Deputy Warden; Correctional Administrator

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. DEPUTY WARDEN (CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATOR II)

Job Location:

Prison Operations Division, Statewide

This announcement will be used exclusively to fill vacancies on a statewide basis. Specific vacancies in this classification are not announced separately. You will be given the opportunity during the application process to identify your geographical preference. (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov

Salary: $79,380.00

Grade: 24

Closing Date:
Open Until Filled

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a driven leader to join our team as Deputy Warden (Correctional Administrator II). Under the direction of the Complex Warden, the Deputy Warden will serve as an administrator of a unit with 400 inmates or less within an institution. The ideal candidate will have experience in leading and developing diverse groups of staff, progressive administrative experience in managing inmate populations, monitoring and directing unit operations, security, inmate programming, and be responsible for ensuring the unit applies modern correctional practices.

• Directs and provides leadership and supervision of unit activities and subordinate staff
• Develops, controls and reviews unit budget and expenditure reports
• Oversees the development and operation of work, education and recreational programs for the inmates
• Reviews and evaluates reports of unit operations and develops replies
• Monitors and advises on complex and high-level matters throughout the institution
• Oversees inmate management to include grievances, appeals, classification, discipline, transfers, etc.
• Performs security and physical plant inspections and ensures compliance with ADC policies and health, safety and sanitation standards
• Reviews and approves unit personnel actions including training, scheduling, performance evaluations, discipline, hiring and terminations
• Conducts staff meetings
• Attends trainings and/or meetings as required
• Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

• State and federal laws and regulations relating to Corrections, department policies and institutional directives and personnel rules
• Correctional management including security, personnel, maintenance, warehousing, food service and fiscal areas
• Inmate management methods
• Organization and workings of State government agencies
• Classification system and levels appropriate to all levels of security and inmates
• Reporting practices

• Written and verbal communications
• Administrative, managerial, leadership and supervisory techniques
• Planning and projection of staff and inmate needs
• Organization and time management
• Researching, analyzing and problem solving

• Adhere to all Departmental rules, regulations, policies and procedures
• Evaluate effectiveness of correctional programs and divisional operations based on objective data
• Establish and maintain working relationships

• Previous experience as an Associate Deputy Warden
• Administrative or Business management experience within Department of Corrections and a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice/Corrections, Public Administration, Business Administration or Sociology/Social Science

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. Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation, drug test, and a medical/physical…