What are the responsibilities and job description for the Criminal Justice Technician 1 (PCN 20-7662) position at State of Alaska?
The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for
Criminal Justice Technician 1 for the Anchorage Correctional Complex, located in Anchorage, Alaska
Criminal Justice Technician 1 for the Anchorage Correctional Complex, located in Anchorage, Alaska
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What you will be doing:
We are seeking an energetic, well-organized, individual capable of performing a variety of paraprofessional work. Under the supervision of the Records Sergeant, compute time accounting and enter date into ACOMS at Anchorage Correctional Complex (ACC).
Our mission, values, and culture:
The Alaska Department of Corrections focuses on public safety through secure confinement, rehabilitation, and community reintegration. It upholds professionalism, respects victims' rights, and ensures humane treatment of offenders. Staff create a safe environment that promotes daily reform and personal growth.
Benefits of joining our team:
This position offers on-the-job training to support skill development. Employees receive comprehensive health benefits, including employer contributions to medical, vision, and dental coverage, along with basic life insurance. Paid sick leave, vacation, and holidays are provided for work-life balance. Retirement benefits include annuity and deferred compensation plans. Additional options such as disability coverage and flexible spending accounts for health and dependents are also available.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
This position is part of a team which also consist of Correctional Officers. Work hours are consistent with shifts worked by the team. Duty schedule is one (1) week on / one (1) week off-75-hour rotation with assigned shift. This is either days for week on or nights for week on for a 13-week rotation
Who we are looking for:
- Customer Service: Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
- Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
- Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with uncertainty.
Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.
Competency Description
The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.
Criminal Justice Technician 1:
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Accountability: Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions and demonstrates commitment to accomplish work in an ethical, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
- Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
- Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
- Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
- Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
Any combination of education and/or work, internship, and/or volunteer experience or service from any combination of fields that sufficiently builds the above and any job-specific competencies.
If selected for an interview, the applicant must provide the following:
- Resume
- 3 Professional References
- Last 3 Performance Evaluations
PREA NOTIFICATION:
The Department of Corrections follows and maintains federal and state requirements standards including, but not limited to, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards which apply to all public and private institutions that house adult or juvenile offenders. PREA standards preclude the department from hiring or promoting anyone who has engaged in, or been convicted of any conduct which would violate PREA standards related to sexual assault including:
The Department of Corrections follows and maintains federal and state requirements standards including, but not limited to, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards which apply to all public and private institutions that house adult or juvenile offenders. PREA standards preclude the department from hiring or promoting anyone who has engaged in, or been convicted of any conduct which would violate PREA standards related to sexual assault including:
- Sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility, or other institution.
- Convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse; or
- Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described above.
FLEXIBLY STAFFED:
This position is flexibly staffed. This vacancy may be filled at either the 1 or 2 level, depending on the applicants training and/or experience. The salary range is identified at the top of this notice and depends on the experience of the selected candidates. Starting salary will be determined by the level at which the position is hired. If filled at level 1, promotion to the level 2 will occur upon successful completion of the probationary period and required training as well as the applicant meeting the minimum qualifications of the higher job class.
EDUCATION:
If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview, at the discretion of the hiring manager.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION:
Education completed in foreign colleges, universities, or high schools may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the post-secondary institution or high school. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
If using work experience in your Applicant Profile, you must also provide the employer's name, your job title, dates of employment and whether full or part-time. Applicant Profiles will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported, and Minimum Qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.
CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS/APSIN/ACOMS:
Please be aware – this position requires the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN)/Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS). A security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is necessary to use APSIN/ACOMS. DPS will deny security clearance for any applicant who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in this state or another jurisdiction, or who may be a fugitive from justice. Additionally, security clearance will be withdrawn if DPS discovers that material information was falsified or omitted at the time of the initial application for security clearance.
FINGERPRINT NOTICE:
All Department of Corrections employees are required to be fingerprinted. The successful candidate must pass a criminal history check.
EEO STATEMENT:
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.
WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE:
Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are located in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to recruitment.services@alaska.gov.
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Name: Oscar M. Zapata
Administrative Officer 2
Phone: 907-269-4112
Email: oscar.zapata@alaska.gov
Salary : $23
