Vision
We enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs.
Mission
To facilitate the successful reintegration of the individuals in our care back to their communities equipped with the tools to be drug-free, healthy, and employable members of society by providing education, treatment, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs, all in a safe and humane environment.
Commitment
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) are committed to transforming the correctional landscape to create safer, more professional, and more fulfilling environments for our employees, the incarcerated population, and those supervised in our communities. Through systemwide improvements grounded in proven and emerging practices, we aim to strengthen rehabilitation, enhance workplace satisfaction, and support successful reentry into the community through our institutions, parole, and community partnerships. Our shared mission is to promote safety, wellness, and human dignity while fostering positive change for all those who live and work within our institutions and communities.
CDCR and CCHCS are committed to building an inclusive respectful workplace. We are determined to attract and hire candidates from all communities and empower employees from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and personal experiences. We are proud to foster inclusion and drive collaborative efforts at all levels of the Department.
CDCR and CCHCS strive to collaborate with the community to enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs. Incumbents establish and maintain cooperative working relationships within the department, other governmental agencies, health care partners, and communities.
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
- Experience acting on behalf of or communicating with executive staff within a large government agency or equivalent.
- Experience operating at an intellectually high-level capacity providing research and analysis for a large government agency or equivalent.
- Experience working collaboratively with executive staff to meet the department’s or company’s mission and goals.
- Experience in reacting to adversity and organizing, coordinating, and effectively and thoroughly responding to multiple complex issues.
- Demonstrated experience communicating effectively both orally and in writing with high-level management representatives of federal, state, and local government agencies, or equivalent, and internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated strategic thinking, and ability to take initiative, identify issues, and advise the General Counsel to assist with developing solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to gain the confidence and support of top-level administrators in multiple departments and institutions.
- Demonstrated ability to professionally and persuasively communicate views and opinions and facilitate an open exchange of ideas.
Benefit information can be found on the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) website, www.calhr.ca.gov, and the CalPERS website, www.calpers.ca.gov.
Information on benefits afforded by membership in the California Public Employees’ Retirement System can be found on the CalHR Salary and Benefits website at www.calhr.ca.gov/employees/pages/salary-and-benefits.aspx.
Information on the benefits and protections provided to public employees by the State Civil Service Act can be found on the CalHR website at https://www.calhr.ca.gov/Training/Pages/performance-management-merit-system-principles.aspx.
Additional benefit information can be found on the CalHR California State Civil Service Employee Benefits Summary website at https://www.calhr.ca.gov/Pages/California-State-Civil-Service-Employee-Benefits-Summary.aspx.
This webpage is intended to provide general information. Benefit eligibility may be based on job classification, bargaining unit, time base and length of appointment.
Answer the questions below in two pages or less using 12-point font. Do not provide a single narrative response, rather, state each question and respond with your answer after each question. Include your name and page number on each page.
- Describe your experience working collaboratively with executive staff to meet the department's or company's mission and goals.
- Describe your experience responding to adversity, as well as your ability to organize, coordinate, and effectively address multiple complex issues.
- Describe your experience communicating effectively both orally and in writing with high-level management, representatives of government agencies, and internal and external stakeholders.
To obtain list eligibility for the Analyst III, before applying for the position, you should first take and pass the examination here Analyst III Examination
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.
