Education Administrator

Duties

The incumbent is the Chief Administrator for Federal Bureau of Prison’s education, vocational training, and leisure activity programs throughout the Federal Bureau of Prison System. The Education Administrator is responsible for the development of system wide policies as they relate to education, training and leisure activities and is the primary point of contact for public and private organizations and agencies which seek information about them. The Education Administrator coordinates the efforts of and works in concert with, six regional education administrators who supervise and coordinate education, training and leisure activity programs in the institutions in their perspective regions. The incumbent stays abreast of pending and completed research, strategic planning and related efforts to maintain state-of-the-art knowledge about education and related matters in order to provide overall leadership to education staff throughout the Bureau and to provide input to policy level decisions. The incumbent supervises the operation of law libraries in each federal correctional facility. Incumbent reports to the Senior Deputy Assistant Director.

Qualifications

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following:

Basic Requirements:

A. Degree: that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position.

OR

B. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in A above.

NOTE: ALL applicants MUST submit legible transcripts as verification of educational requirement. Transcripts must include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and Date Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, Click Here. Transcripts MUST be received by the Consolidated Staffing Unit by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. (If you are selected for this position, you will be required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.)

For information regarding foreign education requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition at the U.S. Department of Education website: [Recognition of Foreign Qualifications](http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/ us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html)

AND

In addition to meeting the above Basic Requirements, applicants must have:

Education:

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position.

Experience:

At least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are: 

• Experience in all education and related programs, particularly in areas of computer assisted and computer managed programs, vocational, secondary (GED), post-secondary, continuing education, including apprenticeship programs and staff training. 
• Experience in the development of staff training instructional materials and aids including the latest computer assisted and computer managed materials. 
• Experience developing or assisting in developing nationwide education policies and leadership in design and operation of recreation/wellness programs. 
• Experience advising audit teams which review and evaluate inmate education, recreation and training programs and review the operation of regional education administrator.

Credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**