Adult Probation Officer 1/2B (PCN's 20-4459, 20-4460, 20-4471)

Job Description

The Department of Corrections, Division of Pretrial, Probation and Parole, is recruiting for multiple Adult Probation Officer 1/2B's for the Anchorage Probation Office, located in Anchorage, Alaska.

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What You Will Be Doing:

Make a lasting impact on your community while working at the Anchorage Probation/Parole Office, the state's largest community supervision office. This position provides a rewarding balance of field and office-based supervision responsibilities for felons supervised in the community. On any given day, field-based responsibilities can include conducting home visits, community compliance checks, or collaboration with law enforcement and community partners. While daily office-based responsibilities include conducting office visits, maintaining accurate and timely supervision records, preparation of reports for the Court and Alaska Board of Parole, testimony in court and parole hearings, and collaboration with local justice partners and community partners across the state.

If you’re ready to make a difference and thrive in a role that combines investigative work, communication, and community engagement, we want you on our team!

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

Our mission is to help provide positive change in every town, village, and neighborhood in Alaska by enhancing public safety, assisting the Court with the fair administration of justice for victims and defendants, and by providing quality supervision that holds defendants accountable, while connecting them to community partners and resources that can provide an individual the tools for long-term change and success.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

At the Anchorage Probation Office, you’ll be a part of a dedicated team committed to making Alaska’s communities safer. You’ll receive paid training, paid time off, and ongoing opportunities for career growth and advancement. This is more than a job—it’s a chance to build a meaningful career while making a real difference every day.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is based at the Anchorage Probation Office near midtown Anchorage, in a professional and collaborative environment while serving the communities of Anchorage, Eagle River, Chugiak, and Girdwood.

Who We Are Looking For:

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

Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.

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.

Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

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.

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).

.

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.