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.

COMMUNITY REENTRY

DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Job Location:

Address:

Education, Programs and Community Reentry (EPCR)
801 S 16th Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
https://corrections.az.gov

Posting Details:

Salary: $110,200.00 

Grade: 27

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Job Summary:

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) Executive Team is seeking a driven leader to join our team as a Community Reentry Deputy Assistant Director for our Education, Programs, and Community Reentry Division. The Community Reentry Deputy Assistant Director administers, coordinates, recommends, and implements programs and systems related to community reentry and community supervision. Assists in overseeing the operations and administration of the Community Supervision section of the Education, Programs and Community Reentry Division. Provides direct supervision and administrative direction to community reentry managers that oversee supervisors, officers and support staff to ensure evidence-based practices are utilized and the department's vision is upheld. Assists in developing, planning and implementing department goals and objectives. Recommends and administers policies and procedures. Reviews and/or recommends legislation for potential impact.

Job Duties:

- Provides oversight to all community reentry managers to ensure reentry efforts are current, evidence-based, and in compliance with the Department's vision
- Works in conjunction with managers to resource modern efforts to deliver services to inmates and released individuals
- Works in conjunction with other divisions to identify, implement and continue efforts to increase the Department's ability to properly assess inmates upon release to develop individualized plans for programming and reentry efforts
- Administers and ensures coordination and implementation of risk reduction and cognitive restructuring programs are delivered to inmates and released individuals
- Administers and ensures coordination and implementation of quality assurance activities and performs reporting related to risk reduction and reentry programs to ensure program fidelity
- Ensures newly hired Community Reentry Officers (CROs) and supervisors are provided with the appropriate training relative to the needs of the position, including case management and risk reduction curriculum
- Administers and ensures valid case management techniques and principles are employed effectively by Community Reentry Officers
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
- ADCRR policies and procedures
- Laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the assignment
- Concepts and practices of Community Reentry, supervision and inmate programming
- Release assessment processes
- Community Reentry budgeting and budget proposals

Skill in:
- Verbal and written communications
- Coaching and training
- Organizational and vision management
- Continuous improvement principles and techniques
- Research and statistical concepts to comprehend and develop reports and statistical models in conjunction with the Research Department
- Project management techniques to organize and/or manage correctional initiatives
- Information technology business analysis techniques to develop automated solutions where appropriate

Ability to:
- Operate a computer, laptop and associated office software
- Evaluate effective programs in the correctional setting
- Develop, track and implement projects strategically
- Lead and mentor staff
- Develop effective management systems and practices
- Interpret and enforce state, federal and agency laws, policies and procedures