Correctional Program Support Coordinator - 45333

CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM SUPPORT COORDINATOR

Department of Correction

Nashville, TN

Salary Range: Executive Service, Grade M, $4,975 to $7,458 per month

Benefits and Compensation:
The State of Tennessee offers a comprehensive benefits program to include health, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance programs, paid state holidays, and generous leave benefits. In addition, State of Tennessee employees are eligible for participation in the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS).

Closing Date: 04/26/2023

Who we are and what we do:

The mission of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is to operate safe and secure prisons and provide effective community supervision in order to enhance public safety. The department manages and operates or oversees 14 state prisons housing approximately 21,000 offenders. In addition, the department supervises some 79,000 offenders on probation, parole, or community correction and operates six Day Reporting/Community Resource Centers across the state. The department is fully accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA).

How you make a difference in this role:

This position reports to the Deputy Director for the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Facilities, Planning and Construction (FPC). FPC oversees TDOC's Capital Project program in collaboration with the Department of General Services (DGS), approximately $50-$60 million annually, FPC monitors construction contract Administration, Contract Monitoring, Departmental Compliance and Department Risk Assessment/Mitigation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project coordination with the in-house architectural/engineering design and consulting operations.
• Performs analysis of and planning for appropriate resolution of facility issues related to building systems and facility infrastructure.
• Maintains thorough knowledge of existing facilities, facility systems, department and State standards, policy, and procedures.
• Assist the division director in the long-range planning, submittal, and approval of capital outlay requests, including their development with institution and central office leadership.
• Management of capital projects of complex difficulty in an Owner's Agent role through the full project lifecycle including initial planning, design, procurement, construction, and closeout.
• Coordination and collaboration with facility maintenance personnel to ensure appropriate facility operational needs are met.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience working with Microsoft Office, Adobe, and construction project management systems.
• Minimum 3-years experience in a supervisory role in a related office setting.
• Superior organization, problem solving and management skills.
• 15 years of relevant design/construction experience in one of the following: architecture, engineering, construction management, or related field.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.