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Managerial Level Profile

Next Steps for Managers

Are you a Manager? Below, find a general description of a manager's role. If this fits, explore some of NIC's "Managerial Leadership Development Opportunities". If not, click the "Leadership and Management Homepage", and try a different level.


MANAGER-LEVEL PROFILE

The manager is responsible for the implementation, oversight, and management of a unit, program, or department within a division, institution, or field setting

Responsible for:

  • Ensuring implementation of short and long terms goals and objectives congruent with agency vision and mission
  • Developing procedures to ensure alignment of unit or program with agency's policy and best practices
  • Building organizational culture within the unit/program that supports desired outcomes
  • Managing unit/program's budget and finances to ensure implementation of agency's vision and mission
  • Managing external environment related to the manager's area of responsibility
  • Ensuring unit/program staff understand and support agency's public policy agenda
  • Providing leadership and supervising staff

Examples of manager-level positions:

  • Corrections Unit or Program Manager
  • Institution/Prison Department Head
  • Deputy Superintendent of Institution/Prison Department
  • Institution/Prison Major or Captain
  • Boot Camp Director
  • Probation, Parole, Community Corrections, or Community Sentencing Department Head or Regional/District Manager
  • Interstate Compact Administrator
  • Deputy Jail Administrator
  • Jail Department Head
  • Accounting, Budget, Legal, Purchasing, Contracts Manager
  • HR functions: Diversity, Labor Relations, Public Information, or Training Manager
  • Information/Technology Services Manager
  • Capital Programs or Correctional Industries Administrator
  • Food Services or Facilities Manager

Competencies - This is what you need to develop or enhance:

  • Ethics and Values
  • Interpersonal Relationships
  • Motivating Others
  • Developing Direct Reports
  • Managing Conflicts
  • Team Building
  • Collaboration
  • Problem Solving and Decision Making
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Managing Change
  • Program Planning and Performance Assessment
  • Criminal Justice System


  • Next Steps for Managers:
    Managerial Level Development


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