You will serve as a Correctional Program Officer in the Naval Consolidated Brig Detachment of NAVAL CONSOLIDATED BRIG CHESAPEAKE.

Duties

You will oversee correctional programs for adherence to American Correctional Association Core Jail Standards, Department of Justice Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards, and DOJ Restrictive Housing guidelines. You will evaluate programs to determine effectiveness. You will provide guidance for programs and services to include management of sexual offenders, violent offenders, substances abusers, female offenders and severely behaviorally and emotionally disturbed prisoners. You will ensure programs and services are within professional standards. You will identify improvement procedures and effective methods for corrections programs. You will conduct internal review to determine effectiveness of corrections programs. You will manage internal administrative programs for compliance with high level requirements.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Overseeing correctional programs for adherence to regulations and guidelines (ie. American Correctional Association (ACA), Core Jail Standards (CJS), Department of Justice (DOJ), Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards, or DOJ Restrictive Housing guidelines); 2) Providing guidance for programs and services to include management of sexual offenders, violent offenders, substance abusers, female offenders, and/or severely behaviorally and emotionally disturbed prisoners; 3) Ensuring programs and services are within professional standards; and 4) Conducting Internal Reviews to determine effectiveness of corrections programs and recommending improvements. NOTE: THIS INFORMATION MUST BE SUPPORTED IN YOUR RESUME TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Correctional Institution Administration Series 0006 (opm.gov) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. PREA Standard 115.17: Agency policy prohibits hiring or promoting anyone who may have contact with inmates and prohibits enlisting the services of any contractor 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 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 the activity described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section. Agency policy requires the consideration of any incidents of sexual harassment in determining whether to hire or promote anyone, or to enlist the services of any contractor, who may have contact with inmates. Agency policy requires that before it hires any new employees who may have contact with inmates, it (a) conducts criminal background record checks, and (b) consistent with federal, state, and local law, makes its best efforts to contact all prior institutional employers for information on substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or any resignation during a pending investigation of an allegation of sexual abuse. YES OR NO (FROM 115.17(c)-1) In the past 12 months: The number of persons hired who may have contact with inmates who have had criminal background record checks: (FROM 115.17(c)·2) The percent of persons hired who may have contact with inmates who have had criminal background record checks: (CALCULATED FROM 115.17(c)·2 AND# OF STAFF WHO HAVE CONTACT WITH INMATES FROM FACILITY CHARACTERISTICS) §115.17 (f) The agency shall ask all applicants and employees who may have contact with inmates directly about previous misconduct described in paragraph (a) of this section in written applications or interviews for hiring or promotions and in any interviews or written self-evaluations conducted as part of reviews of current employees. The agency shall also impose upon employees a continuing affirmative duty to disclose any such misconduct. Agency policy states that material omissions regarding such misconduct, or the provision of materially false information, shall be grounds for termination.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree with a major study in correctional administration, criminology, psychology, social work, sociology, or other fields related to the position.
OR
Have successfully completed three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree with a major study in correctional administration, criminology, psychology, social work, sociology, or other fields related to the position.
OR
Have successfully completed an LL.M. degree that is related to the position being filled with a major study in correctional administration, criminology, psychology, social work, sociology. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/.
OR
Have a combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. My percentage of the required education plus my percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL CONSOLIDATED BRIG CHESAPEAKE NAVCONBRIG Chesapeake, VA 60088 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]