Correctional Staff Deployment Specialist

As a Correctional Staff Deployment Specialist , you would implement and monitor security staffing systems at correctional facilities. You would analyze facility staff requests; develop realignment plans as appropriate; and participate in developing staffing standards, operations procedures, and systems for effective security staff deployment and internal controls. You would also maintain and evaluate security staff utilization data and recommend corrective action.

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The duties of this position involve extensive travel to correctional facilities, which include minimum, medium, and maximum-security levels and touring all areas where security uniform personnel are assigned. The travel is approximately 50% and does require overnight stays.

At the interview, you may be required to have a valid license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State or otherwise demonstrate your ability to meet the transportation needs for the job.

Open to employees of: Corrections and Community Supervision, Dept of

On or before November 7, 2026, you must be a qualified employee of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and have had three months of permanent competitive, non-competitive NY HELPS*, or 55-b/55-c service as an Administrative Specialist 1, Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator, Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator (Alcohol & Substance Abuse Treatment), Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator (Alcohol & Substance Abuse Treatment) (Spanish Language), Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator (Manual Communication), Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator (Spanish Language), Internal Auditor 1, Senior Administrative Analyst, Senior Budgeting Analyst, Human Resources Specialist 1, or Incarcerated Grievance Program Supervisor**. If you have received a permanent appointment to a qualifying title listed and served provisionally*** in that title immediately preceding your permanent appointment, such provisional service may be counted towards meeting the time in title required for this examination.

†**Due to historical title structure changes, service in the following previously named titles is also qualifying: Administrative Assistant, Grade 18, Correction Counselor, Correction Counselor (Alcohol & Substance Abuse Treatment), Correction Counselor (Alcohol & Substance Abuse Treatment) (Spanish Language), Correction Counselor (Manual Communication), Correction Counselor (Spanish Language), Correctional Services Internal Auditor 2, Senior Internal Auditor 1, Senior Personnel Administrator, or Supervisor of Inmate Grievance Program.

Only the title or titles listed are qualifying.

If you were permanently appointed to a qualifying title on or before August 7, 2026, and have served continuously in this title since that date, you are eligible to file for this examination.

*If you were permanently appointed via the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide (NY HELPS) program to a qualifying title in the non-competitive class on or before August 7, 2026, and have served continuously in this title since that date, you may apply for this examination.

***If you were permanently appointed to a qualifying title and had provisional service in the same title immediately preceding the permanent appointment, such provisional service may be counted towards meeting the time in title required to apply for this examination. Your provisional appointment must have been on or before August 7, 2026, to qualify for this examination.

Qualifying Experience For Appointment From The Eligible List: After one year of service described in the Minimum Qualifications, successful candidates will be qualified for appointment from the eligible list.

Employees appointed via the NY HELPS program to a qualifying title in the non-competitive class will have their names restricted from appointment from the eligible list until their position is covered-in to the competitive class by action of the New York State Civil Service Commission or otherwise obtain permanent competitive status in the position.

If you have received a permanent appointment to a qualifying title listed and served provisionally in that title immediately preceding your permanent appointment, such provisional service may be counted towards meeting the time in title required for appointment from the eligible list.

To be considered for appointment to this title, you must pass the multiple-choice test . The multiple-choice test evaluates your knowledge, skills, and/or abilities in the following areas:

Administrative techniques and practices - These questions test for a knowledge of management techniques and practices used in directing or assisting in directing a program component or an organizational segment. Questions cover such areas as interpreting policies, making decisions based on the context of the position in the organization, coordinating programs or projects, communicating with employees or the public, planning employee training, and researching and evaluating areas of concern.

Program planning and evaluation - These questions test for a knowledge of basic concepts and techniques in such areas as the planning function, factors involved in implementing new procedures or programs, and evaluating their results and effectiveness. The questions are conceptual in approach and fundamental in level; they do not involve the manipulation of data nor the application of quantitative methods.

Preparing written material - These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order. You must then choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences.

Understanding and interpreting written material - These questions test for the ability to understand and interpret written material. You will be presented with brief reading passages and will be asked questions about the passages. You should base your answers to the questions only on what is presented in the passages and not on what you may happen to know about the topic.

Test Guide & Sample Test Material: A General Guide to Multiple-Choice Tests is available at http://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm . If Sample Test Material is available for a subject area described above, it can be found at http://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/sampletestmat.cfm .

If you pass, your seniority credit(s), if any, will be included in the computation of your final score. Your final score on the eligible list will be determined after adding any Veterans' credits.

Credit For Seniority: Seniority is credited at the rate of one credit for each five-year period (or fraction thereof), excluding the first year of service.

Admission To The Test: If approved for a multiple-choice test, you will receive an admission notice which will indicate your assigned test date and the way your test will be administered. Your test may be administered with paper and pencil or online at a state test site. You cannot request to change your scheduled day or request a specific type of test administration.

Applicants are required to have a Personal NY.gov account and keep their email address up to date . The Department of Civil Service and other state agencies will communicate with you through email correspondence. This may include notification of your application status, your test arrangements, examination results, and canvassing you for interest in appointment. It will be important for you to keep your email address, phone number, and mailing address current by logging into https://www.cs.ny.gov/home/myaccount .