CORRECTIONAL COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST 1 PREA - 64341

Executive Service

CORRECTIONAL COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST-1 PREA

Tennessee Department of Correction

Office of Inspector General

Nashville, TN

For information, visit the following link: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/correction/documents/PositionAnnouncementCorrectionalComplianceSpecialist1PREA.pdf.

Closing date: 1/13/2025

Who we are and what we do:

The Tennessee Department of Correction operates and oversees 14 adult prisons across the state, housing some 21,000 offenders. In the community, TDOC supervises 79,000 offenders on probation, parole, or community corrections. The department operates 44 probation/parole offices in 13 districts across the state.

The Tennessee Department of Correction operates safe and secure facilities and provides effective community supervision in support of successful reentry.

Job overview:

The Compliance Specialist I position is assigned to one of the grand regions (East, Middle, and West) to oversee institutional compliance with Department of Justice Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards, American Correction Association (ACA) standards, and Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury audits. Duties and responsibilities include attending Sexual Assault Response

Team (SART) meetings, participating in SART walkthroughs, conducting mock PREA audits regularly, reviewing Departmental policies related to PREA, distributing news, updates, and training opportunities regarding PREA practices, auditing strategies, and standards to institutional staff. The Compliance Specialist I and II conducts ACA file reviews quarterly for each institution to ensure compliance and readiness for ACA audits, attends annual institutional compliance audits conducted by OIG, attends audits conducted by ACA, and provides support and training assistance to institutional compliance staff. Additionally, the

Compliance Specialist I and II prepares audit reports and presentations, participating in the development and review of inspection instruments, and attends PREA and ACA conferences, as requested. This position reports directly to the Audit Director I - External Compliance.

Key responsibilities:

• Gains knowledge in all aspects of compliance.
• Conducts the audit/inspection of the Operational Units.
• Prepares audit paperwork/documentation needed for each audit.
• Reports any deficiencies to the management for review.
• Completes pre-audit work for inspections prior to arriving on site.
• Attends training and conferences related to compliance or auditing.
• Prepare compliance reports and presentations for executive staff.
• Maintain a tracking system for findings notated during audits.
• Assist with the development and distribution of inspection instruments.
• Assist with the development of policies related to ACA and PREA programs.

Minimum qualifications:

• Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to three years of correctional work.

Substitution of Experience for Education:

• Qualifying full-time professional or paraprofessional correctional experience may be substituted for the require education on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of four years.

OR

• 5 years of compliance or auditing experience in correctional facilities or program.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessees 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 States policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that persons race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veterans status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.