Unit Manager Jobs in Arizona (NOW HIRING)

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The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a highly qualified individual with outstanding communication and strong leadership skills. This position holds a critical first-line supervisory role overseeing TCU staff operations, training, and performance. This role requires knowledge of sentencing laws to ensure the accuracy and legal integrity of time-sensitive inmate release processes and sentencing data, preventing errors, liberty interest violations, and litigation. Interprets multi-jurisdictional sentencing orders, conducts daily audits of inmate sentencing upon intake to ADCRR, manages daily workflows, and monitors staff performance. Acts as the primary contact for County Superior Courts to verify documentation validity and responds to complex inquiries from legal representatives, law enforcement agencies, and the public.

- Provides first-line direct supervision, including conducting training, work performance evaluations, corrective actions, and tracking of work production and quality levels
- Supervises leave requests and working hours
- Responsible for a wide variety of complex time computation functions and administrative tasks, including generating correspondence and reports
- Receives, tracks, and responds to inquiries
- Reads, interprets, and understands warrants issued
- Ensures assignments and completions are handled appropriately and in a timely manner
- Issues initial release authorizations to units and agencies holding ADCRR inmates
- Understands that no inmate can be released from ADCRR custody/hold unless authorized by appropriate ADCRR personnel
- Assigns daily work to staff and performs follow-up actions as needed to ensure staff are meeting performance requirements and expectations
- Performs a wide variety of audits of a complex nature
- Assists staff with inquiries when necessary to provide clarification on sentencing information
- Reads, interprets, and understands court documents and applies correct sentence structure for accurate and precise release dates
- Trains and assists in the development and execution of training for Sentence Calculations, other ADCRR, court, probation, county attorney, and other law enforcement agencies' personnel/staff
- Attends staff meetings
- Answers inquiries from judges, other law enforcement agencies, jurisdictions, inmates, and inmate family members
- Ensures the provided information is accurate and eligible to be released to the requester
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge of:
- Federal and State laws, Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS), and ADCRR policies and procedures
- Rules, regulations, and time computation procedures pertaining to inmate releases
- Methods and techniques of releases and time computations
- Current and historical laws pertaining to sentence structures and court decisions to ensure accurate and timely releases from ADCRR custody/control
- Principles and practices of management and supervision
- Computer usage, peripheral equipment, and various software programs, including Microsoft Office and Google suites
- Time computation procedures
- General mathematics
- Proper English usage, including grammatical formatting, spelling, and punctuation
Skill in:
- Supervising and evaluating the work of subordinates
- Studying, analyzing, and solving administrative problems
- Leadership, employee development, motivation, coaching, and resolving employee disputes
- Written and verbal communications
- Developing training materials
- Interpretation, analysis, and understanding of legal documents and terminology
- Building and maintaining interpersonal relationships
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making
Ability to:
- Plan, assign, supervise, train, and evaluate the work of professional and para-professional staff
- Understand, explain, and apply State and Federal laws
- Research and interpret Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS), court orders, and policies
- Deconstruct court orders to determine appropriate sentencing structures and articulate complex ideas in a nontechnical manner
- Perform complex sentence calculations pursuant to state law, court decisions, and ADCRR policies
- Perform research and understand current and historical laws pertaining to sentence structures and court orders to ensure accurate and timely releases from ADCRR custody
- Work on multiple tasks/assignments simultaneously while providing a high-level of customer service

- Two (2) years of experience as a Time Computation lead or equivalent experience

Candidates are required to attain Time Computation Certification through ADCRR by achieving the required passing score of 85% or higher for retention in this position.
Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation.
If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver's license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver's license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver's license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).
In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees:
- Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
- Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
- Exceptional retirement program
- Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
- An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.
Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 255-2430. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.