Recreation Specialist - Institutional (Recreation Specialist)

Recreion Specialist - Institutional (Recreion Specialist)

Department of Justice

Justice, Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System

Summary

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Summary

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

08/19/2025 to 09/03/2025

Salary

$62,457 to - $89,874 per year

Pay scale & grade

GL 07 - 09

Locion

Milan, MI

1 vacancy

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues.

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

09

Job family (Series)

0188 Recreion Specialist

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Other

Drug test

Yes

Announcement number

MIL-2025-0038

Control number

843728700

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarificion from the agency

THIS IS A DELEGATED EXAMINING ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS.

Duty Locion: FCI Milan, MI

Duties

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Works under the general direction of the Recreion Supervisor and/or Assistant Supervisor of Recreion. The requirements of the position include knowledge of the goals, principles, methods, and techniques of the broad field of recreion.

Supervises the operion of the recreion and leisure time program. Solicits suggestions from the inme populion, plans and crees recreional activities based upon research, purchases the equipment and supplies needed for such programs, draws up necessary tournament rosters, etc., and assures th approprie recreional activities take place in a timely fashion.

Assist the Recreion Supervisor and the other recreion/sports specialists in planning, organizing, advising on and administering recreion activities and programs which promote the physical, creive and social development for the inme populion.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staffs correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

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Conditions of employment

U.S. Citizenship is Required

See Special Conditions of Employment Section

Selective Service Requirement:

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) . The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing th you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority if: 1)this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the vacant position and re equivalent to the Highly Qualified cegory using established cegory ring criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility with your applicion of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separion personnel action form. Additional informion about ICTAP eligibility is : Click Here

The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing th you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the vacant position and re equivalent to the Highly Qualified cegory using established cegory ring criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notificion of CTAP eligibility with your applicion. Additional informion about CTAP eligibility is : Click Here

Qualificions

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualificion requirements.

Basic Requirements:

Educion:

Undergradue and Gradue Educion: Major study -- general recreion, or one of the approprie fields of recreion such as outdoor recreion; recreion and parks leadership; wild land recreion management; nural resources recreion; youth recreion; public, urban, or community recreion; special populions recreion (e.g., senior citizens, institutional, etc.); or physical educion.

OR

Experience:

Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience th demonstred the ability to apply the principles of one or more specialty areas of recreion. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:

Planning, organizing, coordining, supervising, or evaluing community, industrial, outdoor, institutional, or other recreional programs.

Planning, establishing, or evaluing a recreional curriculum for junior college or higher academic levels.

Instructing in the principles and techniques of recreional program planning and management.

Serving in a leadership role in the programs and activities of local, regional, and/or nional recreional organizions.

AND

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must have:

Educion:

GL-07: 1 full year of gradue level educion or superior academic achievement.

GL-09: A Master's or equivalent gradue degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to such a degree or LL.B or J.D., if reled.

OR

Experience:

GL-07 and GL-09: You must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualificions to successfully perform the duties of the position, and must typically be in or reled to the position to be filled.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are:

GL-07:

Experience in supervising team sports and activities or tournaments.

Experience th demonstres skill in a wide range of participant interest, experience in developing and overseeing a recreion program's daily operion and primarily organize and direct participants.

Experience tracking participion in programs using a computer program.

GL-09:

Experience in developing and implementing recreional activities and arrange for community resources, experience in developing indoor and outdoor activities to meet the needs of an inme populion.

Experience preparing financial requests for new recreional equipment within established guidelines.

Experience speaking in front of large groups or participants to explain recreion and leisure opportunities a facility.

OR

Combinion of Educion and Experience:

GL-07 and GL-09: You may have a combinion of successfully completed higher educion and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the particular qualificions to perform the major duties of this position as described above.

If applicable, credit given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

**Your eligibility for considerion based on your responses to the questions in the applicion.**

Educion

See Qualificions Section for educion requirements, if applicable .

ONLY if educion is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verificion of educional requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS the time you apply and MUST include identifying informion to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and De Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed a college or university th has obtained accredition or pre-accredition stus from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools th meet this criteria, Click Here .

Foreign Educion: For informion regarding foreign educion requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition the U.S. Department of Educion website: Recognition of Foreign Qualificions .

Superior Academic Achievement. (S.A.A.) applicants MUST provide a transcript in order to be considered under S.A.A.

In order to be creditable under this provision, superior academic achievement must have been gained in a curriculum th is qualifying for the position to be filled.

If you are selected for this position and qualified based on educion (i.e. basic educion requirement and/or substitution of educion), you required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.

Additional informion

This position IS included in the bargaining unit.

