Adult Probation Officer​/2B; PCN

Adult Probation Officer 1/2B

The Department of Corrections, Division of Pretrial, Probation and Parole, is recruiting for an Adult Probation Officer 1/2B for the Nome District Office, located in Nome, Alaska.

This position provides supervision and case management for adult male and female offenders who are required to report to the Department of Corrections. Job duties include working directly with felony offenders by conducting office meetings, interviews, completing risk/need assessments, urinalysis tests, providing referrals for treatment needs, conducting field contacts, as well as violation arrests and offender transports. The position requires acquiring and documenting historical and current information for the individuals under the supervision of the office.

Officers ensure offender compliance with court or parole board issued conditions and report any violation to those entities.

The vision of the Department of Corrections Division of Pretrial, Probation, and Parole is to serve Alaska's diverse population through objective, legal, and evidence-based community supervision, while respecting the rights of victims, defendants, probationers, and parolees.

Our mission is to help provide positive change in every town, village, and neighborhood in Alaska by enhancing public safety, assisting the court with the fair administration of justice for victims and defendants, and by providing quality supervision that holds defendants accountable, while connecting them to community partners and resources that can provide an individual the tools for long-term change and success.

The Nome Probation Office is a professional workplace in which probation officers perform their duties in a variety of settings including the office, the field, court, and others. This probation officer will supervise a caseload of adult felony offenders on probation and parole for various offenses including but not limited to property crimes and violent crimes. As a hub for many other surrounding villages, the office helps enhance public safety in rural Alaska as well as encourage positive change for those who are justice involved.

There are opportunities for a flexible work schedule after successful completion of the probationary term, as staffing allows. Travel to Anchorage (for training) and surrounding communities via small aircraft, boats, or the ice road may be necessary.

The Nome District Office is responsible for a geographic area that includes Nome and 15 Bering Strait villages (Brevig Mission, Elim, Gambell, Golovin, Koyuk, Little Diomede, Saint Michael, Savoonga, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Stebbins, Teller, Unalakleet, Wales, and White Mountain). The daily work environment includes interaction with defendants, victims, the court, and community partners to enhance effective supervision and community safety.

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

• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving:
  Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one's knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• 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, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• 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.
• Adaptability:
  Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
• Manages and Organizes Information:
  Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.

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).

Successful completion of training under a formally established Adult Probation Officer 1-2 (A or

B)…