Director of Correctional Enterprises Job at State of Connecticut - Department of Correction
State of Connecticut - Department of Correction Wethersfield, CT
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The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC), has an exciting opportunity for a Director of Enterprises in our Correctional Enterprises unit.
About us
Correctional Enterprises of Connecticut (CEC) is a self-funded unit within the Administration Division of the State of Connecticut, Department of Correction. CEC’s programs offer inmates opportunities to be productive, learn new hard and soft skills, be accomplished and responsible, thus aiding in the overall growth of the individual and aiding in the safety and security of the agency. This is accomplished through voluntary inmate participation in CEC’s various production shops (including but not limited to: metal fabrication, furniture and upholstery, textiles, graphic arts, plastic bags, print shop, laundry and marker plates). Participation in these inmate jobs helps to reduce prison idleness, instill work ethic, promote technical and work readiness skill development and assist in the successful reentry of offenders back into society.
Correctional Commissary services are provided under the umbrella of the Correctional Enterprises of Connecticut and administered by the Director of Correctional Enterprises, encompassing correctional commissary staffing as well as employing approximately 130 offenders in receiving, maintaining and disbursing inventory exceeding 500 stock items, generating sales for Commissary operations exceeding $14.5 million yearly.
What we can offer you
We take part in a competitive benefits plan which includes:
- Generous paid time off (vacation, sick and personal)
- Excellent health and dental coverage
- Pension plan (State Employees Retirement System Tier IV) and more!
- Providing limitless opportunities;
- Hiring for diversity and fresh perspectives;
- Performing meaningful work; and
- Encouraging a healthy work life balance
Position highlights
This is a senior management position responsible for planning, development, management and administration of the operations of correctional enterprises’ manufacturing and services programs, and the correctional commissary. This position coordinates the production and fulfillment/delivery of goods and services to all of the department’s correctional facilities and inmates, as well as to non-profit organizations statewide.
Responsibilities may include:
- Planning, developing and coordinating sales, production, distribution and marketing of a wide variety of manufactured goods and services and products and services purchased through contracted vendors for resale through the departments enterprise programs;
- Formulating and recommending programs, contracts, policies and procedures for improvement and cost reduction of existing products and/or processes and development of new products and services;
- Recommending operating policies in areas of inmate assignments, plant standards and production and distribution of products consistent with overall department objectives;
- Expanding current market share and investigates other markets for inmate produced and consumed goods;
- Coordinating CEC programs and activities with the department’s other reentry and vocational education programs;
- Acting as liaison between the department and enterprises, state regulatory agencies and coordinates enterprise programs with other programs in same area, such as the commissary;
- Selecting and assigning all State staff for enterprises and approves or delegates approval of all inmate labor assigned to programs within Correctional Enterprises;
- Administering the Agency’s Correctional Enterprises Unit, which provides agency personnel and other state agencies with pertinent information regarding inmates’ account activity as well as goods for sale;
- Preparing and managing budgets and managing CEC and Commissary finances; and
- Performing related duties as required.
Commissary Services is a self-funded operation, within Correctional Enterprises, comprised of three District Commissaries, which services all agency facilities and inmates. They are located as follows;
District One: MacDougal Correctional Inst. 1153 East Street South, Suffield, CT 06080
District Two: Cheshire Correctional Inst. 900 Highland Ave., Cheshire, CT 06410
District Three: York Correctional Inst. 199 West Main Street, Niantic, CT 06357
This is a full-time position located at our Wethersfield office.
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Selection Plan
Before you apply:
- In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
- The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
- Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
- All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
- This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
- Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
- Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
- The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
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PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In the Department of Correction this class is accountable for the development and administration of all revenue generating operations within the Correctional Enterprises Division.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
- Directs staff and operations of the Correctional Enterprises Division;
- Plans, develops and coordinates production and marketing of a wide variety of manufactured goods produced under department enterprise programs;
- Formulates and recommends programs for improvement and cost reduction of existing products and/or processes and development of new ones;
- Recommends operating policies in areas of inmate assignments, plant standards and production and distribution of products consistent with overall department objectives;
- Expands current market share and investigates other markets for inmate produced goods;
- Acts as liaison between department and enterprise regulatory agencies and coordinates enterprise program with other programs in same area;
- Selects and assigns all staff for enterprise work programs in department;
- Leads the recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection;
- Performs related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
- Considerable knowledge of
- and ability to apply management principles and practices;
- modern concepts of industrial and/or enterprise management;
- principles and practices of marketing and salesmanship;
- Knowledge of
- aim and objectives of a modern correctional enterprise programs;
- cost accounting principles and industrial budgeting and cost control techniques;
- principles of in-service training;
- Considerable
- interpersonal skills;
- oral and written communication skills.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Ten (10) years of experience in manufacturing.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE
Four (4) years of the General Experience must have been in a managerial capacity.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED
College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (l5) semester hours equalling one half (l/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience administering and directing a multi-faceted organization with ability to apply management principles and practices; modern concepts of industrial, business and/or enterprise management; principles and practices of marketing and salesmanship;
- Experience identifying prospective customers, and generating sales leads from new and existing customers;
- Experience collaborating with colleagues, senior management and externally with entities such as colleges, state and federal agencies, and municipalities and nonprofit organizations;
- Experience in identifying and tracking metrics and measures of success to support implementations and/or identify opportunities to course correct.
- Experience using cost accounting principles, industrial budgeting and cost control techniques and experience in preparing and utilizing financial statements.
- Experience supervising staff in a multi-discipline environment;
- Experience negotiating with customers for the purchasing of products;
- Experience with Microsoft Office - Word to develop letters, quotes and weekly sales reports, and Excel to create spreadsheets, experience with accounting software (such as Quick Books); and
- Experience allocating resources in a fiscally responsible manner to support the organization’s mission and business priorities.
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