• Responsible for managing the administration, supervision, coordination, and monitoring of the activities of the team(s) and/or program(s), which include but are not limited to:
• Review Investigation Teams
• Community-Based Corrections Programs
• Education Programs
• Medical and Dietary Departments
• Staff Training
• Quality Assurance Team
• Inmate Work Assignments
• Security Functions,
• Restricted Housing program
• Inmate On-The-Job Training Program
• Inmate Recreation Program and others.
• Manages the development of various related tasks involving receiving offenders, maintaining their needs and services, design their future activities toward their rehabilitation during incarceration.
• Fosters good communications and working relationships with all institutional department heads and other Wyoming DOC staff.
• Ensures Operations meet all standards required by Wyoming DOC policy, state and federal laws, and other regulations that may apply.

PREFERENCES:

Preference will be given to candidates with a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years of high-level supervisory experience in a correctional setting, including working as an Associate Warden or higher. Knowledge of the American Correctional Association and the requirements for continuing accreditation is a plus.

• Knowledge of unit management concepts
• Knowledge of human relations
• Knowledge of institutional health standards and corrections training programs
• Knowledge of educational and recreational programs
• Skill in interpersonal communications
• Skill in team building and problem resolution
• Skill in oral and written communication
• Ability to manage and supervise staff and inmates
• Ability to identify and correct inappropriate inmate behavior

PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

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  Lifting/grasping up to 20 pounds without assistance on an occasional to regular basis
• Walking on cement floors on an occasional to regular basis
• Walking up and down stairs on an occasional basis
• Stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching on an occasional basis
• Reaching on a regular basis
• Typing/Repetitive motion on a frequent basis
• Talking/hearing on a frequent basis
• Seeing: the visual ability to perform an activity such as analyzing data and figures, viewing a computer terminal, extensive reading
• Occasional travel

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  FLSA: Exempt
• This position is an at-will position and serves at the discretion of the Director of DOC.
• The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities. No eligibility notice will be sent to applicants who meet the minimum qualifications.
• The Wyoming Department of Corrections is a Drug-Free Workplace. All staff are subject to drug testing while employed by the WDOC. The Wyoming Department of Corrections is a Tobacco-Free Workplace and prohibits the taking, carrying, possessing, or introducing of smoking materials, smokeless tobacco, or tobacco substitutes on or into WDOC facilities and grounds.
• The Wyoming Department of Correction is in compliance with the Federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003. It is the policy and practice of WDOC to protect inmates/offenders from personal abuse, corporal punishment, personal injury, disease, property damage, harassment, and the elimination of prison rape. Successful Applicants for employment must pass a background/reference check, medical evaluation, and drug test prior to appointment.
• WDOC offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and life insurance, paid vacations and sick leave, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement program, Wyoming State Retirement, 457 deferred compensation program, and longevity pay. Housing is available for this position.

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