Manager of Records and Post Release Units

State of Maryland • Baltimore City, MD

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. DPSCS is one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion. The department's mission is to promote safety by increasing security at its institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release. As a member of the DPSCS team, you can have a fulfilling career, while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e. vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• Three years of administrative staff or professional work.
• Candidates may substitute 30 college credit hours from an accredited college or university for each year up to two years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from a college or university for the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer involving staff work that included the regular use of independent judgment and analysis in applying and interpreting complex administrative plans, policies, rules or regulations or analysis of operational programs or procedures with recommendations for improvement on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
• Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

Nice To Haves

• Two (2) years of experience supervising employees in a Public Safety setting
• Two (2) years of experience using Offender Case Management System (OCMS) & National Crime Information Center (NCIC)

Responsibilities

• Manages three work units that provide services critical to the operation of the Parole Commission: Warrant Unit, NCIC Warrant Unit, Revocation Unit, and Records Unit.
• Oversees the management of active supervision and delinquent files, and ensures that all files are accurately tracked when processed.
• Ensures that orders to recall warrants are properly and promptly processed in order to avoid unnecessary detention of offenders.
• Monitors unit activities and resources to ensure maximum efficiency.
• Ensures that the NCIC warrant unit is completing warrants within the established timeframes.
• Directs the daily operation of the Records Unit to ensure that files needed for parole hearings, correspondence, or file review are pulled and tracked in a timely manner.
• Ensures that reports issued by Community Supervision from the DPSCS reporting system are retrieved and processed in accordance with the established procedures.
• Responds to attorneys, family members, and the general public on issues concerning the warrant and/or revocation process in a timely manner.
• Prepares quarterly MFR report in accordance with the established timeframe.
• Coordinates the transfer of parole violators being considered for HDU placement.

Benefits

• health insurance
• dental
• vision plans
• six (6) personnel days annually
• ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year
• fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year
• up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave
• at least twelve (12) holidays per year
• State pension
• supplemental retirement options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED