Religious Coordinator 2025-00710
Religious Coordinator 2025-00710
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06-04-2025
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Job Description
Description and Functions
Open Until Filled
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Wyoming Department of Corrections (WDOC) is seeking a Contract Religious Services Coordinator for our Wyoming Womens Center (WWC) in Lusk WY and the WY Honor Conservation Camp (WHCC) in Newcastle.Candidates may office in either location of Lusk or Newcastle. We are an American Correctional Associationcertified department that offers job variety and challenges working with offenders and the community to make a positive difference and keep recidivism rates low. This position coordinates and facilitates religious practices for inmates in prison in compliance with State and Federal law and WDOC policies and procedures. The position is at will and may end at any time without notice.
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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function which may be performed at the job level.- Services include: planning developing coordinating and supervising inmate religious activities;
- Recruiting training and supervising religious volunteers;
- Adhering to department policy in handling inmate religious requests regardless of inmate religious belief;
- Manage religious property for inmates;
- Managing the ordering and disposition of individual inmate religious property;
- Oversight of inmate religious diet requests and inmate adherence to approved religious diets;
- Oversight of the chapel area;
- Emergency family notifications;
- Coordinating with the other WDOC institutions to maintain departmental continuity with regard to inmate religious practices.
Qualifications
PREFERENCES:
Preference will be given to individuals with a Bachelors Degree in a human services field theology religious education or closely related field; PLUS two years of professionallevel experience. Preference will also be given to those who have previously worked with female inmatesand/or offenders.
KNOWLEDGE:- Knowledge of religious practices across a wide scope of religious affiliations
- Knowledge of religiousbased diet restrictions
- Knowledge of religious celebrations and holidays
- Knowledge of sacred items across a wide scope of religious affiliations
- Skill in communication with people of diverse backgrounds
- Ability to multitask
- Ability to use a computer
- Ability to research and understand religious practices not already familiar with
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
None See PreferencesNecessary Special Requirements
PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:- Lifting/grasping up to 20 pounds without assistance on an occasional to regular basis
- Walking on cement floors on an occasional to regular basis
- Walking up and down stairs on an occasional basis
- Stooping bending kneeling crouching on an occasional basis
- Reaching on a regular basis
- Typing/Repetitive motion on a frequent basis
- Talking/hearing on a frequent basis
- Seeing: the visual ability to perform an activity such as analyzing data and figures viewing a computer terminal and extensive reading
NOTES:- FLSA: Nonexempt
- This position is AtWill and may end at any time without notice. The successful applicant will be eligible for Health Dental and Life Insurance with a Single rate contribution premium to offset costs.
- This position requires 5 weeks at the WDOC Training Academy paid for by WDOC.
- The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities. No notice of eligibility will be sent to applicants who meet the minimum qualifications.
- The Wyoming Department of Corrections is a DrugFree Workplace. All staff are subject to drug testing while employed by the WDOC. The Wyoming Department of Corrections is a TobaccoFree Workplace and prohibits the taking carrying possessing or introducing of smoking materials smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitutes on or into WDOC facilities and grounds.
- The Wyoming Department of Correction is in compliance with the Federal Prison Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003. It is the policy and practice of WDOC to protect inmates/offenders from personal abuse corporal punishment personal injury disease property damage harassment and the elimination of prison .
- Successful Applicants for employment must pass a background/reference check medical evaluation and drug test prior to appointment.
- WDOC has a strict dress code policy that includes standards for facial hair body art and piercings/gauges. All applicants must meet the standards of this dress code to be considered for employment.
Supplemental Information
080Department of Corrections Prisons Programs & Services
Clickhere to view more about the Wyoming Dept. of Corrections.
Clickhere to view the State of Wyoming Classification and Pay Structure.
URL: State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.
Class Specifications are subject to change please refer to the A & I HRD Website to ensure that you have the most recent version.
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Employment Type
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