• Employee must obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• The position requires a physical fitness examination and medical screening upon appointment and an annual re-evaluation. Employee must undergo screening for tuberculosis upon employment and periodic screening thereafter.
• All Army Corrections Command employees are required to take 40 hours of training annually. Employees will receive basic training in inmate supervision and security as well as specialized training in their field.
• The employee will comply with all provisions of the 15th Military Police (MP) Brigade (BDE) Regulation 190-3, Rules of Conduct and Army Corrections Command (ACC) Policy Letter #17, Standards of Conduct.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or requirements described below. 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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes operating office automated equipment to input data, maintaining office files, preparing routine responses to inquiries, and distributing correspondence according to local standard operating procedures. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GL/GS-04). OR Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. Conditions of Employment: (Continued) NOTE: This position requires direct contact with inmates as well as incidental contact with inmates. Direct contact is with inmates while delivering mail, in-processing and out-process. It often requires delieverying unpleaant news to violent offenders. Incidental contact is constant in the work area where a detail of inmates is maintained, and within the areas of the Military Correctional Complex (MCC). This position requires the employee to complete the Army Corrections Command Pre-Service Training program. Pre-Service Training emphasizes the responsibilities of each individual to maintain security and control of inmates, appropriate staff/inmate interaction and understanding the rules of inmate conduct. In Accordance With (IAW) 28 Conduct Contract Receipt and Review (C.R.R.) Part 115, Prison Rape Elimination Act, the MCC shall not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with inmates, who: has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility, or other institution (as defined in 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) 1997); has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse; or has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse. Personnel who enter the Military Correctional Complex consent to inspection of their person and property, including their vehicle, at any time their property or vehicle is within the fence line of the United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) or Joint Regional Correctional Facility (JRCF), or within the grounds or facilities outside the fence line but still controlled by the Military Correctional Complex. Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI), Number 1325.07 states all confinement facility personnel shall possess a high degree of maturity and emotional stability; and have no civilian felony convictions or court-martial convictions for any offense with a maximum authorized sentence to confinement of over one year. Section 639 of Public Law 106-554 requires agencies to remove law enforcement officers from employment as law enforcement officers if they are convicted of a felony. This position has been classified as a primary/rigorous law enforcement officer (LEO) position in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 8331 (20) 5 U.S.C. 8401(17), 5 Code of Federal Regulation (C.F.R.) 831 Subpart I, and 5 C.F.R. 842, Subpart H. 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 direct contact in the detention of inmates requires employment opportunities for this position be limited to young and physically vigorous individuals as evidenced by the maximum entry age, mandatory retirement age, and required physical fitness requirements. The maximum entry age for positions covered under the special Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) retirement is 37 years old. Individuals who are past the maximum entry age limit, but previously served in a primary position, may be reinstated. The mandatory retirement age is established IAW 5 U.S.C. 8425 (b).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

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