Job Description
Job Group/Grade/Scale: PG10, :(126,370.00-198,730.00)
Ministry: Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government
Department: State Department of Correctional and Rehabilitation Services
Qualifications and Requirements:
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:-
(i) served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Prisons Job Group , ( PG 9)
(ii) a Certificate in Senior Officers Management course lasting not less four (4) weeks from a recognized institution; (iii) a Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution;
(iv) demonstrated professional competence and administrative capability in work performance and result; and
(v) maintained outstanding discipline record
Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-
(i) managing maximum security institutions;
(ii) enforcing prisons objectives for offender containment, rehabilitation, social re-integration and administration of justice;
(iii) handling staff and inmates matters at regional commands and prisons headquarters;
(iv) planning of training programmes at Prisons Staff Training College and implementing the training curriculum;
(v) monitoring and evaluating the performance of institutions and individual officers and handling staff disciplinary matters;
(vi) overseeing equitable distribution of prisons stores;
(vii) conducting administrative inspections, ensuring prisoners are aware and observe all prisons rules and regulations;
(viii) providing linkages between the regions and the prison headquarters; commanding security operations such as riots, disease outbreaks and special searches;
(ix) seeking feedback on the provision of healthcare services to staff and inmates;
(x) providing professional service and advice based on their areas of specialization;
(xi) carrying out public execution;
(xii) designing, constructing and maintaining buildings; and
(xiii) receiving and analyzing reports