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Job opening: Correctional Program Specialist

Salary: $112 341 - 146 047 per year
Published at: Oct 16 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

This position is located in the Designation and Sentence Computation Center (DSCC). Serves as a Correctional Program Specialist and is a subject matter expert and advises in the areas of sentencing, sentence computations, classifications and designations. Performs many other functions such as gathering and evaluating management assessment data, conducting studies of programs, surveys and analyzes data for development of programs. Responsible for the daily operation of the routine and controlled correspondence in support of the DSCC. In addition to routine correspondence, is responsible for the most complex and difficult correspondence. Correspondence covers a myriad of issues raised by inmates and others from across the nation in response to BOP policies. Conducts surveys and analyzes data for development of programs, stays abreast of Federal laws and agency regulations and operates microcomputer software. Provides support services to all field, regional, and Office of General Counsel staff in matters of sentencing, sentence computation, classifications, and designations.

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 that demonstrated knowledge of correctional policies contained within the Sentence Computation Manual, Old Law Sentence Computation Manual, District of Columbia Sentence Computation Manual, Security and Custody Classification Manual, and policies related to the inmate administrative remedy process. Experience in the implementation of the National Administrative Remedy program with regard to inmate grievances relating to sentencing, sentence computations, initial classifications and designations. Experience in reviewing, preparing and monitoring comprehensive correspondence, litigation summaries, inmate grievances and administrative remedies. Experience in conducting assessments to measure policy compliance, identify significant findings or potential problem areas and recommending methods to correct and/or enhance operations. 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]

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