Facility Administrator/Warden

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides 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, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary:

The Facility Administrator is the chief administrator of the facility. Works cooperatively with the regional and local management to develop and attain the goals and objectives of the facility according to the policy direction of the company and within the scope defined by the client agency. The Facility Administrator has budgetary responsibility for all facility expenses.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• The Facility Administrator plans and provides leadership for the administration, security and treatment programs of the facility. Makes long-range plans and schedules. Sets goals and establishes objectives to achieve such plans.
• The Facility Administrator develops and maintains close working relationships with the client departments and their representatives.
• Approves, initiates, interprets and enforces policies and directives for efficient administration. Supplements policies with written guidelines and procedures.
• The Facility Administrator directs the activities of all facility functions, assigns duties and delegates authority to accomplish them.
• Delegates authority for the selection, development and termination of staff, including ongoing staff training, communications and discipline.
• The Facility Administrator ensures that adequate procedures, methods, and techniques are established in all programs and operations.
• Provides adequate facilities, space and equipment for inmates and staff.
• The Facility Administrator ensures the ability of the facility staff to respond appropriately to emergencies.
• Provides proper safeguards and conducts regularly scheduled physical inspections for the health, safety and welfare of inmates and staff and the physical property of the facility.
• The Facility Administrator should conference with the appropriate corporate or client officials on policy matters.
• Monitors statutory requirements and legal decisions that affect administrative decisions or operations of the facility
• The Facility Administrator analyzes proposals, financial statements, records, statistical reports, budget estimates and justifications for proposed expenditures.
• Develops and maintains close working relationships with government and private agencies including local, state and federal law enforcement units, and the community.
• The Facility Administrator responds on a 24-hour, 7-day basis to significant unusual occurrences
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as needed to ensure the effective and successful operation of the facility.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in the behavioral sciences or related field supplemented by courses in business administration and a 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.
• Exceptions may be made concerning supervisory experience if the candidate clearly demonstrates the ability to supervise the proper administration of a correction or detention facility of a substantial number of inmates.
• 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 strong leadership ability, sound judgment, and effective administrative ability. Possesses a thorough knowledge and understanding of the objectives and principles of career development and advancement programs. Clearly demonstrates the ability to guide, direct and coordinate the efforts of others.
• Must be mature, flexible, intellectually alert, able to command the respect and confidence of inmates and staff.