Adult Probation Officer 1​/2A (PCN 20-4137

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for an Adult Probation Officer 1/2A for the Fairbanks Correctional Center (FCC) located in Fairbanks, Alaska.

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Institutional Adult Probation Officers are responsible for supervising a caseload of adult felony and misdemeanor offenders who have been remanded to the care and custody of the Department of Corrections. You will prepare various types of reports, manage communications with offenders, prioritize your work daily, be flexible and willing to adapt to a continually changing work environment. In performing your duties, you will need to make sound decisions to ensure compliance with department policy, standard operational procedures and state statues.

Our mission statement provides that offenders in our charge will be treated in a safe and humane manner and with a goal of rehabilitation. You will help guide their way during incarceration towards programming and rehabilitive needs. You will have the ability to play a vital role in the reduction of recidivism by possessing a positive attitude and respectful communication skills.

We are a smaller staffed probation office with the opportunity for flexible work hours during the standard work week. There are opportunities for career advancement and enrichment within our facility, Department and with other state agencies. You will have the ability to network around the state and enhance your portfolio, allowing for growth to become a versatile Adult Probation Officer connecting reentry and rehabilitive programs to Alaskans in need.

This position is located within the secure area of the Fairbanks Correctional Center in an office with four other Adult Probation Officers.

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• 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 ambiguity.
• Decision Making:
  Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• 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.
• Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect. Considers and responds appropriately to the needs and feelings of different people in different situations.

PJ04A1 –Adult Probation Officer 1

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in any field.

Or substitution:

Four years of paraprofessional experience in probation, parole, pretrial, criminal justice, juvenile justice, social services, corrections, criminal investigation, public safety or law enforcement.

Or substitution:

Four years in any combination of postsecondary education from an accredited college and paraprofessional experience in probation, parole, pretrial, criminal justice, juvenile justice, social services, corrections, criminal investigation, public safety or law enforcement (2.67 semester hours or 4 quarter hours of post-secondary education are equal to one month of experience).

All Adult Probation Officer 1 positions are flexibly staffed. Advancement to the Adult Probation Officer 2 level occurs only when the incumbent successfully completes all training, including the specified terms of the APSC training and certification requirements, and is certified by the supervisor as prepared to perform at the next level. Advancement to the Adult Probation Officer 2B level is contingent upon completion of the Department’s Probation Officer Academy and the Probation Officer Field Training Manual.

PJ04A2–Adult Probation Officer 2A

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