ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT II CORRECTIONS
Assistant Superintendent Ii Corrections falls in New Jersey's unclassified service: an appointing authority hires for it directly, without a civil service exam.
It lists a bachelor's degree as the baseline, with an experience-based path open to those who do not hold the degree. The published schedule for this title runs $68,455 to $95,846, but it is frozen at an older rate and these titles are typically paid off-schedule, so actual pay is often higher.
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The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Examples of work
- Provides training and development for the staff of a correctional institution through in-service training and work-related training sessions.
- Assists the Superintendent II in the direction and administration of practical and effective institutional programs such as fiscal control, food service, housekeeping, medical and dental care, classification, education, group and individual therapy, guidance and counseling, social and psychological services, industry, preventive maintenance, and staff recruitment.
- Provides recommendations for the transfer, removal, or extra-institutional care of offenders.
- Develops and supervises procedures for interviewing new offenders; reviews admission papers for completeness and compliance with the law; assigns offenders to appropriate living quarters.
- Compiles or supervises the compilation of offender progress reports.
- Directs the classification of offenders and assists department heads with the development of programs suited to their individual needs and capabilities.
- Functions as a member of the Institutional Classification Committee.
- Develops and supervises the procedures used to obtain parental/guardian consent for the medical and surgical treatment of offenders.
- Directs the arrangement and preparation of records of offenders who are to be transferred to other institutions; directs the notification of the parents or guardians and the Central Office.
- Develops methods for handling problematic cases involving denial, privileges, reprimands, and the segregation of offenders charged with serious offenses.
- Directs the preparation of offender histories used for submission to parole committees, for the purpose of granting or denying parole.
- Supervises the preparation of correspondence addressed to parents, guardians, parole officers, police departments, and other interested
- Develops methods to implement established or proposed policies, procedures and regulations in a medium correctional institution.
- Assigns, instructs, and supervises technical, professional, clerical, and custodial employees.
- Manages work operations and/or functional programs, and has responsibility for employee evaluations and for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting, and/or disciplining of employees.
- Conducts audits of ongoing programs to ensure that program objectives and goals are being achieved.
- Assists in budget preparation.
- Assists in various phases of informational and public relations programs.
- Functions in the absence of the Superintendent II when required.
- Prepares clear, technically sound, accurate, and informative statistical, progress, and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Supervises establishment and maintenance of essential records and files.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
Education
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree.
Experience
Four (4) years of experience in administering correctional programs or four (4) years of experience in program administration in a public or private organization three (3) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of the problems involved in supervising programs of care, custody, and training of offenders in a correctional institution.
- Knowledge of available equipment and possibilities relevant to the training of institutionalized persons.
- Ability to review and direct the classification of offenders and their assignment to living quarters and work and education programs.
- Ability to advise department heads in the development and administration of effective institutional programs.
- Ability to prepare summaries, case histories, and correspondence.
- Ability to prepare clear, technically sound, accurate, and comprehensive statistical, financial, budget, progress, and other reports.
- Ability to comprehend the various emotional, social and adjustment problems of offenders confined to an institution.
- Ability to implement established or proposed policies and procedures.
- Ability to supervise the establishment and maintenance of essential records and files.
- Ability to assign, instruct, and supervise the work of subordinate employees.
- Ability to handle problematic cases involving denial of privileges, reprimands, and offender segregation.
- Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or community in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
Applicants who do not possess the required education may substitute additional experience as indicated on a year-for-year basis.