Office Assistant 2

Job Description

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for an Office Assistant 2 for the Palmer Correctional Center (PCC), located in Sutton, Alaska.

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Under the general supervision of the Administrative Officer 2 and minimum Unit Team Sergeant, reviews and processes inmate payroll within Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS). Maintain an accurate database of all prisoner jobs, available weekly hours, name of each prisoner currently employed in the position and the name of the supervisor for the position. Maintain records of prisoners who have either quit their job assignment without giving the required notice or who have been fired from their assigned job.

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

In joining the Palmer Correctional Center, not only will you be an important part of a team but also have the opportunity for continued learning and growth. Convenient parking with winter plug-ins and a scenic drive to work while avoiding the congested commute to Anchorage!

Palmer Correctional Center is a medium and minimum custody facility located in Sutton which houses up to 500 inmates and 107 employees. Choosing to live and work in the charming Matanuska-Susitna Valley comes with a multitude of benefits such as a smaller hometown feel, access to every amenity, and an often shorter and less stressful work commute; just to name a few.

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.

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

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.

High school diploma or the equivalent.

AND

One year of experience that includes clerical tasks such as greeting clients, answering phones, typing, filing, sorting mail, entering data, receiving payments, making change, or maintaining logs.

Education from an accredited college may substitute for the required experience (3 semester hours or 4 quarter hours equal one month of experience; 150 hours of vocation education equal one month of experience).

"High school diploma equivalent" means one of the following:
1) a G.E.D.;
2) completion of any basic adult education course equivalent to 480 class hours (16 weeks at 30 course hours per week);
3) acceptance in full standing by an accredited college or university;
4) highest grade of school completed plus an amount of paid or volunteer experience that totals 12 years and includes basic clerical tasks such as greeting clients, answering phones, typing, filing, sorting mail, entering data, receiving payments, making change, or maintaining logs.

Some positions in this class may require the incumbent to operate motor vehicles. Such positions require that the applicant possess a regular driver's license and be 18 years of age or older.

Some position in this class may require skill in typing. Recruitment and selection may include this requirement.

If selected for an interview, the applicant must provide the following:

List of three professional references

If using education to meet the MQs, a copy of transcripts

Three most recent performance evaluations. If all three cannot be provided, a written explanation as to the reason.

A valid driver's license is preferred for this…