Associate Warden Job Carson City area,Nevada USA,Management

Position: ASSOCIATE WARDEN

The Nevada Department of Corrections has a vacancy for an Associate Warden at the Northern Nevada Correctional Facility in Carson City. This recruitment will be used to fill the Associate Warden of Programs. Incumbents function as managers who train, supervise and evaluate the performance of subordinate supervisors, develop policies and procedures, and allocate staff and resources to accomplish goals and objectives.

Incumbents supervise the classification staff, chair classification hearings for special reviews, prepare various reports including parole board, investigate reported infractions of rules, regulations and irregular or suspicious occurrences.

Under general direction of the Warden within an assigned correctional institution, plan, organize, and direct the operations-related areas such as custody, culinary, and maintenance or programs related areas such as classification, medical, and education and rehabilitation.

Four or more years of applicable experience as described in the job duties with a minimum of one-year supervisory experience preferred and graduation from high school or equivalent education.

Prepare budget proposals, assess needs, evaluate past expenditures, and conduct future needs analysis.

Control institutional budgets for staff, activities, equipment, supplies, and structures.

Prepare in-depth studies and reports.

Analyze legislatively approved staffing levels, convert into a master schedule, and calculate relief factors.

Liaise between various stakeholders to coordinate activities, resolve issues, and represent agency interests.

Provide direction and oversight to administrative units.

Develop, implement, and oversee policies, procedures, goals, objectives, and short- and long-range plans.

Analyze and propose legislative changes, draft amendments, and provide testimony.

Review concerns of staff and inmates and provide oversight for organizational compliance.

Coordinate activities with outside agencies to obtain resources not available within the institution.

Review critical and unusual incidents and ensure appropriate actions are taken.

Oversee institutional security, audits of custody staff, and investigations of policy violations.

Manage visiting room, property, mail, identification, culinary, gym, and laundry operations.

Manage armory operations, ensure staffing, and regularly inventory and audit items.

Supervise prison industries security, oversee maintenance operations, and search inmates for contraband.

Oversee the provision of programs, education, and treatment to inmates.

Coordinate the approval, training, and monitoring of volunteers.

Oversee the chaplain to ensure that religious services are held to accommodate different faiths.

Manage casework staff, inmate interactions and records, and informational systems.

Monitor the recording of credits and prepare various reports.

Ensure recreation programs provide exercise for different age groups and coordinate special events.

Coordinate, facilitate, and delegate programs, oversee enrollment, and track merit credits and certificates.

Oversee education available to inmates to ensure compliance.

Ensure the law library is compliant and legal materials are adequate.

Train, supervise, schedule, and evaluate the performance of employees, and other supervisory duties as appropriate for managing people.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Knowledge of:

Applicable federal and State laws, regulations, rules, and agency policies and procedures; institutional program goals, objectives, and content; principles and practices of supervision;
State budget and accounting principles and practices.
Methods used and problems involved in supervision and adjustment of inmates; principles and practices of advisement and guidance; casework theory, practice, and the principles of individual and group behavior; theories, trends, and terminology used in the field of corrections.
Firearms, chemical agents, restraints, and other security devices; security principles, practices, and tactics governing the use of physical and deadly force; staff roles as applied to administering the security of an institution.
Principles and practices of corrections as part of the criminal justice system; social and cultural aspects of a variety of ethnic and cultural groups; causes of crime, delinquency, and methods of rehabilitation.

Skill in:

Interpersonal and communication, both verbal and written.
Use and operation of office and job-related equipment and software.

Ability to:

Control, direct, and instruct inmates;…