Correctional Associate Warden-Wilkes Correctional Center
About The Position
This position is located at Wilkes Correctional Center in North Wilkesboro, NC, a 268-bed minimum custody facility with approximately 58 staff. The Correctional Assistant Superintendent for Program I is a key member of the facility’s leadership team, overseeing all program services. This role provides direction and coordination for planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating corrective, rehabilitative, and therapeutic programs to support offender growth and positive behavior. The position ensures staff development, policy compliance, program integrity, and alignment with departmental standards. It also assists with overall facility management, administrative processes, communication, and strategic planning. The role serves as the Associate Warden during the Warden’s absence and rotates as Officer in Charge and Duty Officer. The established working hours are Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm, with 24/7 availability required to meet facility needs. The Correctional Assistant Superintendent for Program I provides leadership and oversight for facility programs including classification, chaplaincy, recreation, transitional services, work assignments, prison life initiatives, healthcare, mental health services, evidence-based interventions, and educational opportunities. The position supervises staff, manages recruitment and performance, coordinates resources, ensures compliance with departmental manuals and policies, and evaluates program effectiveness. It maintains offender schedules, oversees activities, ensures programming and evidence-based practices are implemented, and conducts audits and inspections. The role directs offender classification processes, ensuring timely, accurate, and policy-compliant decisions. It supports facility operations by preparing reports, responding to inquiries, coordinating communication, resolving program concerns, and contributing to budget planning. The position serves as a resource to stakeholders and maintains professionalism, sound judgment, and effective communication for safe, compliant, and productive facility operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of supervisory or management level experience in correctional programs; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must be eligible for certification by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission.
- Meet Criminal Justice Standards requirements (12 NCAC 09G .0302).
- Pass a criminal background check.
- Produce a negative drug screening result.
- Successfully complete medical and psychological evaluations.
- Possess a valid driver’s license.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated experience applying departmental policies and procedures, with working knowledge of correctional programs and offender rehabilitation strategies.
- Demonstrated experience in interpreting assessment results and psychological factors related to offender behavior, classification, and program needs.
- Demonstrated experience in synthesizing data and applying knowledge of complex correctional operations to make accurate, defensible offender classification and program decisions.
Responsibilities
- Oversees all program services within a correctional facility.
- Provides comprehensive direction and coordination in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating corrective, rehabilitative, and therapeutic programs.
- Ensures staff development, policy compliance, program integrity, and alignment with departmental standards.
- Assists with overall facility management, administrative processes, communication, and strategic planning.
- Serves as the Associate Warden during the Warden’s absence.
- Rotates as Officer in Charge and Duty Officer.
- Provides leadership and oversight for facility programs including classification, chaplaincy, recreation, transitional services, work assignments, prison life initiatives, healthcare, mental health services, evidence-based interventions, and educational opportunities.
- Supervises both direct and indirect staff.
- Manages recruitment and performance processes.
- Coordinates resources.
- Ensures compliance with all departmental manuals and policies.
- Evaluates program effectiveness.
- Maintains structured offender schedules.
- Oversees daily and special activities.
- Ensures proper implementation of programming and evidence-based practices.
- Conducts audits and inspections to maintain operational standards.
- Directs offender classification processes, ensuring timely, accurate, and policy compliant decisions related to custody levels, transfers, restrictions, and special reviews.
- Prepares reports.
- Responds to inquiries from offenders, families, attorneys, agencies, and the public.
- Coordinates communication among staff.
- Resolves program related concerns.
- Contributes to budget planning.
- Serves as a resource to internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintains professionalism, sound judgment, and effective communication to support safe, compliant, and productive facility operations.
Benefits
- Health Insurance options
- Retirement Plans
- NCFlex Supplemental Benefits
- Paid Vacation, Sick, and Community Service Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
