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 SPECIALIST

(PROGRAM PROJECT SPECIALIST II)

Job Location:

Address:  

Education Program & Community Reentry Division
701 E Jefferson St
Phoenix, AZ 85034

https://corrections.az.gov

Posting Details:

Salary: $40,122.00 

Grade: 19

Closing Date: 09/05/2025

Job Summary:

Expand your horizons with the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry!

We are looking for a dynamic multitasker with excellent communication, customer service, and administration skills.
This role, under the direction of the Education Executive Staff Assistant, is responsible for conducting Education’s procurement activities, preparing and monitoring federal education grants, and coordinating conferences and reserves for the Education Program & Community Reentry Division.

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Job Duties:

- Cooperates with the Education Administrator and Special Education Director in the design, development, modification and implementation of educational grant projects awarded through the Arizona Department of Education
- Conducts all Education’s procurement activities through the state purchasing system
- Coordinates all travel-related activities
- Conducts all division fleet activities, including maintenance and repair
- Coordinates delivery and distribution of education materials and software
- Produces statistical reports for all-job duties on a monthly basis and provides them to the direct supervisor
- Coordinates gate passes and approval for outside stakeholders site visits
- Conducts conference and reservations coordination
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
- Principles and practices of administration with special reference to organization, fiscal management, budget control and general administrative services
- Federal, state agency or program rules, regulations and operating procedures
- ADCRR policy and procedures

Skill in:
- Verbal and written communications
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships
- Project management
- Composing correspondence
- Time management
- Assistance with an administrative services program for an organization
- Typing
- Data entry
- Works independently
- Report generation

Ability to:
- Plan, Analyze, and coordinate activities and establish priorities
- Develop effective operating procedures
- Assess situations and make sound decisions
- Interprets policies and procedures
- Do analytical work, produce monthly reports, and to speak and write effectively

Selective Preference(s):

- Three (3) years of responsible administrative experience equivalent to or above the Administrative Assistant III level, in such field as budget analysis, purchasing, accounting, data processing or related administrative services work

Pre-Employment Requirements:

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation and a drug test.

In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license recor