Corrections Subject Matter Expert

Connexus Hub

$90K — $110K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associate's degree or higher in criminal justice, criminology, psychology, sociology, public administration, or emergency management.
  • Completion of agency-certified corrections academy training with proof of certification.
  • At least 7 years of experience in corrections, including recent field experience and content quality control.
  • Strong understanding of adult learning materials and correctional facility operations, particularly safety and security.
  • Availability during core Eastern time business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET).

Responsibilities

  • Act as the technical expert for developing and evaluating correctional curricula across various formats.
  • Collaborate with instructional designers to create lesson plans and interactive exercises that comply with corrections policy and regulations.
  • Review course content for operational accuracy, providing candid feedback when discrepancies arise.
  • Offer authoritative advice on core corrections topics to the project team and clients.
  • Utilize testing metrics to evaluate course effectiveness, proposing necessary changes.
  • Conduct quality control checks on deliverables before they are presented to the client.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work environment.
  • No travel requirement.
  • Opportunity to work with a team of instructional designers and multimedia developers on impactful training materials.
Full Job Description
Corrections Subject Matter Expert Full time | 100% remote, United States | Contingent on contract award | Anticipated start late September 2026 This is the person who makes sure the training is right. A team of instructional designers and multimedia developers will rebuild a portfolio of corrections courses, and you are the one who tells them what actually happens inside a facility, what the policy requires, and what a course gets wrong. The work is fully remote and this position is contingent on contract award. What you will do • Serve as the technical expert for designing, updating, modernizing, and evaluating correctional curricula across e-learning, micro-learning, and instructor-led courses. • Work side by side with instructional designers to build lesson plans, courses, and interactive exercises that line up with corrections policy and with federal, state, and local regulation. • Review draft content for operational and technical accuracy, and say so plainly when something would not hold up in a real facility. • Provide authoritative guidance on core corrections subjects to the project team and to the customer. • Use testing metrics to assess whether a course is achieving what it was built to achieve, and recommend changes when it is not. • Perform quality control on deliverables before they reach the customer. What you need • An associate's degree or higher in a relevant field: criminal justice, criminology, psychology, sociology, public administration, or emergency management. • Completion of state- or agency-certified corrections academy training. You will be asked to provide the certificate. • Seven or more years of experience in core corrections subject areas, to include recent in-field corrections experience, development of occupational subject matter content, and quality control of deliverables. • Deep familiarity with adult learning materials and with current correctional facility operations, including safety and security operations. • Availability during core hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday. What helps • Experience as a corrections training academy instructor, training officer, or curriculum developer. • PREA experience, including work as a PREA auditor or PREA coordinator. • Depth in any of these subjects: use of force and less-lethal options, cell search and transport, emergency preparedness, contraband and key control, crisis de-escalation, inmate rights and constitutional law, suicide prevention and intervention, ethics and professional conduct, and coaching in corrections. • Prior work alongside instructional designers on e-learning development, and awareness of Section 508 accessibility expectations. • Federal corrections experience, including the Bureau of Prisons or the National Institute of Corrections. Details • Employment type: full time, approximately 1,860 hours per year. Overtime is not authorized on this program. • Location: fully remote from anywhere in the United States. No travel is required. • Compensation: [salary range] per year, plus [benefits summary]. • This position is contingent on award of the contract to Connexus Hub Inc. and on any background or suitability screening the customer requires.

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