Criminal Justice Technician Flex 1/2 (12-1380)

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

As a Criminal Justice Technician-Evidence Custodian, you will be managing and maintaining the property and evidence warehouse for the Department of Public Safety (DPS) D Detachment and other divisions and agencies.  You will serve as a liaison for property and evidence matters between DPS and other agencies as well as testifying in court and assisting with property and evidence audits.  While maintaining chain of custody and in accordance with established policies and procedures, you will systematically and securely receive, document, store, preserve, maintain and release or dispose of property and evidence.  As a CJT1 you will be in a training program, learning the above tasks.  As a CJT2 you will have achieved full proficiency in chain of custody duties. 

OUR ORGANIZATION, MISSION, AND CULTURE: 

Our mission is public safety – preserve the peace, enforce the law, prevent and detect crime and protect life and property.  All positions within the Alaska State Troopers support or carry out this mission.

This position fills an essential role towards the success of D Detachment, the Department and its mission by managing and maintaining the most critical and complex aspects of cases, property and evidence.  Not only does this support our mission, but it aligns with protecting victims and their rights.

While the commissioned Troopers are on the front lines, the civilian staff work just as hard ensuring everything behind the scenes runs smooth and maintains the necessary integrity. We are the backbone of our team and value attention to detail, accuracy, integrity, timeliness and thoroughness of work, as well as dedication to the mission of D Detachment and DPS. 

THE BENEFITS OF JOINING OUR TEAM:

You will enjoy many benefits by joining our team:

• Being part of a team that is experienced, hardworking and goal oriented.

• Communicating with victims, property owners and law enforcement within Alaska as well as throughout the United States.

• Being a point of contact for commissioned employees, other law enforcement agencies and state Departments regarding compliance with changing statutes, laws and regulations.

• Opportunities to learn and understand department regulations, programs and policies along with Alaska Statutes and property and Evidence certification training

 

THE WORKING CONDITIONS YOU CAN EXPECT:

This position is located in Fairbanks at D Detachment Headquarters.  You will be working closely with another CJT/Evidence Custodian in numerous settings, including office, evidence storage inside Post, outside storage and off-site property and evidence storage facilities.  Your daily work environments will shift between physical management of evidence and property indoors/outdoors, clean/dirty, large/miniscule, weapons, drugs, jewelry, electronics etc. to computer work with ARMS, APSIN, Digital Evidence, Microsoft Office programs etc. to interactions with the public in customer service aspects returning property, answering questions, advising of procedures and numerous others.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Integrity and Honesty:  Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understand the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self and others; is trustworthy.
• Standards:  Knowledge of standards that either are compliant with or derived from established standards or guidelines.  
• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail

More information about the Department of Public Safety can be found on our website: http://dps.alaska.gov/

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.

 
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
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.

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.

 
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
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.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE TECHNICIAN 2

Successful completion of training under a formally established Criminal Justice Technician 1-2 flexible staffing training plan with the State of Alaska;

OR

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
• 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 and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations.
• Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.

 
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Any combination of education and/or paraprofessional or professional experience or service in criminal justice, juvenile justice, probation, parole, public safety, law enforcement, corrections, court, legal services, law office, social services, social sciences, or public assistance programs or functions.For specific information in reference to the position please contact the hiring manager:   

Suzanne Miller

Administrative Assistant 2

Phone: 907-451-5312

suzanne.miller@alaska.gov

Salary : $24 - $27