Reentry Coordinator

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.

REENTRY COORDINATOR

Job Location:

Education Programs and Community Reentry Division
801 East Jefferson Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034

Posting Details:

Salary: $65,000.00
Grade: 21
Closing Date: 7/6/26

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a driven leader to join our Community Reentry team as the Reentry Coordinator. This position provides management of general reentry services to inmates, manages ADCRR’s reentry-related programs and services to prisons and reentry centers statewide, and maintains the Reentry Resource database. Instructs correctional staff in best case management practices and delivery, recommends revisions to reentry-related policies, identifies release needs of offenders, and seeks avenues to meet these needs from both public and private sectors.

In addition, this position assists Correctional Officer IIIs and Community Supervision Officers in identifying resources for particularly hard-to-place offenders.

• Provides overall management of reentry-related services and activities provided by prisons and community staff statewide
• Meets with community stakeholders, non-profit organizations and faith-based communities to educate them on released offender needs
• Assists entities with developing and implementing programming necessary for community reentry
• Attends community-based conferences and planning meetings
• Ensures reentry services are developed and provided by ADCRR staff to create the best possible transition outcomes for inmates and offenders
• Conducts reentry-specific information sessions and classes with inmates
• Consults with ADCRR staff and inmate family members regarding difficult placement cases and makes referrals to appropriate community services and placements
• Conducts trainings and mentors staff under supervision regarding release planning and general case management strategies
• Identifies resources and updates the Reentry Resource Center
• Creates and distributes monthly newsletters to ADCRR staff highlighting available resources in the community
• Drives on State business
• Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

• Concepts and practices of Correctional and Community Reentry Services, criminal thinking self-improvement programs, community corrections supervision and programming, and prison operations
• Research related to inmate programming and correctional operations
• Research and statistical concepts to comprehend and develop reports and statistical models in conjunction with the Research department
• Project management techniques to organize and manage initiatives

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Coaching and training
• Organizational and vision management
• Continuous improvement principles and techniques
• Program development and implementation

• Operate a computer, laptop and associated office software
• Evaluate effective programs in a correctional and Reentry setting
• Develop, track and implement projects strategically
• Lead and mentor staff
• Develop effective management systems and practices

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a related field
• Two (2) years of experience in reentry services and correctional community program delivery

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation. 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…