Adult Probation Officer 1/2A

Job Description

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for an Adult Probation Officer 1/2A at the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center (HMCC) located in Eagle River, Alaska.

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What You Will Be Doing:

Provide supervision and case management for adult offenders who have been remanded into the custody of the Department of Corrections at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center.

Daily interaction with offenders, conduct investigations, evaluate and assess offender needs and risk level, develop and recommend release plans, classification actions, referrals to programs, Parole Board Packets, and life skills and rehabilitation of prisoners prior to the release in the community.

Provide documentation, reports, and written recommendations requiring professional level assessment.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The Alaska Department of Corrections enhances the safety of our communities. We provide secure confinement, reformative programs, and a process of supervised community reintegration.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Hiland Mountain Correctional Center is an ideal opportunity to start a rewarding career with room for advancement and personal growth. After the initial training period, alternate work weeks schedules are possible providing flexibility in the work/life balance. For those who start the Adult Probation Officer 1 level, once APSC Certification is achieved, the individual will advance to the higher level of Adult Probation Officer 2 and receive a substantial increase of pay.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

You will work in a professional office environment, interacting with the Superior Court, District Attorney’s Office, local law enforcement, and inmates. You will be required to attend training from time to time, which may or may not be at your worksite.

Who We Are Looking For:

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

Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.

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 (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

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

Minimum Qualifications

PJ04A1 –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).

All Adult Probation Officer 1 positions are flexibly staffed. Advancement to the Adult Probation Officer 2 level occurs only when the incumbent successfully completes all training, including the specified terms of the APSC training and certification requirements, and is certified by the supervisor as prepared to perform at the next level. Advancement to the Adult Probation Officer 2B level is contingent upon completion of the Department’s Probation Officer Academy and the Probation Officer Field Training Manual.

PJ04A

2–Adult Probation Officer 2A

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:

Five years

in any combination of postsecondary education from an accredited college and paraprofessional experience in probation, parole, pretrial,

criminal justice, juvenile justice, social services, criminal investigation, public safety, law enforcement or corrections.

(

2.67 semester hours

or 4 quarter hours of postsecondary education are equal to one month of experience).

Special Note (All Levels):

At the time of employment, a qualified applicant

must: be 21 years of age and a United States citizen or a United States National; have a high school or home school diploma recognized or certified by a state or a local school district within a state as having met that state's graduation requirement; or have a General Educational Development certificate.

Possess a valid driver's license issued within the United States at time of appointment.

Some positions in this job class series may be required to carry a firearm and maintain a firearms proficiency qualification. If this requirement is present, it will be stated in the position description and vacancy announcement.

Employees may be required to work shift assignments and on-call availability may be required.

Individuals not continuously employed since February 9, 1991, by the State of Alaska Department of Corrections in a "correctional officer," "probation officer," or "parole officer" position, as defined by 13 AAC 85.900, are subject to requirements established by Alaska Police Standards Council (APSC). As a condition of continued employment, these individuals must obtain a basic correctional officer certificate issued by the

APSC

within 14 months of hire.

Any employment action that resulted in discharge, resignation in lieu of discharge, or discipline, must be disclosed at the time of application to vacancies within this classification. Applicants who fail to provide this information will be deemed to be ineligible for interview or further consideration.

Applicants with an employment action that makes them ineligible for certification under

APSC

regulations will be ineligible to receive an interview or further consideration.

For purposes of the minimum qualifications for this job class, "misdemeanor" means:

1)

A crime classified as a misdemeanor in Alaska at the time the crime was committed.

2)

A crime committed in another jurisdiction for which there was a conviction in that jurisdiction by a civilian or military court is a "misdemeanor" conviction if the crime has elements

similar to

those of a misdemeanor under Alaska law at the time the offense was committed.

3) An offense punishable as a misdemeanor in Alaska or under the law of another jurisdiction, that results in