Juvenile Probation Officer

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Provide a continuum of interventions and supervision of accused and adjudicated juvenile offenders on your dynamic caseload. Through evidence‑based practices, motivate and guide youth, broker services, and steer youth toward accountability for their actions, community restoration, and development of competencies to lead productive and crime‑free adult lives. Represent the Division of Juvenile Justice in court proceedings. The services you provide will be challenging but produce significant long‑term benefits to youth served, their families, and the community.

Through Restorative Justice, we hold juvenile offenders accountable for their behavior; promote the safety and restoration of victims and communities; and assist offenders and their families in developing the skills to prevent crime. Our core values include:

• Prioritizing Safety – of our youth, staff, families, and communities.
• Responsiveness – providing timely response to youth, families, victims, staff, and justice partners.
• Professional Relationships – recognizing that successful treatment services rely on positive, respectful, and collaborative relationships and a spirit of inclusiveness.
• Dedication – doing the right things for the right reasons and modeling relentless integrity and leadership.
• Respect – for the inherent value of each person's unique strengths and individual differences.

We are a dedicated and collaborative team with close ties in the communities we serve. We take pride in working well with local entities including law enforcement agencies, the court system, tribal partners, the district attorney’s office, school districts, and residential and community‐based treatment providers. Our care and dedication to helping youth strive to be the best they can be and to attain successful futures is recognized throughout the area we serve.

Joining our team will give you the opportunity to have a significant impact on lives and our communities. We believe in enhancing strengths in our staff by promoting training and professional development.

The working environment is located in the Juvenile Probation Office, which shares a building with the Alaska Court System, District Attorney’s Office and other State of Alaska agencies. Living and working in a small community will give you close‑knit interactions with both the community and our partnering agencies and will enable you to see the direct impact of your work. This is a flexibly staffed position at the JPO 1 or 2 level, a full‑time position of 37.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday.

The position requires the ability to assume on‑call duties on a rotating basis, after hours on evenings and on weekends. Supervision of probationers also requires travel to outlying communities.

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

• 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.
• Oral and Written Communication – Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information; makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Self‑Management – Sets well‑defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment toward completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.

• Psychology – Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of human behavior and…