What you will be doing:
The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions is recruiting for one Long-Term, Non-Permanent Criminal Justice Technician at the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River, Alaska, in the Disciplinary and Records area.

We are seeking an energetic, well-organized individual who is capable of performing a variety of paraprofessional work. Examples of job duties associated with this position include, but are not limited to:
Processing, filing and distributing incoming files and paperwork. Answering phone calls and maintaining prisoner records.

• Calculating prisoner Time Accounting Records (computation of release dates and parole eligibility dates) by conducting investigative research and ensuring accuracy of offender records and incarceration history. (Training will be provided.)
• Reconciling and processing incoming and outgoing files to ensure their completeness as well as accuracy.
• Processing incoming Court paperwork which includes interpreting statutes and understanding the request of the Courts on how an offender is to be imprisoned.
• Entering, maintaining, updating, and correcting multiple computerized databases.
• Backup duties for DNA testing and processing.
• Other duties as assigned in accordance with DOC policies and procedures, and Institutional Standard Operating Procedures.
• The work hours for this position will be 37.5 hours per week.
  

Our organization, mission and culture:
The mission of the Alaska Department of Corrections is to promote public safety. Our division provides secure confinement, reformative programs, and a process of supervised community reintegration to enhance the safety of our communities.

We are trained professionals committed to a safe, open and respectful organization. We are dedicated to public safety and will always respect the rights and dignity of victims of crime. Offenders in our charge will be treated in a safe and humane manner and will be expected to enhance their ability to reform every day.

The benefits of joining our team:

• On-the-job training;
• Health benefits, which includes employer contribution toward medical/vision/dental, employer paid Basic Life insurance, with additional coverage available;
• Paid sick leave, vacation, and holidays;
• Retirement, with Annuity and Deferred Compensation Plans;
• Optional long and short-term disability plans; and
• Optional dependent and health care flexible spending accounts

The working environment you can expect:
The Records and Disciplinary Departments are fast-paced area that involves interaction with Law Enforcement, Correctional Officers, Probation Officers, Pretrial Officers, Medical staff and prisoners. There will be times when prisoners may be aggressive and/or intoxicated.

Positive working environment.

You will be working in an adult correctional facility. Correctional Facilities operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Who we are looking for:

• A pattern of reliable behaviors on the job, including dependability, punctuality and the ability to carry out tasks independently.
• Ability to work well in a team environment establishing and maintaining a cooperative and effective working relationship with a wide variety of individuals/organizations.
• Strong organizational skills and self-initiative are a must.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment with multiple and constant distractions and interruptions.
• Willingness to attend the DOCs Basic Time Accounting course before the completion of the incumbents first year of employment; and an Advanced Time Accounting course when made available.

Minimum Qualifications

Any 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.