Deputy Warden - Administration C6

This position is responsible for directing and overseeing the provision of administrative services to the Corrections Department.

• Participates in the overall management and operation of the prison; assumes responsibility for the operation of the prison in the absence of the Warden and Deputy Warden of Security.
• Oversees the operation and maintenance of business office functions, including Property Control, the Inmate Store, the Trust/Commissary, and accounting receivables and payables.
• Oversees and conducts inspections, searches, investigations, and evaluations; monitors, inspects, and audits institutional operations and activities for compliance with policies within Administration/Care and Treatment duties.
• Directs administrative operations through subordinates; directs, manages, and supervises in assigned areas to ensure the provision of effective and efficient services in accordance with established guidelines.
• Administers personnel functions including transactions, benefits, worker's compensation, and new applicants for employment within Administration/Care and Treatment duties.
• Oversees the maintenance, repair, and construction operations of the facility.
• Ensures that food is prepared within applicable budgetary guidelines and in accordance with the master menu.
• Oversees operations and procedures for the telecommunications and computer systems of the institution.
• Develops, revises, implements, maintains, interprets, explains, and clarifies pertinent rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and plans in areas of assigned responsibility.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of modern corrections practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of the criminal justice system.
• Knowledge of Georgia Department of Corrections guidelines.
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws.
• Skill in interpersonal relations.
• Skill in oral and written communication.

Bachelor's Degree in Correctional or Security Management, Criminal Justice, Public or Business Administration or related field is required. Master's Degree preferred. Must have a minimum of ten (10) years of progressive responsibility within the field of corrections to include five (5) years in a supervisory management capacity. This position is required to supervise state inmate labor. Employee must be P.O.S.T. certified. Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated. Candidates will consist of all ranked supervisors (Sergeants and Lieutenants) of the Muscogee County Prison and any external applicants who meet the qualifications set forth above through service at any similar corrections, law enforcement, or United States Military Agency.

The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk or table. The employee must occasionally lift light objects.

• Balancing - maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Climbing - ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
• Crawling - moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.
• Crouching - bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping - applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling - picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 - perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 - receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling - bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting - raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity - ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
• Pushing - use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
• Reaching - extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion - substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking - expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing - for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping - bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.

The work is typically performed in an office, library, or computer room.

Employment Type: Full-Time Regular