We’re seeking a highly experienced Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support the design and potential delivery of an executive leadership training initiative for a federal corrections client. The ideal consultant brings direct, documented expertise in women's corrections, trauma-informed and women-responsive practices, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) implementation, correctional leadership, and research or assessment within correctional settings. This role is intended to complement our strengths in executive leadership development, curriculum design, facilitation, organizational change, and trauma-informed professional learning. The SME will help ensure that training content is technically rigorous, evidence-based, and grounded in real-world correctional practice.
• Serve as the primary corrections-focused subject matter expert supporting curriculum development for executive leaders in institutions serving incarcerated women.
• Review and strengthen training content related to women-responsive correctional practices, trauma-informed leadership, sexual safety, healthy boundaries, cultural considerations, and special populations.
• Provide expert guidance on PREA-related leadership responsibilities, implementation considerations, and prevention practices.
• Contribute real-world correctional examples, case studies, scenarios, and applied exercises suitable for Wardens, Associate Wardens, Regional leaders, and other executive-level audiences.
• Support development or review of content addressing data-informed leadership, institutional culture, safety, and organizational change within correctional environments.
• Advise on women-responsive and trauma-informed facility operations, policies, practices, and assessment considerations.
• Participate in curriculum review meetings with the project team and, if selected, with the federal client.
• Assist with development of technical documentation demonstrating the team's qualifications and relevant experience.
• Potentially co-facilitate executive leadership training sessions and/or provide technical assistance during the contract period.
• Direct professional experience working with incarcerated women and/or women involved in the criminal justice system.
• Experience advocating for, designing services for, or implementing programs serving incarcerated women.
• Expertise in trauma-informed approaches and treatment or intervention models used with survivors of abuse and trauma.
• Knowledge of cognitive-behavioral interventions and their application in justice or correctional settings.
• Experience conducting research, evaluation, or applied study within a jail, prison, or correctional setting.
• Peer-reviewed, professional, or practitioner publications related to incarcerated women, women's corrections, trauma, correctional practice, or closely related topics.
• Experience conducting outcome research or evaluation of psychology, behavioral health, or women-responsive correctional programs.
• Experience training correctional leadership teams, ideally at a regional, national, or international level.
• Experience developing and delivering trauma-informed training responsive to the needs of incarcerated women.
• Strong knowledge of PREA requirements, implementation, compliance, and leadership responsibilities; direct federal Bureau of Prisons experience is highly desirable.
• Experience conducting comprehensive facility assessments of women-responsive and trauma-informed principles and practices in institutions housing women.
• Experience developing, implementing, evaluating, or advising on women-specific or women-responsive operational models in correctional facilities.
• Former or current correctional executive, researcher, clinician, PREA specialist, program administrator, or consultant with direct women's corrections experience.
• Advanced degree in psychology, counseling, social work, criminal justice, public health, corrections, organizational leadership, or a related field.
• Experience with federal corrections, Bureau of Prisons policies/programs, or other large correctional systems.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex research, policy, and correctional practice into practical executive-level learning.
• Experience facilitating with senior leaders and working in high-accountability public-sector environments.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to provide documentation of qualifications, publications, projects, and relevant past performance.
$125 - $250 per hour