Vocational Instructor

Position

Vocational Instructor at Goose Creek Correctional Center (GCCC) in Mackenzie Point, Alaska.

Effective July 1, 2026, the wage for this position increased by 3%. The wage listed in this job posting reflects the increase.

• Teaching National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) certified courses.
• Setting up hands‑on laboratories for instruction including supervising inmates for safety and compliance of NCCER’s performance testing.
• Delivering NCCER tests to inmates and submitting paperwork to the Accredited Training Sponsor.
• Counseling prisoners in areas of career development, education, and vocational training.

• Flexible work schedules
• Comprehensive benefits such as medical, dental, vision, and retirement
• On‑site amenities including a free on‑site gym with locker rooms and showers for employee use only and low‑cost lunches
• Convenient parking with winter plug‑ins and a scenic drive to work while avoiding the congested commute to Anchorage!

Goose Creek Correctional Center is a minimum/medium custody facility that houses up to 1500 inmates and employs over 350 staff. You will be working in an educational/shop environment with daily interaction with inmates.

• Accountability:
  Holds self and others accountable for measurable high‑quality, timely, and cost‑effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
• Education and Training:
  Knowledge of teaching, training, research, making presentations, lecturing, testing, and other instructional methods.
• 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, hosties, 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 response appropriately.

Three years of journey‑level trade experience in the applicable trade; OR Three years as a certified teacher in a vocational/technical construction or maintenance related training program; OR National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) certification in the applicable trade(s).

Positions in the Vocational Instructor job class require expertise in a particular vocational trade such as the electrical, construction, or other trades. Recruitment and selection for these positions will be from among only those candidates who have the appropriate specialty background identified in the recruitment bulletin.

As a condition of employment, some positions will be required to obtain NCCER certification in the applicable field with one year of employment. Some positions will require an extensive background investigation and will work with inmates requiring care in observing institution security policies and procedures and may involve personal risk.

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 or 465-4095 in Juneau or  (TTY) or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P. O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK . The State of Alaska is an equal‑opportunity employer.