FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR

**Contingent Upon Contract Award**

Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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:

• At GEO, we believe that diversity in our workforce and the inclusion of a variety of views, perspectives, and backgrounds are integral parts of our company's success.
• We believe that work is more than a place you go 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.

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. Has budgetary responsibility for all facility expenses.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and provide 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.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with the client departments and their representatives.
• Approve, initiate, interpret and enforce policies and directives for efficient administration. Supplements policies with written guidelines and procedures.
• Direct the activities of all facility functions, assigns duties and delegates authority to accomplish them.
• Delegate the authority for the selection, development and termination of staff, including ongoing staff training, communications and discipline.
• Ensure that adequate procedures, method, and techniques are established in all programs and operation
• Provide adequate facilities, space and equipment for inmates and staff.
• Ensure the ability of the facility staff to respond appropriately to emergencies.
• Provide 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.
• Confer with the appropriate corporate or client officials on policy matters.
• Monitor statutory requirements and legal decisions that affect administrative decisions or operations of the facility.
• Analyze proposals, financial statements, records, statistical reports, budget estimates and justifications for proposed expenditures.
• Develop and maintains close working relationships with government and private agencies including local, state and federal law enforcement units, and the community.
• Respond on a 24-hour, 7-day basis to significant unusual occurrences.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as needed to ensure the effective and successful operation of the facility.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline. The degree requirement may be satisfied by completion of a career development program that includes work-related experience, training, or college credits at a level of achievement equivalent to the bachelor's degree OR
• Significant military or corrections experience of a minimum of fifteen (15) years.
• Have at least five years of related administrative experience.
• Have knowledge of program objectives, policies, procedures and requirements for managing a secure detention/correctional facility.
• 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, and philosophically committed to the objectives of the facility
• Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.

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