Director of Correctional Education

Title: Director of Correctional Education

Salary Range: $48,000.00 - $55,000.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.50

Work Location: Hybrid

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Jefferson Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Jefferson Community College

Department: Academic Support

Total Rewards

Jefferson Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks of Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

Jefferson Community and Technical College has an opening for the Director of Correctional Education position. This position will manage the college's Correctional Education Program including: recruiting, admissions, financial aid, enrollment, transfer, career, and re-entry processes. This includes establishing partnerships and providing direct service to incarcerated students. This position can be located at any Jefferson CTC campus but must maintain on-site office hours at three days per week at Kentucky State Reformatory, and Roederer Correctional Complex, both located in Oldham county.

Job Duties:

The primary responsibilities are:
• Manage the college's Correctional Education Program, which includes coordinating the recruiting, admissions, financial aid, enrollment, transfer, career, and re-entry processes and providing direct service to incarcerated students.
• Work with Division Chairs to coordinate correctional educational course offerings each semester.
• Provide on-site academic and student support to incarcerated students and faculty. This includes maintaining on-site office hours approximately three days per week at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex.
• Assist the Chief Academic officer in maintaining all applicable accreditation standards including MOAs, MOUs, Faculty credentialing files, and off-site visits.
• Assist the Financial Aid Office in completing federal and state reporting requirements and maintain required financial and student records.
• Lead the development of course catalogs, promotional materials, educational materials, training manuals, newsletters, and/or online content.
• Establish and maintain relationships with correctional administration, reentry services, potential employers, transfer institutions, chamber of commerce organizations, and other local organizations to provide support to students.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree (Social Work, Human Services, Criminal Justice, Guidance Counseling, Student Personnel Services, Educational Administration, Education, or related field). Two years of relevant experience, and the individual must be comfortable multi-tasking and organized. 

Preferred Qualifications:

JCTC encourages applicants who have a background similar to the students served.

Additional Skills Requested:

This position requires the ability to work in a culturally diverse environment, which consists of frequent contact with a diverse constituency of students, faculty, staff, and the public. Candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to working with underrepresented minority students through teaching, mentoring, or administration are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates who have experience with intersectional, inclusive instruction and with a demonstrated ability to incorporate diverse perspectives into teaching and student engagement are encouraged to identify those experiences in the application materials. Jefferson Community and Technical College is working to build a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working.