Classification Manager, Operations and Policy Analyst 3 for ODOC, BOPPPS and OCE employees only (Salem/Hybrid)

Classification Manager, Operations and Policy Analyst 3 for ODOC, BOPPPS and OCE Employees Only (Salem/Hybrid)

Are you an analytical thinker with a talent for policy development, operational planning, and system coordination?

Do you thrive in a role where your decisions directly impact public safety, agency operations, and the lives of thousands?

The Oregon Department of Corrections is seeking a skilled Operations and Policy Analyst 3 to join our Population Management team a pivotal position responsible for developing, managing, and evaluating classification and population management systems used throughout the Oregon Department of Corrections.

This position is available for current regular status employees of the Oregon Department of Corrections, Oregon Corrections Enterprises, or Oregon Board of Parole, Probation, and Post-Prison Supervision.

About the Job Your Role

In this key role, you will provide central office leadership in planning, policy development, and system coordination that influences critical resource allocation, DOC liability, and operational practices across the state. Your work ensures the safe and strategic housing and transition of over 12,000 Adults in Custody (AICs), contributing to the orderly operation of DOC facilities and supporting successful reentry outcomes. This position is vital to maintaining a balanced, research-based, and objective classification system that prioritizes the safety of AICs, staff, and the public.

As an Operations and Policy Analyst 3, you'll be responsible for overseeing and evaluating population management systems, conducting quality assurance reviews, analyzing system performance, and developing administrative rules and policies. You'll work closely with division managers, institution leadership, external agencies, and community partners to manage system-wide capacity issues, classification processes, and operational planning. The role includes times of direct in-person interaction with AICs related to their housing assignments, care, and custody.

This position also leads long- and short-term planning initiatives that have significant fiscal and operational impact on the department, the Legislature, and DOC stakeholders. Your expertise will help ensure consistency and fairness in classification decisions, provide critical management support to DOC leadership, and guide the department in meeting its mission of public safety and rehabilitation through data-informed, strategic population management.

This position is management services and may be eligible for Police & Fire (P&F) benefits through Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), as defined by statute.

Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and four (4) years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work.

OR; Any combination of experience and education equivalent to seven (7) years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skills for the classification.

Requested Skills

• The ability to work independently, without close supervisory oversight and to quickly and logically make decisions.
• The ability to work effectively under pressure of deadlines, disruptive conditions and constantly changing priorities.
• Strong communication, organizational and written skills.
• Expertise facilitating group dialogue and planning activities.
• The ability to effectively communicate program goals and organizational development concepts.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to coordinate more than one project at a time.

Preferred Skills

• Thorough knowledge of DOC's offender management information systems.
• An understanding of the range of operational impacts of policies and practices influenced or determined by the classification systems used by DOC.
• Possess a Law Enforcement Database System (LEDS) Certification
• Experience with the STATIC-99R tool
• Experience with JJPS/JJIS and Oregon eCourts

Application Information

• In the Work Experience section of your application make sure to include the dates and duties of all relevant positions and details to support how you meet these attributes. If you do not include education or work experience meeting the minimum qualifications, you will not be considered for the position. Only the candidates whose experience most closely matches the qualifications and requested skills of this position will be invited to interview. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications on or before the job posting close date.
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Working Conditions

This hybrid remote position is based at Headquarters in Salem, Oregon. You may need to report in person within two hours, work on-site, or travel to institutions as required. Work is generally performed with the likelihood of prolonged sitting and repeated, extensive use of the computer for e-mail, word processing, and data entry; involvement in telephone conversations and conferences, and the use of research manuals. You will work under pressure of deadlines with frequent interruptions and distractions, balance conflicting workload demands and multiple competing priorities; must be conscious of and maintain a safe and sanitary work environment; requires lifting up to 50 pounds. You are responsible for assuring the proper operation of security alarms, tools and key control when located at a department office/institution worksite. You must be able and willing to make positive contributions to a cooperative team environment. You must be willing and able to work efficiently in a remote work environment. You must adapt to a constantly evolving work environment, often completing special assignments and regular duties under the pressure of shortened deadlines. This position may require work after hours or on weekends and overnight, in-state travel. This position may require the operation of a motor vehicle, requiring a regular driver's license with a clean driving record.

This position will be required to work inside a Department of Corrections correctional facility during working and, in the case of an emergency, nonworking hours and is subject to assignment in other areas of the Department. This position will have contact with adults in custody and will be exposed daily to material of a graphic nature (including details/photos of AIC assaults and police reports outlining violent offenses) and to dangerous situations (e.g., verbal or physical assault) does exist when entering a correctional facility. The adults in custody have the potential for becoming angry, hostile, abusive, and aggressive, increasing the risk for employees of physical injury, death, and/or being taken hostage.

You are responsible for answering phone calls from callers who are often hostile, frustrated and lash out; must be able to answer their questions calmly and diffuse the situation. Will be required to participate in in-person meetings with maximum custody AICs who have violent history towards staff, other AICs and community members. Has regular telephone, email and in-person contact on a daily basis with staff throughout the agency, staff from other departments and agencies, defense attorneys, District Attorney's and the public. Often deals with sensitive issues that require confidentiality, tact and diplomacy.

DOC buildings and institutions are tobacco free. Use of tobacco products are prohibited within the buildings or on the grounds.

About the Department

The Oregon Department of Corrections is responsible for over 12,000 adults in custody in 12 state prisons throughout Oregon. It advises and evaluates counties regarding administration of probation and parole programs supervising more than 24,000 offenders in Oregon communities. The mission is to protect communities, promote accountability, and transform lives.

The Oregon Department of Corrections serves a diverse and changing population of people who are incarcerated and on supervision. We commit to creating an organization both reflecting the diversity of the population we serve and ensuring all employees thrive in a culture of safety, trust, and belonging. We strive to be an anti-racist corrections system. Welcoming, inclusive, and respectful of all people. Free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

The Department offers a variety of programs and opportunity to create a safe and healthy environment to for our staff, volunteers, and adults in custody. Joining the Oregon Department of Corrections is joining a team working for the benefit of our communities through innovative and proven correctional practices.

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