Correctional Officer 4 (Records

Job Description

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institut

ions, is recruiting for a Correctional

Officer 4 at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center located in Juneau, Alaska.

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*** This position is open to Department Employees Only***

Compute inmate time accounting and accurately maintain institutional prisoner records; enter sentencing and case information into the DOC ACOMS. Review court documents for accuracy and completeness, and complete Time Accounting Records (TARs) to calculate sentences and release dates.

The mission of the Alaska Department of Corrections is to promote public safety and our division provides secure confinement, access to reformative programs and offender management planning that promotes successful community reentry.

Corrections Officers are the cornerstone to the Department’s mission through their daily interaction with offenders. This daily interaction with offenders affords the Correctional Officers the opportunity to help people become better citizens more capable of functioning in society upon release, thereby helping to reduce the rate of recidivism within the State of Alaska.

• Work with a dynamic group of individuals
• Work with a variety of experienced DOC professionals
• Assist and promote personal growth of subordinates through training, coaching, mentoring

Lemon Creek Correctional Center is operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Our institution houses both male and female inmates for a capacity of up to 226 inmates and employs approximately 90 staff members; mandatory overtime may be required if we fall below minimum staffing requirements.

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

• 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.
• Leadership:
  Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.

• Successful completion of the Alaska Correctional Officer Academy or the equivalent program accredited by the Alaska Police Standards Council
• AND
• One year of experience performing duties in a specialized area requiring advanced training and/or certification in support of the custody, security, and reformation of prisoners in an adult correctional institution. The required experience is met by service as a Correctional Officer 3 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
• OR
• Two years of experience performing duties which support the custody, security, and reformation of prisoners in an adult correctional institution. The required experience is met by service as a Correctional Officer 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
• OR
• Two years of experience independently performing the full range of probation/parole duties to assess, evaluate, supervise, and guide incarcerated or released felony adult offenders. The required experience is met by service as an Adult Probation Officer 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

At the time of employment: be 21 years of age and a United States citizen or a United States National; have a high school or home school diploma recognized or certified by a state or a local school district within a state as having met that state's graduation requirement; or have a General Educational Development certificate.

Appointment to Correctional Officer 4 is conditional, pending successful completion of a thorough background investigation, psychological evaluation, drug screening, and medical examination.

This class series is considered technical/paraprofessional…