Juvenile Probation Officer 3, Fairbanks/Utqiagvik

Job Description

This position is open to Department Employees Only.

The Division of Juvenile Justice is recruiting to fill a Juvenile Probation Officer 3 position for Fairbanks and Utqiagvik at Fairbanks Juvenile Probation.

What You Will Be Doing:

This position is based in Fairbanks but will be responsible for supervising the implementation of juvenile justice probation programs and services in Fairbanks and Utqiagvik Districts through subordinate Juvenile Probation Officers.

This position will also ensure probation programs, rehabilitative services and treatment planning incorporate the restorative justice approach to community protection, offender accountability and competency development for juvenile offenders and their families in the Fairbanks and the North Slope Borough communities.

This position includes periodic travel to the Utqiagvik Probation Office to provide direct supervision and to support community engagement and collaborative partnership efforts.

Our Mission, Values and Culture:

Through Restorative Justice, we hold youth offenders accountable for their behavior; promote the safety and restoration of victims and communities; and assist offenders and their families in developing the skills to prevent crime. Our core values include:

Prioritizing Safety – of our youth, staff, families, and communities.

Responsiveness – providing timely response to youth, families, victims, staff, and justice partners.

Professional Relationships – recognizing that successful efforts with our clients, coworkers, victims, and others rely on positive, respectful, and collaborative relationships and a spirit of inclusiveness.

Dedication – doing the right things for the right reasons and modeling integrity and leadership.

Respect – for the inherent value of each person’s unique strengths and individual differences.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

We are a small close knit dedicated team with long term tenancy and close ties in the communities we serve. We take pride in working well with the local entities including police departments and courts, tribal partners, district attorneys, and school districts. We also work well with residential and community-based treatment providers. Our caring and dedication to achieving the most benefit to our probationers is recognized throughout our area. Joining our team will brin the opportunity to have a significant impact on lives and our communities. We believe in enhancing strengths in our staff by promoting training and professional development.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is located in Fairbanks in the Fairbanks Youth Facility and will be required to travel periodically to the Utqiagvik Probation Office located at 1250 Agvik Street Utqiagvik AK, 99723. In addition to supervising the communities of Fairbanks and Utqiagvik, we supervise probationers in the villages surrounding these hub communities. This position could also be tasked with supervising other rural offices within the Northern Region and require travel to those offices.

Who We Are Looking For:

In addition to the Minimum Qualifications below, we are looking for a candidate with the following competencies:

Resilience:

Deals effectively with pressure; remains optimistic and persistent, even under adversity. Recovers quickly from setbacks.

Developing others:

Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.

Decisiveness:

Makes well informed, effective and timely decisions even when data is limited or solutions produce unpleasant consequences; perceives the impact and implications of decisions

If this sounds like your skill set, or one you would like to develop, please apply through Workplace Alaska

Please Note that this position requires:

Traveling within the State, but specifically to the Utqiagvik Probation Office.

Use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN), which includes passing a background investigation, including fingerprinting.

Serving on regional and State task forces and other committees.

Participating in community networking, including coordinating service delivery, and working with community agencies.

Providing technical information to community agencies regarding the juvenile justice system and responding to inquiries about how the juvenile justice system works.

20-hours of annual Control Tactics training.

To view the general description and example of duties for Juvenile Probation Officer 1/2 please go to the following link:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/

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Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

Psychology:

Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts, mental processes, or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

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.

Performance Measurement:

Knowledge of the principles and methods for evaluating program or organizational performance using financial and nonfinancial measures, including identification of evaluation factors (for example, workload, personnel requirements), metrics, and outcomes.

Leadership:

Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.

Conflict Management:

Encourages creative tension and differences of opinions. Anticipates and takes steps to prevent counter-productive confrontations. Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.

Partnering:

Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.

equivalent to those typically gained by:

Training in counseling, education, corrections, criminal justice, the behavioral sciences, public administration, or a closely related field and/or progressively responsible experience developing, coordinating, implementing, supervising, or managing a juvenile detention unit, treatment unit, or professional juvenile probation officers; an institutional or transport unit for an adult correctional facility; or probation work involving individuals incarcerated in a correctional institution or who are on parole or probation while in the community.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

Special Note

Successful candidates are subject to a background investigation, criminal record check, fingerprinting, and must complete a medical examination to determine the essential duties of the position can be safely performed. A valid Alaska driver's license is required at the time of appointment.

Additional Required Information

At time of interview applicant must submit

:

A copy of educational transcripts, to verify post-secondary education used to meet the minimum qualifications. Transcripts are not required with each application. Unofficial are acceptable.

Two (2) prior performance evaluations from previous employers.

The names and telephone numbers of three (3) professional references.

At the time of appointment, selected candidate must submit:

A valid Alaska driver’s license.

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