Address:

Arizona State Prison Complex (ASPC) - Eyman
Arizona Correctional Industries (ACI)
1305 East Butte Avenue
Florence, AZ 85132
https://corrections.az.gov

Salary: $48,600.00

Grade: 18

Closing Date: 10/9/2024

Are you educated and experienced in horsemanship? Do you have experience being a wild horse handler? Be part of our amazing Wild Horse Arizona Correctional Industries (ACI) team. Apply now!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a specialized project manager to fill the Wild Horse Specialist position. This position supervises and assists in the Wild Horse Program ensuring the wild horses received are properly documented, trained, receiving proper nutrition and veterinary care.

For further information about the Arizona Correctional Industries visit: https://aci.az.gov/

- Supervises and assists the staff and inmate workforce
- Cares for, feeds, tames, inoculates, shoes, transports, and markets livestock
- Assists the Correctional Industries Production (CIP) Supervisor in monitoring material usage, expenditures, and utilization of available resources for quality assurance and efficient operation
- Maintains records as necessary, communicates with vendors, customers, security personnel and other operational divisions to ensure compliance with policies and any State and Federal regulations pertaining to the program
- Confers with the CIP Supervisor and Regional Manager to develop and implement new horse training techniques
- Attends meetings as required
- Completes and submits reports as required and assists the CIP Supervisor with budget preparation
- Attends meetings and training
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge of:
- Supervisory techniques for the assigned inmate workforce
- Production and materials management transportation and distribution systems
- Computer applications
- Divisional and Departmental policies and procedures including fire and safety standards and regulations, and security requirements and practices
- Current and different styles of wild horse training techniques, care, treatment, taming, proper equine nutrition, veterinary care, farrier skills, tools of the trade, transporting and marketing/sales
- Thorough understanding of laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures and personnel principles
- Simple bookkeeping and work scheduling procedures
- Quality control techniques
- On-the-job training principles and applications
- Prisoners rights and labor relations

Skill in:
- Management, supervision and giving direction
- Verbal and written communication
- Marketing
- Analyzing, decision-making, problem-solving, reaching conclusions and implementing solutions
- Administration
- Interpretation and enforcement of all policies and procedures
- Motivation, constructive criticism and the basic principles of team building
- Horsemanship, wild horse treatment, and breaking techniques

Ability to:
- Lift/carry 60 lbs.
- Push/pull 60 lbs.
- Walk/run 1 mile
- Work in a prison environment
- Operate calculators and computers
- Guide and supervise staff and an inmate workforce
- Reconcile mathematical problems
- Understand complex scheduling needs and inventory issues
- Operate equipment of the trade
- Tame, train, show and shoe wild horses

Three (3) years of experience and/or education consisting of horsemanship, wild horse handling, leather working, equipment repair, rope handling, pest control, proper records keeping to include health, accountability, ability, mannerisms and evaluation potential for animal goals

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation, drug test, and possibly a medical/physical examination.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).

In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees:
- Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
- Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
- Exceptional retirement program
- Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
- An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.

Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 255-2430. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.