Requisition No: 854166
Agency: Department of Corrections
Working Title: FDC - WARDEN - SES - STATEWIDE (ROUND 17)
Position Number: 70032827
Salary: $114,274.68 Annually
Posting Closing Date: 06/15/2025
Florida Department of Corrections
- INTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT FOR CURRENT FDC EMPLOYEES ONLY***
A DC2-8056 must be completed and submitted as an attachment to your People First profile before you apply, for you to be considered for this position. This portfolio will be used as evidence of the skills, achievements, professional experience, certifications, and other professional accomplishments during an individual’s career. Interview approval or denial will be communicated via FDC and/or personal email address (if provided) within two weeks of vacancy closing date.
Working Title: Warden - DC
Salary: $114,274.68 annually ($4,395.18 biweekly)
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be currently employed with the Florida Department of Corrections.
- Must possess twelve (12) years of professional correctional experience, two (2) years must be at the department head level (Classification Supervisor/Major or higher). College education from an accredited institution can substitute at the rate of 30 semester or 45 quarter hours per year for a maximum of one year of the professional correctional required experience.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- This position has been determined by the department to have managerial responsibilities and is a position of special trust that oversees the administration and coordination of the operations of an institution. Other duties may include the following:
- The Warden is the Institution’s executive manager and provides top level management which includes, but is not limited to, operational oversight in the areas of security, custody and control, personnel administration (i.e., hiring, separation, discipline and promotion of staff), purchasing, policy and procedures interpretation/formulation, collective bargaining administration, general services, and accounting/budget matters within the institution.
- The Warden shall be responsible for the incarceration, protection of society and control of offenders assigned to the Correctional Institution and for the proper operation of the institution.
- The Warden will initiate and oversee the Offender Operational Plan.
- The Warden makes recommendations through the Regional Director for changes to existing policy or procedure or implementation of new policy or procedure by identifying institutional needs and attempting to meet such needs.
- The Warden is also responsible for maintaining the accreditation of the institution with the American Correctional Association.
- The Warden organizes staff and supervises the operations of the institution by direction, coordination, and assisting in the planning of offender work, discipline and self-help programs.
- Develop goals and objectives for the institution as well as each individual department and by setting performance standards for staff.
- The Warden is responsible for stimulating good public relations with the community, press and governmental and civic organizations by participating in community activities. The Warden must also establish and maintain good relations with courts and other area law enforcement agencies.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of policies and practices involved in personnel/human resource functions.
- Knowledge of principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordination, and execution. This may include strategic planning, resource allocation, manpower modeling, leadership techniques, and production methods.
- Knowledge of instructional methods and training techniques.
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Knowledge of human behavior and performance, mental processes, psychological research methods, and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Skills in motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Skills in weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
- Skills in adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Skills in communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
- Skills in identifying the things that must be changed to achieve a goal.
- Skills in developing an image of how a system should work under ideal conditions.
- Skills in generating many different approaches to problems.
- Skills in motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Ability to use logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
Support of knowledge, skills, and abilities should be demonstrated on the application, in the education, in the work experience, in the work sample, in the interview and/or during reference checks.
If you are interested in this position and meet the above indicated qualification and have the desired education, knowledge and experience, please submit a State of Florida Application and resume through the People First system. If you experience problems applying on-line, please call the People First Service Center at 1-877-562-7287.
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.
Recruiting Contact(s):
Recruiting Contact(s):
Jalen "Jay" Street
Human Resource Analyst-SES Promotions & Appointments
Florida Department of Corrections
Telephone: 850-717-9784
OfficeofHumanResourcesSESPromotions@fdc.myflorida.com
Jennifer Mundhenk
Human Resource Specialist
Florida Department of Corrections
Telephone: 850-717-3228
OfficeofHumanResourcesSESPromotions@fdc.myflorida.com
Jacob Roberts
Personnel Services Specialist
Florida Department of Corrections
Telephone: 850-717-3399
OfficeofHumanResourcesSESPromotions@fdc.myflorida.com
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
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