Adult Probation Officer​/2B; PCN

Adult Probation Officer 1/2B

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions is recruiting for an Adult Probation Officer 1/2B located in Palmer, Alaska.

What You Will Be Doing:

Supervise offenders serving their term of imprisonment on Electronic Monitoring. Will primarily handle all Private EM applications, transfers, discretionary parole reports, and all pertinent documents. Will travel to other EM offices on an as-needed basis.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The Alaska Department of Corrections provides secure confinement, reformative programs, and a process of supervised community reintegration to enhance the safety of our communities. We are trained professionals committed to a safe, open, and respectful organization. Our unit's goal is to promote public safety through supervision of offenders who are transitioning from prison to the community while placed at Community Residential Centers, treatment centers, or on Electronic Monitoring.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Our small and dynamic unit contributes to the safety and protection of the community by supervising offenders through reentry on Electronic Monitoring. This unit offers flexible work schedules and the ability to cross-train within the unit. Promotional opportunities exist within our unit and division.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

The unit office is located at the Palmer State Office Building, near popular shopping and dining areas. The work environment is fast-paced with a positive working atmosphere in which cross-training and assisting Furlough & CRC's unit is expected.

Who We Are Looking For:

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

• Written/Oral 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 responds appropriately.
• 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.
• 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 uncertainty.
• 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.
• Stress Tolerance:
  Deals calmly and effectively with high stress situations (for example, tight deadlines, hostile individuals, emergency situations, dangerous situations).

Minimum Qualifications:

PJ04A 1 – Adult Probation Officer 1

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).

PJ04A3 – Adult Probation Officer 2B

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

B) flexible staffing training plan with the State of Alaska

OR

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in any field.

And

One year of professional experience in probation, parole, pretrial, criminal justice, juvenile justice, social services, criminal investigation, public safety or law enforcement, or as a social services case manager or counselor.

Or substitution:

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