Education Coordinator; Corrections, PCN

Education Coordinator

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for an Education Coordinator for the Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC) located in Nome, Alaska. The successful applicant will oversee the programs department at Anvil Mountain Correctional Center under the supervision of our PO 3. You will engage in providing innovative educational programs within our facility. You will be working with a culturally diverse offender population and need to recognize and respond to lifestyle and value differences.

This encompasses program development and design, coupled with making curriculum for offenders' education in the areas of Adult Basic Education, General Equivalency Diploma (GED), Life Skills, Vocational Education, and Post-Secondary Education.

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

As the only Education Coordinator for Anvil Mountain Correctional Center your autonomy is in class creation, development and execution. You will have the opportunity to flex your work hours throughout the day and week to accommodate your needs or the needs of your classes. You will have the ability to network around the state and enhance your portfolio, allowing for growth to become a versatile Education Coordinator connecting reentry and rehabilitative programs to Alaskans in need.

Your office, classroom and library are in the secure side of the facility. Security staff are available but not located inside your area as you work with both male and female offenders from minors to all ages of adults, sentenced and unsentenced.

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

• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Uses computer, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
• Oral and Written Communication:
  Express 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 presentation; listen to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Teaches Others:
  Helps others learn through formal or informal methods; identifies training needs; provides constructive feedback; coaches others on how to perform tasks; acts as a mentor.
• Flexibility:
  Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information. Changing condition, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with ambiguity.
• Physical Strength and Agility:
  Ability to bend, lift, Climb, stand, and walk for long period of time; ability to perform moderately heavy laboring work.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in education, counseling, social or behavior sciences or a closely related field. AND One year of journey level paraprofessional experience in educational or vocational education programs or services. This experience is equivalent to work such as the Vocational Rehabilitation Assistant 2 or Education Program Assistant, and similar classes with the State of Alaska, or the equivalent with another employer.

Additional qualifying work experience may substitute for the education on a year-for-year basis. An extensive background investigation will be required for successful applicants. Working with inmates requires care in observing institution security policies and procedures and may involve personal risk. Some positions perform activities that require bending, crouching, walking or standing for long periods of time. Some work activities involve discomfort or unpleasantness such as moderate noise levels, vibration, dust, dirt or odors associated with operation of equipment and/or tools in performance of duties.