Adult Probation Officer 1/2B

Job Description

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

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What You Will Be Doing:

Supervise offenders serving their term of imprisonment on Electronic Monitoring. Will  primarly handle all Private EM applications, transfers, discretionary parole reports, and all pertinent documents. Will travel to other EM offices on 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).

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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.

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:

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 a completed suspended imposition of sentence,

expungement

of record, or a pardon, is considered a "misdemeanor" conviction unless the offense was committed by the person before the age of 21.

A qualified applicant may not:

Have been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence by a civilian court of Alaska, the United States, another state or territory, or by a military court.

Have been convicted during the past ten (10) years by a civilian court of Alaska, the United States, another state or territory, or by a military court of a crime of disho