ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

REHABILITATION & REENTRY

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

CHIEF OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

(DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR)

Job Location:

Address:

4441 East McDowell Road.
Phoenix, AZ 85008
https://corrections.az.gov  

Posting Details:

Salary:  $112,000.00 - $125,000.00

Grade: 28

Closing Date: 01/07/2024

Job Summary:

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (ADCRR) is reimagining the role of Arizona Correctional Industries (ACI).

In the past, the ACI Deputy Assistant Director/CEO was primarily focused on building sales and customer relationships. While this remains an important part of the role, the Department seeks a candidate with the additional skills and background to reimagine ACI as a hub for the vocational, career, and technical workforce development of the more than 35,000 inmate population.

With the state needing to fill upwards of 400,000 jobs by 2030, ACI can envision, plan, and direct career and workforce development opportunities for currently incarcerated individuals in preparation to fill the state's workforce needs while improving the long-term success of individuals with correctional involvement. Working in close collaboration with the ADCRR’s Division of Education, Programming, and Community Reentry, the Chief of Workforce Development will provide strategic leadership to advance existing relationships and build new relationships with the employer community toward the end goals of enhancing job training programming inside the prisons and build direct paths for employment opportunities post-release.

In addition, the Chief of Workforce Development will manage the self-funded, revenue-generating business ventures currently within ACI.

The Chief of Workforce Development reports to the ADCRR Chief of Staff.

Job Duties:

The Chief of Workforce Development will subscribe to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry vision and mission. Centering the work and leadership of ACI in the four overarching mission-centered goals, which include a commitment to:

- Building a meaningful organizational culture and promoting the development of the team
- Creating and implementing optimal population management and progression strategies
- Deploying quality services and continuity of care in prison complexes and community corrections
- Achieving modernized and sustainable practices and resources


Primary responsibilities include:

General Leadership of ACI and Associated Employees, Inmates, and Partners to Include:
- Provide leadership and management of all aspects of ACI, including business and sales functions, implementation, and expansion of inmate workforce development programs, opportunities, and services
- Participate in the management of the ACI budget in collaboration with ACI’s CFO
- Assist in contract management
- Assist in the development and implementation of policies and procedures of ACI and ADCRR, and Arizona and federal laws
- Provide administrative leadership, ensuring the completion of necessary reports
- Participate in executive-level meetings, multidisciplinary teams, councils, and/or advisory committees, and represent the agency at events and/or publicly as directed
- Supervise subordinate employees, providing reviews of work, evaluations of staff, and general HR functions associated with direct oversight of staff

Thought and Strategic Leadership of Workforce Development Programs, Services, and Opportunities to Include:
- Build and maintain partnerships with local businesses, educational institutions, community organizations, other stakeholders, and government agencies to create opportunities for the incarcerated population
- Work in close collaboration with others from ADCRR on the development and delivery of training programs, wo