Vocational Instructor

Effective July 1, 2026 the wage for this position increased by 3%. The wage listed in this job posting reflects the increase.

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for a Vocational Instructor position at the Wildwood Correctional Center (WCC) located in Kenai, Alaska.

Watch Alaska DOC's video here:

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What you will be doing:

Providing class lecture and instruction of textbook curriculum including PowerPoint and Media;

Setting up hand-on laboratories for instruction including supervising inmates for safety and compliance for performance testing, setting up and operating computer simulators;

Deliver tests to individuals and submitting paperwork for accredited training sponsors;

Coordinate scheduling classroom space for contract trainers.

Our mission, values, and culture:

The mission of the Division of Institutions is to promote public safety by providing secure confinement, access to reformative programs, and offender management planning that promotes successful community reentry. WCC thrives on achieving our mission in a positive, supportive, and encouraging environment. WCC provides reformative programs such as: Adult Basic Education, General Education Development, classes/testing, Post-Secondary Academic Services, Residential Substance Abuse Treatment, Vocational/Employment programming, and many others.

The benefits of joining our team:

As a member of the Wildwood Correctional Complex team, you will enjoy all the benefits afforded by State of Alaska employment, as well as the following perks:

Flexible work schedule

On the job and professional training

Access to world class fishing on the Kenai River

The working environment you can expect:

Wildwood Correctional Complex is a state adult correctional institution housing inmate of all custody levels, consisting of a pretrial facility housing up to 115 male and female inmates, a sentenced facility housing 264 male inmates and a transitional program housing 92 male inmates.   This position works in the vocational shop of building 7 and will routinely be around the inmate population.

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.

Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

Education and Training: Knowledge of teaching, training, research, making presentations, lecturing, testing, and other instructional methods.

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, hosties, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.

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 response appropriately.