Program Planner 3

Program Planner 3

Salary : $60,548.80 - $92,185.60 Annually

Location : Des Moines - 50219 - Polk County, IA

Job Type : Full-time

Job Number : 26-01263

Agency : 238 Corrections - Central Office

Opening Date : 11 / 12 / 2025

Closing Date : 11 / 23 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Central

Point of Contact : Katrina.Carter@iowa.gov or (515) 314-2645

Job Description

This position is responsible for assisting the Iowa Department of Corrections (IDOC) correctional education programs, secondary and post-secondary, for individuals who are incarcerated in Iowa's prisons, as well as working with community-based corrections to assist the flow and follow up of any post-secondary education completed while incarcerated. The position is also responsible for assisting, through support of and contribution to, the success of the IDOC's Registered Apprenticeship Program.

Primary duties include, but are not limited to :

• Assist in oversight of secondary and post-secondary correctional education in the nine prisons in Iowa, including monitoring monthly secondary correctional education reports, responding to kiosk messages from the incarcerated population, attending all correctional education graduations, functioning as a member of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) team, and serving as an active member of the Iowa Correctional Education Advisory Council (ICEAC)
• Assist in oversight of secondary correctional education assessment centers at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women (ICIW) and the Iowa Medical and Classification Center (IMCC)
• Establish a program review process, implementation plan, and continuous quality improvement for secondary and post-secondary correctional education programs
• Collaborate with secondary and post-secondary correctional education partners to provide support, guidance, and continuous quality improvement to ensure understanding of and compliance with Iowa Department of Corrections (IDOC) policies and procedures
• Identify strategies and design projects that provide innovative and corrections-specific professional development for secondary and post-secondary correctional education partners
• Establish a technology request process, implementation plan, and continuous quality improvement for secondary and post-secondary correctional education partners
• Understand local, state, and federal financial aid opportunities and processes for access for the incarcerated population
• Oversight of secondary correctional education statistical workbook / data and post-secondary correctional education data to comply with state and federal reporting requirements
• Provide assistance to support and contribute to the success of the IDOC Registered Apprenticeship Program, including enrolling apprentices who are incarcerated into the Department of Labor RAPIDS database, collecting / updating apprenticeship hours, and checking exams / entering scores into the IDOC registered apprenticeship program database
• Collaborate with IDOC Public Information Officer for social media highlights of achievements of the incarcerated population secondary and post-secondary correctional education and registered apprenticeship programs

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification :

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