Adult Probation Officer 3

Job Description

The Department of Corrections, Division of Pretrial, Probation & Parole,

is recruiting for an

Adult

Probation Officer 3 position at the Kodiak Probation Office located in Kodiak, Alaska

.

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What you will be doing:

The Adult Probation/Parole Officer position provides supervision and case management for adult male and female offenders who are required to report to the Department of Corrections. Job duties include working directly with felony offenders by conducting office meetings, interviews, completing risk/need assessments, urinalysis tests, providing referrals for treatment needs, conducting field contacts, as well as violation arrests and offender transport. The position requires acquiring and documenting historical and current information for individuals under the supervision of the office. Officers ensure offender compliance with court or parole board issued conditions and report any violation to those entities.

Our mission, values, and culture:

The vision of the Department of Corrections Division of Pretrial, Probation, and Parole is to serve Alaska’s diverse population through objective, legal, and evidence-based community supervision, while respecting the rights of victims, defendants, probationers, and parolees.

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.

The benefits of joining our team:

The Kodiak Probation Office is a professional workplace in which probation officers perform their duties in a variety of settings including the office, the field, court, and others. This probation officer will supervise a caseload of adult felony offenders on probation and parole for various offenses including but not limited to property crimes and violent crimes. The mission of this office is to enhance public safety in Kodiak and surrounding areas, as well as encourage positive change for those who are justice involved.

The working environment you can expect:

The Kodiak District Office is responsible for a geographic area that includes Kodiak and surrounding villages including Ouzinkie, Port Lions, Larsen Bay, Karluk, Old Harbor and Akhiok.

Travel to Anchorage (for training) and

surrounding communities via small aircraft, boats, or the ice road may be necessary with the daily work environment including interaction with defendants, victims, the court, and community partners to enhance effective supervision and community safety.

Who we are looking for:

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

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.

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.

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.

Adaptability: adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.

Manages and Organizes Information: Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.

Minimum Qualifications

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A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in any field.

And

Two years 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:

Six 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 dishonesty or moral turpitude, of a crime that resulted