facility administrator

The GEO Group is a global leader in evidence-based rehabilitation. As the chief administrator of our facility, you will play a critical role in ensuring the effective and successful operation of our correctional or detention facility.

About Us:
We provide complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, we offer fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work with The GEO Group:
We believe that diversity in our workforce and the inclusion of a variety of views, perspectives, and backgrounds are integral parts of our company's success. Our employee benefits play an important role in making us a great place to work, with comprehensive benefits and competitive wages that trust you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Your Role:
This position requires strong leadership ability, sound judgment, and effective administrative ability. You will plan and provide leadership for the administration, security, and treatment programs of the facility, making long-range plans and schedules and setting goals and establishing objectives to achieve them. You will also develop and maintain close working relationships with client departments and their representatives, approving, initiating, interpreting, and enforcing policies and directives for efficient administration.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and provide leadership for the administration, security, and treatment programs of the facility.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with client departments and their representatives.
• Approve, initiate, interpret, and enforce policies and directives for efficient administration.
• Direct the activities of all facility functions, assign duties, and delegate authority to accomplish them.
• Ensure that adequate procedures, methods, and techniques are established in all programs and operations.
• Provide adequate facilities, space, and equipment for inmates and staff.
• Respond to emergencies and provide proper safeguards for the health, safety, and welfare of inmates and staff and the physical property of the facility.
• Analyze proposals, financial statements, records, statistical reports, budget estimates, and justifications for proposed expenditures.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with government and private agencies, including local, state, and federal law enforcement units, and the community.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in the behavioral sciences or related field supplemented by courses in business administration.
• 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.
• Strong leadership ability, sound judgment, and effective administrative ability.
• 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 a thorough knowledge and understanding of the objectives and principles of career development and advancement programs.
• Must be mature, flexible, intellectually alert, and able to command the respect and confidence of inmates and staff.