About the Position: Serves as Deputy to the Commander, senior administrator of the Joint Regional Correctional Facility (JRCF), providing direct supervision to facility operations, maintaining security and control. Position classified as Secondary Law Enforcement Officer position.

Duties

Provide facility oversight to correctional programs including logistics; medical, dental, and mental health care; inmate administrative records; and religious, vocational, educational, recreational, and crime specific rehabilitative programs. Develop and implement the JRCF short and long-range goals and objectives. Formulate, revise and submit recommendations for JRCF regulations, standing operating procedures (SOPs), policies, and mission objectives. Assign work to subordinates and explains work requirements, methods and procedures. Develop performance standards and rate employees. Oversee resource management to comply with higher headquarters' planning, programming, budgeting, and execution process with regards to the goals and objectives for resource management and personnel/manpower management. Direct the Management Control Program (MCP) for the JRCF. Manage organization inspection processes to ensure objectives and standards of the program are met. Apply American Correctional Association (ACA) standards and Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requirements to develop long range goals and objectives and provide oversight to correctional programs.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• This position requires the employee to undergo screening for tuberculosis prior to entry on duty and annually thereafter.
• This position requires the employee 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.
• A one year probation to assess your ability to perform supervisory duties is required unless previously completed.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 5% of the time.
• Financial Disclosure Statement OGE Form 450 is used to assist agencies and employees to avoid conflicts between duties and financial interest. This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter.
• 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 institution (42 USC 1997).
• Personnel who enter the JRCF (within or outside the fence line) must consent to inspection of their person and property, including their vehicle.
• All confinement facility personnel shall 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.
• Department of Defense Instruction, Number 1325.07 states all confinement facility personnel shall possess a high degree of maturity and emotional stability.
• Incumbent must comply with all provisions of the ACC Policy Letter #17, Standards of Conduct.
• This position requires the employee to complete the Army Corrections Command (ACC) Pre-Service Training upon employment and complete a minimum of 40 hours of training annually thereafter.
• 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.

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. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPeople 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 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience 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. Experience Requirement: Experience must demonstrate 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes (1) fully assisting with the direction and operations of a correctional program such as medical and mental health care, inmate records, educational recreational and/or rehabilitative programs; (2) developing policies, regulations and/or procedures for correctional programs; and (3) applying American Correctional Association (ACA) standards and Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requirements to correctional programs. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: CommunicationsManaging Human ResourcesProgram ManagementTechnical Credibility Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12). All applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within thirty (30) days after the closing date of the announcements. Current employees applying under VEOA are subject to time-in-grade restrictions like any other GS employee.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address HT-W6L202 US ARMY CORRECTIONS COMMAND DO NOT MAIL Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA 98433 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]