DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF OPERATIONS
Career Family: DIRECTOR
As an unclassified state title, Director, Division of Operations is filled by appointment, and its published pay band is more of a guide than a fixed grade.
Qualifying takes a master's degree and 7 years of relevant experience. Its salary schedule (frozen at an older rate) lists $96,322 to $134,847, though managerial and exempt titles like this are usually paid individually rather than on the step schedule, and state payroll currently lists 4 people in the title, most of them at Corrections.
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Director, Division of Operations appears on the State payroll at one department, Department of Corrections. It is also used at one independent authority, New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Corrections | 4 |
Independent authorities
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority | 1 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 4 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $171,925. The agencies employing the most are:
- Corrections (4)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
Official job specification
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.
Definition
Under administrative direction of the Assistant Commissioner for Operations or other official in the Department of Corrections, assists in the overall management and administration of the division and all the adult correctional institutions and special rehabilitation programs in the state; does related work as required.
Examples of work
- Provides essential managerial assistance to an assistant commissioner in exercising administrative supervision over the administrators of the prison complexes and the superintendents of the prison complexes and prison satellite units.
- Provides consultation in the supervision of the Newark House and halfway program for rehabilitation of male inmates pending release.
- Exercises general supervision of the creation of new programs for rehabilitation providing consulting services in the planning and developing of programs such as the female halfway houses for rehabilitation of female inmates.
- Assists in developing overall goals and objectives for all adult, youth, female and diagnostic institutions and halfway houses, assisting the superintendents and administrators with the development and implementation of programs designed to meet goals.
- Chairs the special classification committee for the Vroom Readjustment Unit.
- Assists in policy development for uniformity of direction and interinstitutional activities in the areas of classification, treatment, staff training, custody, research, fiscal control, staff recruitment, and medical/dental services to inmates.
- Assists in supervision of the Bureau of Community Release which is responsible for purchase of services for placements of inmates to orient them back to society.
- Visits the various institutions within the division and makes recommendations to an assistant commissioner for revision.
- Acts in the capacity of the Assistant Commissioner for Operations, in his absence.
- Assists in supervising the development and implementation of the several interstate compacts that the department is a party to, including the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers, the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, the Corrections Compact, and other interstate programs involving New Jersey absconders and parolees serving time in other states and other state parolees serving time in New Jersey.
- Assists in providing general direction for the administration and operation of the Bureau of Parole including the implementation of statutory, administrative, and operational requirements involved in the supervision of parolees released to the community from department facilities and institutions.
- Plans, organizes, and assigns the work of the organizational unit and evaluates employee performance and conduct, enabling the effective recommendation of the hiring, firing, promoting, and disciplining of subordinates.
- Supervises the intensive probation services program.
- Coordinates and supervises contracts between Department of Corrections and county jails for placement of state inmates.
- Assists the assistant commissioner on special projects for county services involving overcrowding.
- Prepares extensive correspondence in the course of official duties.
- Prepares and supervises the preparation of accurate and informative reports and makes recommendations to the assistant commissioner for changes as required.
- May 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 with a Bachelor's degree supplemented by a Master's degree in Sociology, Psychology, Social Work, Education, Guidance, Criminology or Public Administration.
Experience
Seven (7) years of experience supervising management and professional personnel, two (2) years of which should have been in the capacity of a superintendent, assistant superintendent or administrator of an institutional complex involved in the reception, training, and rehabilitation of social offenders or socially atypical persons.
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 formulating and promulgating standards, policies and procedures of an institution or organization for social offenders.
- Knowledge of the problems involved in planning, organizing, and coordinating the activities and services of a correctional institution.
- Knowledge of the problems and procedures involved in the implementation of programs for the supervision of persons released on parole from the various correctional institutions in the state.
- Knowledge of current theories of public administration as applied to correctional facilities and inmate rehabilitation programs.
- Knowledge of probation procedures.
- Knowledge of county jail procedures.
- Ability to prepare and present clear, concise, accurate and informative reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Ability to supervise and to monitor new program development.
- Ability to supervise the implementation of policies and procedures relating to interstate compacts and other agreements involving parolees.
- Ability to comprehend and interpret laws, rules, regulations and policies pertaining to corrections.
- Ability to formulate and develop standards, policies, and effective managerial procedures.
- Ability to formulate and develop rate changes for services rendered.
- Ability to provide direct supervision to the superintendents of the various insitutions within the division.
- Ability to develop and coordinate the various activities in the area of classification, treatment, custody, and staff improvement in the various correctional institutions.
- Ability to prepare and supervise the preparation of accurate and informative correspondence and reports and make recommendations to the assistant commissioner for changes as required.
- Ability to direct the establishment and maintenance of essential division records and files.
- 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 communicate 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.
- CODES: M38- JMR 9/3/94