Department: Department of Justice
Location(s): Washington, District of Columbia
Salary Range: $121785 - $158322 Per Year
Job Summary: Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
Major Duties:
Qualifications: To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: Basic Requirements: Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- education or a subject area related to the position to be filled. OR Specialized Experience: Experience that demonstrated a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s). Supervising or administering a training program. Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results. Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis. AND In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, applicants must have the following: Education: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position. Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience in the supervision of one or more of the following areas: training curricula design, delivery, or management of training program for senior or mid-level executives in jails, prisons, or community services. Experience with the administration or implementation of one or more of the following: the design, management, development, or implementation of a national, state, regional, or local level initiatives for jails, prisons, or community services. Experience utilizing innovative/evidence-based practices in community services, prisons, and jails to develop operational policy and procedures. Experience engaging and working with criminal justice stakeholder groups, such as judges, prosecutors, treatment providers, advocacy groups, and other state and local government agencies to plan a significant criminal justice system change or improvement of practice. Experience in conducting assessments/operational gap analysis for a community service agency, prison, and jail to determine agency needs and design a recommended plan of action. AND Selective Placement Factor: Applicants applying for this position MUST also possess the following Selective Factors. In the event that you do not possess the Selective Factor, you will be found ineligible for the position. Applicants must have the following: Applicant must demonstrate at least five (5) years of executive-level experience in a Federal, state, or local agency leading and managing pretrial, probation or parole community supervision, or a paroling authority agency in the capacity or equivalent to Executive Director, Commissioner, Administrator, Chief, Assistant/Deputy Director, Assistant/Deputy Commissioner, Assistant/Deputy Administrator, Assistant/Deputy Chief or Regional Director; OR five (5) years of current, demonstrated experience providing expert technical assistance, guidance and training at the national level to local pretrial, probation or parole agencies related to operations, policy development and the implementation of a research based innovation aimed to improve pretrial, probation or parole agency operations and outcomes; AND Applicant must have at least four (4) years in a managerial or supervisory capacity with included responsibility for designing and implementing system-wide community supervision policy, procedure, and practice, effectively engaging criminal justice and community stakeholders, to reach desired outcome and the application of emerging research into innovative new community supervision practices; AND Applicant must demonstrate significant experience designing and implementing system-wide policy; AND In this capacity the applicant must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience training senior executive staff in a community supervision system. NOTE: All applicants MUST clearly address the Selective Factor in their resume and upload any required documentation (i.e., licensure, certification, or transcripts) at the time you apply. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities. **Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**
How to Apply: You must apply through the online application system at www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your application is ineligible for further consideration. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete application. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental materials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required information and/or materials will result in your application not being considered for employment. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. USAJOBS Help Center - How to add a resume to your profile Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the application process and upload documentation to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documentation may result in you not receiving appropriate consideration during the assessment process. Required supporting documentation must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded). All required supporting documentation MUST be received by the Consolidated Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing date of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documentation. Supporting documentation for announcements with an application limitation MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than stated in the announcement. Paper applications: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolidated Staffing Unit at the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing date of the announcement for the alternate application procedure. If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants. Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line: DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons Consolidated Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, TX 75051 E-Mail: BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidatedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov Phone: 972-352-4200
Application Deadline: 2026-03-10