Director of Corrections & Rehabilition Job at Acro Service Corp, Kansas City, MO

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  • Acro Service Corp
  • Kansas City, MO

Job Description

🔹 DIRECT HIRE | Director – Department of Correction & Rehabilitation 🔹

We are seeking an experienced and mission-driven Director of Correction & Rehabilitation to provide strategic leadership, operational oversight, and organizational direction for all correctional and rehabilitative programs and facilities.

🔻 Position Overview

The Director will oversee all departmental operations, staffing, compliance, and fiscal management. This role plays a critical part in public safety, service delivery, strategic planning, and interagency collaboration.

🔻 Key Responsibilities

  • Provide executive leadership for the Department of Correction & Rehabilitation.
  • Oversee operations of all correctional and rehabilitative facilities, programs, and services.
  • Supervise the Administrator of Corrections and ensure safe, efficient facility operations.
  • Develop and implement strategic vision, policies, and performance goals aligned with public safety objectives.
  • Direct policy, procedure, post order, and emergency plan development aligned with ACA, NCCHC & Missouri Jail Standards.
  • Collaborate with health and behavioral health teams to integrate medical and treatment services.
  • Partner with Municipal Court, Police Department, and community organizations to strengthen intake, booking, release, and reentry processes.
  • Lead workforce planning, recruitment, and training for professional, trauma-informed staff.
  • Manage operating and capital budgets, ensuring fiscal accountability.
  • Cultivate partnerships that support rehabilitation, reentry, and alternatives to incarceration.
  • Represent the department to government officials, media, and community groups.
  • Ensure full compliance with all relevant federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
  • Lead planning and transition for temporary and permanent correctional facilities.
  • Foster a culture of ethics, accountability, diversity, and professional development.

🔻 Required Skills & Competencies

Knowledge of:

  • Modern correctional administration practices, including direct supervision & SIM.
  • Behavioral health, medical, and substance use treatment operations.
  • Organizational leadership, fiscal administration, and public-sector governance.
  • Jail operations laws, regulations, and detainee rights.
  • Trauma-informed care, DEI, and community collaboration.

Ability to:

  • Lead large multidisciplinary departments with integrity.
  • Develop and implement complex operational strategies.
  • Build trust with justice, healthcare, and community partners.
  • Communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
  • Make sound, evidence-based decisions under pressure.
  • Inspire and develop high-performing, mission-driven teams.

🔻 Experience Requirements

  • Minimum 10+ years in correctional administration, law enforcement, or public-sector leadership.
  • Minimum 5 years in a senior executive role.
  • Experience integrating healthcare or rehabilitation programs into correctional systems preferred.
  • Direct supervision of senior leaders and oversight of large departmental staff.

🔻 Education Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, public administration, behavioral health, leadership/management, public safety, or related field.
  • Graduate degree preferred.
  • Valid driver’s license required.
  • Must pass background check, psychological exam, and drug screen.
  • No felony convictions.

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Temporary work, Local area,

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