CDOC - Director of Adult Parole

Salary : $110,477.00 - $187,811.00 Annually
Location : Denver, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: PAR 82000 10.2026
Department: Department of Corrections
Division: Parole
Opening Date: 10/08/2026
Closing Date: 10/22/2026 4:00 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Primary Physical Work Address: 940 Broadway, Denver, CO.
FLSA Status: Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information:
Type of Announcement: This announcement is not governed by the selection processes of the classified personnel system. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

Description of Job
The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), Division of Adult Parole provides public safety by managing inmates transitioning to the community through an array of supervision strategies, interventions, and re-entry services that instill pro-social behaviors that promote successful outcomes. We are recruiting for a dynamic leader to direct the Division of Adult Parole. The Director will champion a balanced approach that upholds public safety while fostering rehabilitation and successful community reintegration for parolees. This position will travel extensively across the state and occasionally out of state.

This position is non-classified, not governed by the state personnel system, which is a performance-based pay plan reserved for senior-level management positions responsible for relatively large or important segments of a principal department.

This position exists to direct and manage operations of the Division of Adult Parole. This includes direction and management of the Department's community-based supervision programs Intensive Supervision Inmate, Intensive Supervision Parole, Regular Parole, the pre-release program located in 20 DOC prison
facilities and re-entry specialists located throughout the state.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

• Management and oversight for a statewide, multiple program operation that includes Adult Parole and Community Re-entry services;
• Direct and coordinate the division's financial and budget activities in order to increase efficiencies and effectiveness;
• Analyze operations to evaluate performance and determine areas of program improvement or policy change;
• Direct, plan, and implement policies and programs to ensure continuous quality management while increasing effectiveness and efficiencies;
• Direct human resource activities including selection of top talent and resolves disputes;
• Develop and implement policies, procedures and regulations, and establish progressive goals and objectives; provide management and direction to professional level staff;
• Function within broad departmental guidelines ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, legal actions and orders which requires strong, inter-agency working relationships with state agencies, federal, state, county, local, private, and military law enforcement authorities; fulfill requirements of legal actions and life safety; progressively collaborate with internal and external constituents, legislative officials, governmental and non-governmental support agencies;
• Oversight of the interstate compact program for parolees;
• Develop and implement the strategic planning process for the Division of Adult Parole;
• Testify before legislative committees as an expert in current parole trends and issues;
• Understand, develop, and implement performance based outcome measures, managing effective operations while ensuring performance measures are met;
• Identify areas for improved efficiencies and establish methods to implement and measure efficient improvement strategies;
• Understand and treat the public, staff, inmates and parolees with professional respect and dignity through all interactions;
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree. (Unofficial college transcripts must be uploaded with this application to be considered. Transcripts must include your name, college name, degree and date conferred in order to receive credit).

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EXPERIENCE: Six (6) years of progressively responsible *professional senior-level management experience in or directly adjacent to, a parole or probation program, community corrections, or correctional institution. This experience must have included the following:

• Two years of managing through subordinate supervisors;
• Two years of professional public or business administration that includes establishing organizational structure, developing strategic work plans, budget development and control, setting goals and objectives to achieve program results, and fostering a team environment.

Ensure that the "Work Experience" section of the application is complete and contains all relevant work experience related to the position that you are applying for. This information will be used to help determine compensation for the position. "See resume" statements cannot be accepted in lieu of the "work experience" section of the application. Additional work experience will not be accepted after the job announcement close date for compensation purposes.

Substitutions:

• A combination of work experience which provided the same kind, amount, and level of knowledge acquired in the required education, may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the bachelor's degree.
• A master's or doctorate degree from an accredited college or university in a field of study as listed above may be substituted for the bachelor's degree and on a year-for-year basis of general experience.

