Correctional Program Specialist (Senior Intelligence Designator) - Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: 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. Specialized experience is directly related experience that included substantial involvement with a correctional program and provided a thorough knowledge of correctional techniques, or experience in meeting and dealing with people that demonstrated the ability to work effectively with inmates and associates in a correctional environment. Experience must have also demonstrated the ability to perform supervisory or administrative duties successfully. This includes: (1) understanding the problems of custody, treatment, training, and release of inmates of penal or correctional institutions; (2) a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of an institution's internal policies, programs, regulations, and procedures; and (3) training subordinates, coordinating and directing activities and functions, evaluating performance of operations and the effectiveness of programs, and maintaining high standards or work objectives. This experience must have been gained in an administrative position, or in other positions that included the successful direction, or assistance in the direction of, an entire correctional program or a major phase of such a program. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience handling complex issues and guiding investigative programmatic and policy decisions by the intelligence, policy, and law enforcement communities. Experience reviewing directives from higher authority and advising on potential impact on the organization. Experience in investigative procedures and intelligence processing as related to prosecution, administrative processing, or internal affairs. 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.** The Senior Intelligence Designator works in close liaison with the United States District Courts, including the Probation Service, United States Marshals, United States Attorneys, the United States Parole commission, State agencies, institutions, community offices, and various other agencies and Bureaus of the Department of Justice. The Senior Intelligence Designator will work closely with the Intelligence Section of the Correctional Services Branch of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. As such, the incumbent must demonstrate a strong working knowledge of policy regarding the identification, membership confirmation, and tracking of prison gang members, domestic terrorists and other select groups that pose a special threat to institution security. Provides guidance and assistance to other specialists and technicians within the unit.