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3307, a maximum entry age of 36 has been established for initial appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution. If you are above the maximum entry age and have prior federal law enforcement coverage, you MUST submit an SF-50 to verify prior coverage.

Qualified Preference Eligible Veterans may be exempt from meeting the maximum age. Please refer to the Required Documents Section for the approprie documention to submit to valide veteran eligibility.

Special Conditions of Employment Section:

Appointment is subject to sisfactory completion of a pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigion.

All applicants are subject to, and must sisfactorily pass all screening requirements in relion to Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) and credit check.

All applicants not currently working in an institution required to complete a qualificion inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence in order to be authorized to carry a firearm.

The Core Value Assessment (CVA) is an in-person assessment th must be facilited a Bureau of Prisons Human Resource Servicing office. On the day of the scheduled interview, a CVA administered. The applicant assessment must be completed within a 70 minute time period and a passing score of 68 must be obtained. Further employment considerion will not be extended if the applicant fails to complete the examinion or fails to achieve a passing score. Note: The Core Value Assessment will not be administered to current BOP employees.

Successful completion of the "Introduction to Correctional Techniques," three-week training course Glynco, Georgia is required.

Additional selections may be made if vacancies occur within the life of the certifice.

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

Your applicion evalued and red under DOJ's Cegory Ring and Selection Procedures. Based upon your self-reported responses to the assessment questions during the applicion process, your applicion placed into one of three cegories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified . Applicions reviewed from the top quality cegory. Your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed in this announcement. If you are found qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to the responses you provided on the online assessment questionnaire.

NOTE: Candides within the top quality cegory and who are eligible for veterans preference will receive selection priority over non-veteran preference eligibles.

If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indice the type of veterans preference you are claiming on your resume. Although veterans preference points are not assigned under the cegory ring procedures described under "How You Will Be Evalued", veterans preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-veterans within each cegory for which they are qualified.

In addition, qualified veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more are placed the top of the highest qualified cegory as defined by cegory ring procedures.

Wh Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities are Required for this Position?

The following Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) are required:

GL-07 and GL-09:

Ability to communice orally.

Ability to communice in writing.

Ability to design/opere recreion (leisure)programs.

Ability to direct, coordine and develop sports, fitness, and leisure programs.

Ability to supervise participants and effectively manage time and resources.

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Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

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Failure to provide required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD214, or Transcripts.

Veterans' Preference Documention:

Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility.

DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge).

SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit:

A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the SF-15 .

NOTE: A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here .

If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals.

Resume: Resume showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, etc.)

To receive credit for experience contained in an applicion, the experience must be documented:

Reflecting start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND

Include the number of hours worked per week.

College transcript: includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).

NOTE : If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day.

SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable.

For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume?

We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:

Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.

How to Apply

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You must apply through the online applicion system www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents.

NOTE: Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment.

Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process.

Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).

All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement.

Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.

Paper applicions: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure.

Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line:

DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons

Consolided Staffing Unit

346 Marine Forces Drive

Grand Prairie, TX 75051

E-Mail: ...

Phone: ...

Agency contact informion

CSU

Phone

...

...

Address

JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS

Consolided Staffing Unit

346 Marine Forces Drive

Grand Prairie, Texas 75051

United Stes

Next steps

We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed. Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion. The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement.

Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry of Availability (OF-5 Form) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office or contact the Human Resource Department telephonically or via e-mail. Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position.

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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Failure to provide required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD214, or Transcripts.

Veterans' Preference Documention:

Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility.

DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge).

SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit:

A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the SF-15 .

NOTE: A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here .

If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals.

Resume: Resume showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, etc.)

To receive credit for experience contained in an applicion, the experience must be documented:

Reflecting start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND

Include the number of hours worked per week.

College transcript: includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).

NOTE : If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day.

SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable.

For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume?

We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:

Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.

How to Apply

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You must apply through the online applicion system www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents.

NOTE: Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment.

Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process.

Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).

All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement.

Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.

Paper applicions: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure.

Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line:

DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons

Consolided Staffing Unit

346 Marine Forces Drive

Grand Prairie, TX 75051

E-Mail: ...

Phone: ...

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Agency contact informion

CSU

Phone

...

...

Address

JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS

Consolided Staffing Unit

346 Marine Forces Drive

Grand Prairie, Texas 75051

United Stes

Next steps

We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed. Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion. The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement.

Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry of Availability (OF-5 Form) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office or contact the Human Resource Department telephonically or via e-mail. Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position.

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 08/19/2025 to 09/03/2025 Salary $62,457 to - $89,874 per year Pay scale & grade GL 07 - 09 Locion Milan, MI 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 09 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Announcement number MIL-2025-0038 Control number 843728700