Developmental, administrative, advisory, and coordinating work at a professional level involving both short and long range planning for the Department of Corrections. Duties include monitoring the efficacy of existing programs, evaluating the cost effectiveness of systems, anticipating significant developments of consequence to the department, and the delineation of needed policies, procedures, and legislation. Duties are performed under general direction of the Commissioner, but with need for significant individual judgment and initiative.
Extensive interaction occurs with other department and agency program personnel.
Under the general direction of the Commissioner of Corrections, participates in the formulation of major department policies and goals. Develops departmental procedures for evaluation, monitoring, research, and forecasting activities. Supervises assigned staff in their monitoring, research, and evaluation functions. Works closely with the Commissioner on strategic planning and program development, and cooperates with division directors, department managers, and related staff in the development, implementation and evaluation of new programs to address both existing and anticipated needs of the department. Provides a wide variety of sophisticated research and analysis services to the Commissioner, Corrections management staff, national agencies, legislature, and others including quantitative and qualitative criminal justice population forecasting, cost benefit analysis, program impact studies and resultant department planning.