Criminal Justice Technician 1/2 (PCN 20-5502)

JOB
The Department of Corrections, Division of Probation and Parole is recruiting for a Criminal Justice Technician 1/2 position for the Alaska Parole Board located in Anchorage, AK.Watch Alaska DOC's video here: DOC Extended Cut mp4 (vimeo.com)What You Will Be Doing: Help support the Alaska Parole Board in its mission by using your expertise to interpret time-accounting records, calculate parole eligibility and release dates, and serve as a knowledgeable resource on Alaska parole statutes and regulations for staff and partners statewide! Take in a beautiful office view while taking the lead on gathering, organizing, and maintaining important data the Board relies on for informed decision-making. You’ll collaborate with staff and partner agencies to keep essential systems running smoothly by upkeeping shared databases, researching case information, and creating forms and materials – all while ensuring confidentiality and compliance with Department policies.Our Mission, Values, and Culture: The Alaska Parole Board is committed to supporting safe, successful reintegration for individuals returning to our communities with full respect for the rights of crime victims at the helm. Our office strives to make fair, balanced decisions that protect the public, offer offender accountability, and encourage reintegration while imposing appropriate sanctions when necessary.Benefits of Joining Our Team: You’ll be joining a cohesive, supportive team of professionals with a wide range of experience who all share a passion for supporting the Parole process. We offer flexible work schedules (after completing required training), generous paid leave accrual, and 12 paid holidays each year. You’ll also find real opportunities for advancement, both within the office and throughout the Department.The Working Environment You Can Expect: Our office sits in the heart of downtown Anchorage, offering a beautiful view and easy walking access to great lunch spots, coffee shops, and local stores, making your workday a little brighter.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.Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with uncertainty.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
Competency Based Minimum Qualifications InstructionsThis 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 DescriptionThe 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.Criminal Justice Technician 1Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in: Accountability: Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions and demonstrates commitment to accomplish work in an ethical, efficient, and cost-effective manner.Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.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.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.Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Equivalent to those typically gained by: Any combination of education and/or work, internship, and/or volunteer experience or service from any combination of fields that sufficiently builds the above and any job-specific competencies.Criminal Justice Technician 2Successful completion of training under a formally established Criminal Justice Technician 1-2 flexible staffing training plan with the State of Alaska;ORAny combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in: Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.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.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.Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations.Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions. Equivalent to those typically gained by: Any combination of education and/or paraprofessional or professional experience or service in criminal justice, juvenile justice, probation, parole, public safety, law enforcement, corrections, court, legal services, law office, social services, social sciences, or public assistance programs or functions.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Taylor ViensAdministrative Assistant IIIPhone: 907-269-4642taylor.viens@alaska.gov