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Director of Policy, Grants and Legislative Affairs, Corrections pay range

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 47095

$117,282 to $178,231 per year$117,282$178,231MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $147,756 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Class code
47095
Pay scale group
ST 12
Pay unit
Year
Bargaining unit
A3
State
Pennsylvania

Class specification

The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 12/22/2012.

What the state says the job is

This is highly responsible professional work directing the policy, legislative, and grant coordination functions for the Department of Corrections. The employee in this job is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the policy, legislative, and grant coordination functions for the Department. Work involves directing and participating in the centralized development or review of all departmental policies to ensure consistency with the strategic mission of the Department and with the broader policies of the Governor and federal government; managing the development of strategic planning initiatives, including establishing goals and formulating long term strategies; and overseeing the identification of potential grant opportunities for the Department.

Examples of the work

Provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary and senior staff on a wide variety of complex and sensitive policy and legislative issues and initiatives. Formulates or directs the development or modification of department policies and procedures. Conducts policy and program studies in connection with the development of departmental policy, plans and initiatives. Provides long-range policy recommendations on departmental plans, programs, and initiatives. Oversees the research, development and implementation of grant opportunities for the Department.

Minimum qualifications

Eight years of professional experience in policy development and analysis, policy planning, or legislative development or liaison work, which includes two years in an administrative, supervisory or consultative capacity, and a bachelor’s degree; or Seven years of professional experience in policy development and analysis, policy planning, or legislative development or liaison work, which includes two years in an administrative, supervisory or consultative capacity, and a master’s degree; or An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes two years of professional experience in policy development and analysis, policy planning, or legislative development or liaison work in ...

Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.

Where this comes from

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.

The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.

The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.

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