# Correctional Superintendent 1 — Corrections · Alaska Jobs

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# Correctional Superintendent 1

Corrections

- **Location** — Seward, AK
- **PCN** — 20-8096
- **Salary** — $3,275.20 Biweekly (Range 19)
- **Type** — Full Time
- **Open to** — Department Employees Only
- **Bargaining unit** — Supervisory
- **Timing** — Year-round
- **Posted** — 2026-10-09
- **Closes** — 2026-10-14
- **Source** — Workplace Alaska (State of Alaska) (synced)

Job Description

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for a Correctional Superintendent 1 position at the Spring Creek Correctional Center (SCCC) located in Seward, Alaska.

**This position is open to department employees only**

Watch Alaska DOC's video here:

DOC 2026_45 sec

What You Will Be Doing:

Spring Creek Correctional Center is seeking a Correctional Superintendent I to join our leadership team. This position assists the Superintendent III with facility management and administrative oversight to ensure the effective operation of a 24-hour correctional institution. The Superintendent I will work closely with fellow leaders and staff to support daily operations and maintain a secure, well-run environment. The role includes supervision of various operational areas and staff members throughout the facility. Additionally, this position oversees inmate rehabilitative programs and activities in accordance with Departmental policies and all Federal and State statutes and regulations.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The mission of Spring Creek Correctional Center is to provide a secure environment for staff and offenders that promotes public safety and provides an opportunity or staff development, and reformative offender programming to ensure safety and efficient resources management. As the State of Alaska’s only Maximum Security adult male facility we provide confinement for minimum, medium, and close custody sentenced felons including the state’s most violent and predatory offenders.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Flexible work schedules:

An opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives;

Excellent benefits;

Career Development and training;

Being part of a team consisting of a rewarding group of professionals

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Spring Creek Correctional Center is a maximum-security, state-operated adult correctional institution with a capacity of over 500 male inmates and a staff of approximately 200 employees. While much of the inmate population serves long-term sentences, the facility also houses individuals serving shorter terms.

Who We Are Looking For:

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

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

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.

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.

Minimum Qualifications

One year of experience overseeing and directing the work of lower-level employees engaged in some combination of providing:

Security duties which support the custody, security, and reformation of prisoners in an adult correctional institution;

The full range of probation/parole functions and providing rehabilitative services for an adult offender population in an institutional or community setting; and/or

The supervision and enforcement of court-ordered conditions of release for unsentenced defendants awaiting trial in a community setting.

This experience is met by service as a Correctional Officer 4, Correctional Supervisor, Adult Probation Officer 3, and/or Pretrial Services Officer 3 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Special Note:

Appointment to Correctional Superintendent 1 is conditional, pending successful completion of a thorough background investigation, psychological evaluation, drug screening, and medical examination.

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

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 or probation 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, state, federal peace officer, correctional officer, adult probation officer, or military law enforcement officer.

Additional Required Information

IMPORTANT NOTICE - Background Investigation Requirements

Applicants who are

not currently

certified (or hold grandfathered status) as a Correctional Officer with the Alaska Police Standards Council will be required to successfully pass the background investigation, medical examination, drug screening and psychological evaluation.

IMPORTANT NOTICE - BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINE

A full criminal history check is required for all applicants.

YOU WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS WITHOUT COMPLETING AND

SUBMITTING YOUR NOTARIZED F-3 PERSONAL HISTORY STATEMENT FORM.

The F-3 Personal History Statement Form and Background Packet can be downloaded at:

https://doc.alaska.gov/admin/docs/Background%20Packet%2

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