Correctional Program Manager
Listed on 2026-10-21
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Management
Healthcare Management, Project & Program Management, Operations Management
Correctional Program Manager (CPM) - Exempt Management Services (EMS) Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC) Airway Heights, Washington
Salary Range: $ Annually
* DOC Agency Internal Staff Only*
We are seeking a team member that is motivated to work together with Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC) staff and executive leadership team. As Correctional Program Manager (CPM)you will play a crucial role in our facility by partnering in the development of solutions that bring success and unity in our efforts to support our staff, safely operate our facility and improve public safety by positively changing lives.
In this position you will provide leadership to program and unit staff and also partner with staff throughout the facility in combined efforts to successfully and safely operate living units as well as new and ongoing programs at AHCC.
We are searching for an adaptable and dependable team member who has strong interpersonal skills along with excellent written and verbal communication, to assume the critical role of Correctional Program Manager and ensure AHCC is operating in support of the mission, vision, and strategic plan of the agency.
This Correctional Program Manager position is responsible for assigned living units, is a liaison for multiple programs, oversees and participates in the classification processes for our population and is a member of our management team. The duties of the Correctional Program Manager (CPM) are in alignment and in support of the agency's mission:
To improve public safety by positively changing lives; and the agency's vision:
Working together for safer communities. This position is critical to the Agency commitment:
To operate a safe and humane corrections system and partner with others to transform lives for a better Washington. This position contributes to these by completing a job screening process, provides for safe housing, and implementing programs that better the lives of those we serve.
As a Correctional Program Manager, some of your duties will include:
Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Incarcerated Individual social and security programs, custody, classification, and movement within the assigned areas of responsibility.
Assist with management and determination of staffing needs for two or more General Population Living Units.
Manage Incarcerated Individual Job assignments.
Maintain the highest standards of personal/professional and ethical conduct and support the state's goals for a diverse workforce.
Oversee hiring, training, evaluations, and recommend corrective action for staff.
Identifies employees' development needs and provides meaningful developmental opportunities.
Ensures timely completion of investigations.
Development and monitoring of the incarcerated individual classification process for two or more living units.
Serves as the facility Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator.
Participates in the rotation for facility duty officer and as a member of the facility Executive Management team.
May assist and/or provide urgent or emergent decisions needed in the absence of the Associate Superintendent.
Responsibilities require the continuous inspection and review of corrections and security procedures and involves the interpretation of management policy in the daily operations of the facility to ensure the orderly operation of the facility and the safety, health and welfare of staff, incarcerated individuals, visitors, volunteers, and the public.
Monitors staff use of equipment and supplies of all supervised programs, living units, and other areas of control. This position is not assigned an annual budget but is responsible to ensure all living units adhere to an assigned monthly budget.
Makes recommendations and presents justification for budgetary scope of operations for assigned living units, ADA, and other program areas under direct supervision.
Write and review operational memorandums, Post Orders, Operation Manuals, and administrative bulletins.
- Two (2) years of college or equivalent credits from an accredited institution whose accreditation is recognized by the US Department of Education or the Council of Higher Education Accreditation, or foreign equivalent; and five (5) years of experience in adult or juvenile corrections providing case management services to incarcerated individuals, classification, and supervision of incarcerated individuals with one of those years being experience as a supervisor.
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- Seven (7) years or more of broad based…
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