*Professional work experience is defined as work that involves exercising discretion, analytical skill, judgment, and personal accountability, and responsibility for creating, developing, integrating, applying, and sharing an organized body of knowledge that characteristically is uniquely acquired through an intense education or training regimen at a recognized college or university; equivalent to the curriculum requirements for a bachelor's or higher degree with major study in or pertinent to the specialized field; and continuously studied to explore, extend, and use additional discoveries, interpretations, and application and to improve data, materials, equipment, applications and methods.
Ensure that the 'Work Experience" section of the application is complete and contains all relevant work experience related to the position that you are applying for. This information will be used to help determine compensation for the position. "See resume" statements cannot be accepted in lieu of the "work experience" section of the application. Additional work experience will not be accepted after the job announcement close date for compensation purposes.

Required Competencies:

• Proven operational knowledge of leading a parole, community corrections, probation system or corrections environment;
• Proven experience in public sector budget and government financial management;
• Proven experience managing a staff with diverse professional experience and qualifications;
• Proven experience in policy analysis, development, and implementation;
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication and public speaking skills;
• Ability to work in a complex political environment;
• Excellent negotiation and consensus-building skills;
• Proven ability to provide efficient and effective customer service, while managing a multiple programmatic, governmental organization with exemplary responsiveness;
• Proven ability to provide operational knowledge of managing within a correctional environment;
• Proven ability to provide efficient and effective customer service to the stakeholders of Colorado which includes exemplary responsiveness;
• Ability to understand, develop, and implement performance and outcome measures, managing effective operations while ensuring performance measures are met;
• Proven analytical expertise in strategic planning, operational effectiveness and progressive evaluation of measurements;
• Ability to establish effective measures of efficiencies through the creation of objectives, which measure efficiencies;
• Ability to implement and improve operations through effective performance measures;
• Ability to read and comprehend the English language;
• Application of research and attention to detail;
• Ability to effectively communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing;
• Self-control, a strong sense of ability to work in stressful, potentially violent situations;
• Ability to remain alert, emotionally stable, and mentally resilient under pressure and observant throughout their shift;
• Tolerance to stress, confinement, and high-stakes interaction.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Senior-level management experience within a criminal justice, community corrections, or correctional environment;
• Experience managing and directing a governmental, correctional organization which includes the ability to develop proven inter-agency relationships with state, federal, and local agencies;
• Experience and the ability to testify as an expert of current parole trends and issues;
• Knowledge and experience of federal, state, and local statutes, rules, and regulations related to parole and community inmate aftercare programs;
• Knowledge and experience of federal and state laws related to the parolee and inmate rights, due process, ACA and ADAAA standards, and state statutes as they relate to corrections, fiscal, and personnel rules;
• Knowledge and experience with an interstate compact program.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Assessment Process: Your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum Qualifications (MQ's). Applicants that meet MQ's will be included in the Comparative Analysis process. Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted through a comparative analysis which may include, but is not limited to, a suitability screening, eSkills Assessment, oral assessment, written performance assessment or it may include a review of your application material and your responses to any supplemental questions by a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to assess and rank applicants in order to establish an eligible list for referral to the hiring manager for final consideration.

Be sure the "Work Experience" section of your application is complete and specifically addresses your qualifications, experience, and accomplishments as they relate to the Description of the Job, Minimum Qualifications, Required Competencies and Preferred Qualifications as listed above. Resumes and "see resume" statements will not be accepted in lieu of the "Work Experience" section of the application. Failure to include adequate information or follow instructions by the closing date may result in your application not being accepted and/or may affect your score, rank or inclusion in the final pool of eligible applicants.
Employees who are rehired or reinstated within six months of their separation will return at either their previous pay rate if hired into the same class level or based on their time in the class series, whichever is higher. Those rehired or reinstated after six months' separation will be calculated using the same formula for new hires and promotions.
Please note that while this change in role may constitute a change in title and/or responsibility, salary adjustments are not guaranteed and may be influenced by factors such as internal pay equity, budget constraints, market benchmarks, or the individual’s cur