Corporal Job Anchorage area,Alaska USA,Government

Job Description

This recruitment is open only to current Department of Public Safety employees or those having transfer or rehire rights to this job classification WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

The Department of Public Safety is recruiting internally for a Corporal with the Advanced Training Unit in Anchorage. This position is responsible for providing basic and advanced police training to a variety of new and veteran police officers on a variety of topics in a highly structured, professional environment. The position requires frequent TDY assignments to the academy in Sitka.

OUR ORGANIZATION, MISSION, AND CULTURE:

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) strives to preserve the peace, enforce the law, prevent and detect crime, and protect life and property. As a commissioned member of DPS, you would be instrumental in ensuring this mission is met by providing direct support and supervision for law enforcement activities.

THE BENEFITS OF JOINING OUR TEAM:

This position is full of exciting and rewarding opportunities to have a positive impact on Alaska’s law enforcement officers.

The Advanced Training Unit (ATU) is looking for someone who can work closely with a team of highly motivated people. Working long hours and frequent travel is required. The successful applicant will be based in Anchorage with the ATU. However, they will be required to work frequent TDY assignments at the academy. These assignments will be up to 2 weeks in length.

For the right individual, serving as an ATU Corporal has the potential to be the most impactful and memorable position you will have during your DPS career. If you have significant positive energy and a strong desire to provide high-end training to our troopers and municipal officers in the field...this position may be just what you’ve been waiting for.

Join the ATU team and be a part of something far bigger than you!

THE WORKING CONDITIONS YOU CAN EXPECT:

This position is located in Anchorage. The daily work environment involves engaging with the field, in both small teams and larger groups of task-driven individuals working cases with significant and/or wide-ranging impact.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Experience in teaching and adult learning theory.

Strong attention to detail, computer, writing, and critical thinking skills to evaluate and document recruit performance and activities

Law enforcement experience in both urban and rural locations.

Strong organizational and time management skills to accomplish the multitude of tasks that are happening simultaneously

The Department of Public Safety strives to preserve the peace, enforce the law, prevent and detect crime, and protect life and property. All positions support or carry out the Department's mission. If our mission interests you and this position embodies your strengths, please consider joining our team.

More information about the Department of P

ublic Safety can be found on our website:

http://dps.alaska.gov/

Minimum Qualifications

Two years of law enforcement experience, of which at least one year was as a State Trooper with the State of Alaska, Department of Public Safety.

Substitution:

One year of experience as an Alaska Police Standards Council certified police officer in the State of Alaska may substitute for the State Trooper experience.

Additional Required Information SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT THE POSITION

APSC Certificate AS 18.65.240

AK Drivers License AS 28.15.011

AT TIME OF INTERVIEW:

Applicant must provide their most two (2) recent ASPIRE Evaluation.

OVER LETTER

A cover letter is NOT required for this position.

Your complete application will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.

FIREARMS

This position requires the use or possession of a firearm or ammunition. In accordance with the federal Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (PL 104-208), if you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, you may not hold this position.

A "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" is an offense that is (1) a misdemeanor under Federal or state law; and (2) has, as an element, the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian, or by a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guardian of the…