CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR 1 - 69438

Executive Service

Background Check:

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position

Who we are and what we do:

The mission of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is to operate safe and secure prisons and provide effective community supervision in order to enhance public safety. The department manages and operates or oversees 14 state prisons housing approximately 21,000 offenders. In addition, the department supervises some 79,000 offenders on probation, parole, or community correction and operates eight Day Reporting/Community Resource Centers across the state.

How you make a difference in this role:

The Correctional Program Director position assists in coordinating the daily administrative services of institutional compliance. The position also assists with reviewing policies governing the Compliance Division, executive briefings, conducting annual compliance audits, and maintaining Correctional Accreditation. The Correctional Program Director I shall also provide guidance and assistance to compliance staff and executive and division leadership as requested. This position reports directly to the Director of Institutional Compliance with the Office of Inspector General.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists with Annual Compliance Audits of TDOC and contracted facilities
• Reviews policies
• Responsible for training and supervising compliance team members as requested
• Prepares compliance reports
• Presents reports to executive and division leadership
• Responsible for follow-up reports for any compliance issues
• Assists with prepping facilities for ACA Audits
• Attends the ACA Conference upon request
• Assists with Mock ACA Audits of TDOC facilities
• Assists with prepping facilities for Department of Justice PREA Audits

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Must have a bachelor's degree with five (5) years of institutional correctional experience.
2. Must demonstrate proficiency and capability to make rational decisions, solve problems, organize their time well, and work efficiently.
3. Must be a self-starter, motivated, organized, and detail-oriented, with strong leadership skills, resolve, self-confidence, originality, and drive.
4. Must have good communication and writing skills and the ability to appropriately correspond with various agencies and clients.
5. Must have the ability to interact on a professional level with a variety of individuals, agencies, and clients.
6. Must be available for meetings, briefings, and consultations as requested.
7. Must be available to travel in and out of state as requested.
8. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.