Facility Administrator

Benefits Information

• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) Matching
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discount
• Reduced Tuition Rates
• Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k)
• Pet Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Training
• Flexible Spending Account

Responsibilities

• Plans and provides leadership for the administration, security and treatment programs of the facility.
• Makes long-range plans and schedules.
• Sets goals and establishes objectives to achieve such plans.
• Develops and maintains close working relationships with the client departments and their representatives.
• Approves, initiates, interprets and enforces policies and directives for efficient administration.
• Supplements policies with written guidelines and procedures.
• Directs the activities of all facility functions, assigns duties and delegates authority to accomplish them.
• Delegates the authority for the selection, development and termination of staff, including ongoing staff training, communications and discipline.
• Ensures that adequate procedures, methods, and techniques are established in all programs and operations.
• Provides adequate facilities, space and equipment for inmates and staff.
• Ensures the ability of the facility staff to respond appropriately to emergencies.
• Conducts regularly scheduled physical inspections for the health, safety and welfare of inmates and staff and the physical property of the facility.
• Confers with the appropriate corporate or client officials on policy matters.
• Monitors statutory requirements and legal decisions that affect administrative decisions or operations of the facility.
• Analyzes proposals, financial statements, records, statistical reports, budget estimates and justifications for proposed expenditures.
• Develops and maintains close working relationships with government and private agencies including local, state and federal law enforcement units, and the community.
• Responds on a 24-hour, 7-day basis to significant unusual occurrences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in the behavioral sciences or related field supplemented by courses in business administration and a minimum of ten (10) years of work experience in a correctional or detention facility at the minimum level of associate Facility Administrator or Warden of a correctional facility or an equivalent combination of education and work experience required.
• Exceptions may be made concerning supervisory experience if the candidate clearly demonstrates the ability to supervise the proper administration of a correction or detention facility of a substantial number of inmates.
• Must possess a working knowledge of program objectives, policies, correctional laws, applicable court orders, procedures and requirements for managing a secure correction or detention facility.
• Must have strong leadership ability, sound judgment, and effective administrative ability.
• Possesses a thorough knowledge and understanding of the objectives and principles of career development and advancement programs.
• Clearly demonstrates the ability to guide, direct and coordinate the efforts of others.
• Must be mature, flexible, intellectually alert, able to command the respect and confidence of inmates and staff.