Superintendent (MCC) – (WSRU), (TRU), (MSU)

Description

This is an excellent opportunity for internal interest to serve as a Superintendent at Monroe Correctional Complex within the Prisons Division. This position is located in Monroe, WA. This position requires professional mastery of sound correctional practice, management principles and skills, the Superintendent's scope of authority and impact encompasses the entire facility with significant impact both within and outside state government.  
 
If you are interested in applying and would like to be considered, please apply directly at careers.wa.gov, AND attach the following documents to your profile:

• A Letter of Interest explaining how you meet the qualifications (preferably no more than two pages),
• A current Resume (chronological order); and
• Minimum of three (3) professional references with your application. A professional reference is defined as an individual who has been paid to supervise your work and can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job competencies. If you do not have any or sufficient professional references, please include non-related professionals, such as educators or other professional associates.

We are looking for evidence in your application materials that you have the experience, skills, and abilities indicated in this job posting. Qualified applicants whose responses most closely match the requirements of this position may be invited to interview. Carefully review your application before submitting. All information may be verified and documentation may be required. 

Agency Profile
This is an excellent opportunity to advance your career in a progressive organization that promotes an environment of respect, inclusiveness and transparency, and is deeply committed to the health and safety of its staff and offender population. We are at the forefront of implementing evidence based programs proven to reduce recidivism, and the contributions you make in this role will help to ensure we succeed in our mission to improve public safety. DOC has also earned a national reputation for its efforts to make both its operations and facilities more sustainable. By being innovative and forming unique partnerships we have reduced our impact on the environment, made our operations more efficient, and assisted with wildlife restoration.

We are looking for a true professional; someone with integrity who shares our values, holds themselves to high ethical standards, and whose actions and decisions will consistently withstand a high level of scrutiny.

Duties

This position serves as the appointing authority for Monroe Correctional Complex. The Superintendent contributes to the agency's mission to improve public safety providing overall leadership, planning, and strategic vision while directing all operations of the institution to include facility housing, programming, managing adult offenders, fiscal, classification, plant maintenance, safety, health and sanitation, educational, vocational, programming, and security and custody operations. This position works collaboratively in support of other agency divisions operating at the facility (Health Services, Administrative Operations, Offender Change, Community Corrections, and Correctional Industries) to ensure a smooth integration of services/programs. This work is done in support of the Department of Corrections (DOC) Mission and Strategic Plan.

This position serves as a key member of the Assistant Secretary of Prisons leadership team, and Secretary's extended leadership team. Incumbent uses strategic judgment in establishing policy and strategic direction for the facility in planning and development of the biennial budget and ongoing control of activities and operations. Develops, implements, and monitors policies and procedures that provide operational and security direction for staff and offenders. Ensures compliance with department directives, mission, values, and key goals. Responsible for establishing, maintaining, and enhancing relationships and partnerships within the community including local city and state agencies, law enforcement, Senator and State Representative, and other influencing individuals and organizations.

As one of Washington State's five (5) Superintendents, this position provides public safety by managing all on-site and off-site operations in a safe and secure manner. Requiring professional mastery of sound correctional practice, management principles and skills, the Superintendent's scope of authority and impact encompasses the
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entire facility with significant impact both within and outside state government.
This position serves as a key member of the Assistant Secretary of Prisons leadership team, and Secretary's Extended Leadership Team. Incumbent uses strategic judgement in establishing policy and strategic direction for the facility for planning and development of the biennial budget, with ongoing control of all activities and daily operations. Develops, implements and monitors policies and procedures that provide operational security direction for staff and offenders. Ensures compliance with department directives, mission, values and key goals.
Errors made within the scope of authority and responsibility can potentially impact the ability to house incarcerated individuals safely and maintain a safe and secure environment for staff, visitors and surrounding community. Potential impacts of management error at this level include creating budget deficits affecting the ability to maintain an appropriate and safe physical plant thus increasing the risk of safety related harm to staff and incarcerated individuals; creating small- and large-scale disturbances, resulting in risk to life and safety, facility security and community safety; increased litigation that can impact finances and damage trust among internal and external stakeholders.
Superintendents are accountable to:
* Plan, lead, organize, and control the work performed by the organization
* Administer, monitor, and oversee operations, security, safety, and emergency response activities in a correctional facility. Ensure clean, safe facility operations.
* Support effective communication throughout the organization.
* Provide and ensures 2-way communication between all levels of staff and incarcerated individuals.
* Maintain the highest standards of personal/professional and ethical conduct and support the state's goals for a diverse workforce.
* Provide a working environment free from discrimination and harassment and that promotes diversity.
* Develop operational goals and working objectives and ensure those objectives are achieved.
* Strengthen public confidence in the Departments integrity, transparency, fairness, honesty, and compliance in both spirit and the letter of the law.
* Promote an environment of public trust free from fraud, abuse of authority, and misuse of public property.
* Respect and protect privileged information accessible through the course of official duties.
* Ensure policies and procedures comply with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
* Develop Emergency Response Plans and staff training schedule to ensure institutional readiness to respond to a wide variety of emergencies.
* Facilitate and encourage public information and education activities by conducting tours, speaking to community groups, and provide written information when inquiries are made about operational concerns.
* Encourage community stakeholder involvement in policy development, coordinated planning, and interagency consultation, to include development and maintenance of MOU's and MAA's.

Qualifications

• Required Education, Experience, and Competencies:
  Proven leader, motivator, mentor and change agent, who possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must adhere and enforce Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Respect (EDIR) principles, with the ability to supervise and manage a wide range of personalities and positions.
• Experienced, innovative correctional manager with five years or more of broad-based, progressive managerial or administrative experience in a multi-level custody, adult corrections environment. Elements of this experience should include a minimum of three (3) years in an executive leadership role.
• Budget administration and development experience.
• Effective project management skills. Possess a working knowledge of total quality principles.
• Communication skills and leadership competencies, including mediating, negotiating, and resolving conflict.
• Demonstration and exemplification of the qualities the department seeks in all of its employees; those who are honest, have a strong work ethic, are dependable, achieve results through teamwork, and convey dignity and respect.
  

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