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.

COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE (CDL)

INSTRUCTOR

(PROJECT MANAGER)

Job Location:

Address:

Education Program and Community Reentry Division
Arizona State Prison Complex (ASPC) – Perryville
2105 North Citrus Road
Goodyear, AZ 85395
https://corrections.az.gov

Posting Details:

Salary:  $56,511.00

Grade: 21

Closing Date: 1/16/2025

Job Summary:

Do you have a Class A Commercial Driver License (CDL) with no restrictions? Are you a good instructor or educator? Be the instructor that gives someone a new career path. Apply now!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is looking for a driver with a Class A Commercial driver’s license to fill the Project Manager position. This position instructs inmate students in all requirements leading to earning a Class A Commercial Driver License (CDL). This includes recruiting inmate student cohorts at regular intervals and peer mentors. Provides direct instruction as needed and coordinates the inmate peer mentor instructors to ensure the most effective engagement of the inmate students. Coordinates all needed preparatory actions including but not limited to checking criminal history, Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) license status, and coordinates needed medical exams, court project communications and all exams.

Job Duties:

- Supervises inmate students and peer mentors for in-class instruction for Commercial Learner’s Permit (CLP), theory classes and road range instruction
- Coordinates program preparation and maintenance such as Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) license checks, birth certificates, prior criminal history checks, court project communication for inmates without valid licenses, and scheduling and coordinating medical exams
- Coordinates program recruitment to ensure inmates are eligible for the program and each class cohort is filled
- Schedules CLP exams with staff proctors, conducts theory exams, coordinates CDL driving exams with MVD, enters exam results data in the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Association (FSCMA) database, and other related program requirement
- Participates in internal and external meetings, seminars, workshops, and initiatives to further Division and Department goals and activities and to promote the CDL program
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
- Laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures pertaining to educational services and programs
- Adult education theory and best practices
- Computers and various software applications including Microsoft Office
- Business English and proper grammar
- State procurement/contract procedures
- Short-range and strategic planning concepts
- Research methodologies
- Report generation and formats
- Conflict resolution strategies
- Evaluation and auditing techniques
- Principles and practices of budgeting and fiscal management
- Concepts and practices of corrections reentry, specifically those issues surrounding the prison-to-community transition
- Corrections prison and community corrections environments and programs designed to improve successful reentry
- Training approaches and techniques
- Basic continuous improvement concepts and techniques

Skill in:
- Verbal and written communications
- Organization and time management
- Public speaking, facilitating and teaching
- Research, statistical analysis, evaluation and auditing
- Typing
- Budgeting and contract management
- Grant writing, report generation and formatting
- Collaboration/team building and interpersonal relations
- Coaching and training

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