Office Assistant 1; Post , PCN

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for an Office Assistant 1 position at Spring Creek Correctional Center (SCCC) in Seward, Alaska.

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• Work closely with managers to provide clerical-level human resource services and support multiple administrative functions by adapting internal processes to organizational needs.
• Serve as a liaison between the institution and interagency offices on personnel and payroll matters.
• Process payroll for approximately 200 employees and manage employee personnel files while assisting staff as needed.
• Assist with processing all mail for Spring Creek Correctional Complex.
• Determine, prioritize, and complete administrative, security, and programmatic tasks based on established programs, policies, and regulations.

The mission of Spring Creek Correctional Center is to provide a secure environment for staff and offenders that promotes public safety and provides an opportunity for staff development, and reformative offender programming to ensure safety and efficient resources management. As the State of Alaska's only Maximum Security adult male facility we provide confinement for minimum, medium, and close custody sentenced felons including the state's most violent and predatory offenders.

• Flexible Work Schedules
• An opportunity to make a difference in people's lives
• Career development and training
• Excellent benefits
• Being part of a team consisting of a rewarding group of professionals

Spring Creek Correctional Center is a maximum-security state operated adult correctional institution, with a capacity of over 500 male inmates and employs approximately 200 staff. While much of Spring Creek's inmate population serve long term sentences, we also house prisoners serving shorter sentences.

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

• Attention to Detail:
  Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Clerical:
  Knowledge of filing, typing, entering data, maintaining records, taking shorthand, and using and completing forms.
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
• Customer Service:
  Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services;
  
  is committed to providing quality products and services.

• The community of Seward is nestled against a backdrop of peaks and passes sculpted by Ice Age glaciers;
  Seward’s ice‑free harbor has long served as a natural gateway to the vast scenic and resource riches of Alaska’s huge interior.
• Seward is located on Resurrection Bay, a fickle body of water teeming with an abundant species of fish and frolicking marine mammals.
• Seward is home to the Mt. Marathon Race which is run every July 4th. The race totals 3.1 miles and climbs 3022 feet. Top finishers cross the finish line in about an hour.
• Seward schools are second to none, with the Seward Elementary School being selected as a 2008 "No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School."
• The region offers fantastic marine boating, fishing and hunting, cross‑country skiing, bird…