PROGRAM PROJECT SPECIALIST II

Arizona Department of Administration • Phoenix, AZ

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

Requirements

• Principles and practices of program planning, laws, rules, regulations, and trends in the area of assignment
• Local, state, and federal programs and resources
• Research methodologies and report preparation
• Best practices in community resources and requirements
• ADCRR policies and procedures
• Security practices
• Computer operations and various software programs, including Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite
• Verbal and written communications
• Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships
• Organization and time management
• Reentry planning
• Active listening
• Coaching and motivational interviewing
• Collecting and maintaining accurate data/documentation and program records
• Coordinate offender/resident release planning
• Interact professionally with a wide variety of ADCRR staff and the public
• Work in a secured prison and a community-based correctional center environment
• Make sound decisions
• Travel frequently
• Collect and maintain statistical data
• Produce reports
• Maintain confidentiality
• Work independently with minimal supervision
• Possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license
• Complete all required training
• Successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks
• Maintain acceptable driving records
• Complete all required driver training
• Maintain the statutorily required liability insurance
• Take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter
• Successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify)

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Minimum of one (1) year experience working with justice-involved individuals, probationers, parolees, or inmates
• Minimum of one (1) year experience in instruction or teaching of programs, classes or groups

Responsibilities

• Delivers programming services and classes in a group or one-on-one setting during weekdays, weekends, and evenings to offenders/residents under supervision of the Community Corrections Division
• Case management of various elements of offender/resident participation, class completions, documentation and data entry
• Statistical gathering and reporting on programs, offender/resident needs, participation and success of programs
• Communicates, interacts and works with internal and external employees, contractors, community agencies, programming delivery entities and offenders/residents
• Drives on State business
• Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Benefits

• Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
• Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
• Exceptional retirement program
• Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
• An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level