# Research Analyst 3 — Corrections · Alaska Jobs [← The Board](https://alaskajobs.org/) · [Public safety jobs](https://alaskajobs.org/jobs/public-safety) # Research Analyst 3 Corrections - **Location** — Juneau, AK - **PCN** — 20-1080 - **Salary** — $2,862.00 Biweekly (Range 18) - **Type** — Full Time - **Open to** — Alaska Residents Only - **Bargaining unit** — General Government - **Timing** — Year-round - **Posted** — 2026-08-26 - **Closes** — 2026-09-08 - **Source** — Workplace Alaska (State of Alaska) (synced) Job Description The Department of Corrections, Division of Administration and Support, is recruiting for a Research Analyst 3 position located in Juneau, Alaska. Watch Alaska DOC's video here: DOC Extended Cut.mp4 (vimeo.com) What You Will Be Doing: Design and lead complex research projects on Alaska’s correctional population—including work that uses techniques without precedent—and turn the results into analyses that shape Department policy and resource decisions. Build and query SQL databases (T-SQL) and develop reproducible analyses in Python—using Jupyter notebooks, Quarto, and VS Code—to combine, clean, analyze, and report data drawn from multiple systems. Apply modern methods, including machine learning, generative AI, and agentic engineering, to modernize and expand the Department’s research and reporting. Safeguard the integrity of the Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS)—running quality-control reports, documenting discrepancies, and correcting data so the Department’s numbers can be trusted. Lead and develop the Research Analyst 2 and produce the unit’s flagship products—including the annual Offender Profile, agency performance measures, and recurring data requests from partners such as the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Our Mission, Values, and Culture: The mission of the Alaska Department of Corrections is to promote public safety; we provide secure confinement, access to reformative programs, and offender management planning that promotes successful community reentry. The Research & Records section is the empirical backbone of that mission—our analysis, statistics, and reporting give Department leaders and policymakers the accurate information they need to make sound decisions and measure what works. We value precision, intellectual honesty, and getting the numbers right. Benefits of Joining Our Team: This is a role for someone who wants their analytical work to matter—your research directly shapes corrections policy, resource decisions, and how the Department understands its own performance. You will work across the full data lifecycle, from study design and statistical programming to reporting for state and federal audiences, on problems that frequently have no established playbook. As the senior analyst in a small, tight-knit Research & Records team, you will mentor the Research Analyst 2 and help set the standard for how the unit works. The State of Alaska offers a competitive benefits package, including health coverage, both defined-benefit and defined-contribution retirement options, and generous personal leave. This position is hybrid-eligible, offering schedule flexibility while keeping you connected to the team in Juneau. The Working Environment You Can Expect: This position is based at the Department of Corrections office in the Douglas Island Building, with ample parking and a short walk to Savikko Park, Sandy Beach, and the Treadwell Mine Historic Trail, and is eligible for a hybrid schedule consistent with Department telework policy. The work is collaborative and deadline-driven, with shifting priorities, daily interaction with staff and outside agencies, and regular handling of confidential offender data. Who We Are Looking For: We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies: Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions. Quality Assurance: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools of quality assurance and quality control used to ensure a product fulfills functional requirements and standards. Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Minimum Qualifications Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class. Competency Description The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation. Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in: Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information. Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues. 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. Equivalent to those typically gained by: Education and/or progressively responsible professional experience which included investigative research or statistical analysis. Special Note: “Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation. “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. “Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment. Additional Required Information REQUIRED DOCUMENTS If selected for an interview, the applicant must provide the following: Educational transcripts, if using education to meet the minimum qualifications. Last three performance evaluations (or letters of reference / recommendation from the three most recent supervisors if there were no evaluations within the last five years). LEGAL EMPLOYMENT The State’s online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor. EDUCATION If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualificati [Apply at the source ↗](https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/alaska/jobs/5462517/research-analyst-3-pcn-20-1080) ## 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. 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