# Correctional Officer 4 — Corrections · Alaska Jobs [← The Board](https://alaskajobs.org/) · [Public safety jobs](https://alaskajobs.org/jobs/public-safety) # Correctional Officer 4 Corrections - **Location** — Bethel, AK - **PCN** — 20-5280 - **Salary** — $59.97 Hourly (Range 15) - **Type** — Full Time - **Open to** — Department Employees Only - **Bargaining unit** — Correctional Officers - **Timing** — Year-round - **Posted** — 2026-10-21 - **Closes** — 2026-11-04 - **Source** — Workplace Alaska (State of Alaska) (synced) Job Description The Department of Corrections, Division of Institut ions, is recruiting for a Correctional Officer 4 at the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center located in Bethel, Alaska. Watch Alaska DOC's video here: DOC 2026_45 sec Watch Alaska DOC’s Correctional Officer video here: Correctional Officers ***This position is open to Department Employees Only*** What You Will Be Doing: As a Correctional Officer 4 you will perform a wide variety of administrative, operational, and educational duties in support of the safety and security of an adult correctional facility, personnel, and inmates. Our Mission, Values, and Culture: The mission of the Alaska Department of Corrections is to promote public safety. Our Division provides secure confinement, access to reformative programs and offender management planning that promotes successful community reentry. Benefits of Joining Our Team: Work with dynamic group of individuals. Work with a variety of experienced DOC professionals. The Correctional Officer 4 provides a positive supervisor role in providing training, mentorship, and overseeing the safety and security of the entire staff, as well as the prisoners. The Working Environment You Can Expect: Located inside the secure portion for the YKCC where we are a close security institution serving as an intake facility for the Western Alaska and providing unsentenced and sentenced prisoner housing. 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. Communications Security Management: Knowledge of the principles, policies, and procedures involved in ensuring the security of communications services and data, and in maintaining the communications environment on which it resides. Compliance Inspection: Knowledge of the guidelines, regulations, and procedures associated with compliance inquiries, including application of compliance rules and criteria and ability to make appropriate decisions and issue citations, fines, or orders. 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. Knowledge Management: Knowledge of the value of collected information and the methods of sharing that information throughout an organization. Minimum Qualifications Successful completion of the Alaska Correctional Officer Academy or the equivalent program accredited by the Alaska Police Standards Council AND One year of experience performing duties in a specialized area requiring advanced training and/or certification in support of the custody, security, and reformation of prisoners in an adult correctional institution. The required experience is met by service as a Correctional Officer 3 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere. OR Two years of experience performing duties which support the custody, security, and reformation of prisoners in an adult correctional institution. The required experience is met by service as a Correctional Officer 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere. OR Two years of experience independently performing the full range of probation/parole duties to assess, evaluate, supervise, and guide incarcerated or released felony adult offenders. The required experience is met by service as an Adult Probation Officer 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere. Special Note: At the time of employment: 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. Appointment to Correctional Officer 4 is conditional, pending successful completion of a thorough background investigation, psychological evaluation, drug screening, and medical examination. This class series is considered technical/paraprofessional for purposes of evaluating minimum qualifications. Possess a valid driver's license issued within the United States at time of appointment. Positions in this job class may be required to possess special certification(s) or additional training directly related to the primary function of the specific position as noted in the Position Description of record. 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 in serious physical injury to another person, or of two or more driving under the influence offenses. Have illegally manufactured, transported, or sold a controlled substance during the past 10 years, provided you were under 21 years of age at the time. Have illegally used a Schedule IA, IIA, IIIA, IVA, or VA controlled substance during the past 5 years, provided you were at least 21 years of age at the time. Have used marijuana during the last year, provided you were at least 21 years of age at the time. Have been denied certification by the Alaska Police Standards Council or the responsible certifying agency in any other issuing jurisdiction unless the denial, revocation, or surrender has been rescinded by the council under 13 AAC 85.270 or by the responsible certifying agency of the issuing jurisdiction. Have ever used a controlled substance while employed as a certifiable municipal, stat [Apply at the source ↗](https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/alaska/jobs/5524401/correctional-officer-4-pcn-20-5280) ## Express confidential interest Alaska politics is a small world. If you can't be seen job-hunting, submit a sealed interest : the employer sees only your alias and pitch. Your name and contact stay sealed until they request an introduction and you approve it . 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