Administrative Officer 2

Holland America-Princess (Holland America Dawson City Inn); Seward (AK); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

An opportunity to make a difference in

Career Development and training

Excellent benefits

Being part of a team consisting of a**

Job summary

Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, Alaska, seeks an Administrative Officer 2 to oversee financial, procurement, inventory, HR and maintenance for a 24-hour institution. The role requires supervision of clerical, food service and maintenance staff, ensuring efficient operations and policy compliance.

Key competencies include budget administration, financial management and organizational awareness. Candidates should demonstrate sound decision-making and people leadership within a

Qualifications

• Competency-based minimum qualifications apply.
• Education/experience in administration, finance, accounting, HR, or related field may qualify.
• Budget administration knowledge.
• Financial management knowledge.
• Organizational awareness and knowledge of agency policies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial operations, budget implementation and tracking for a 24-hour facility.
• Supervise clerical, administrative, food service and maintenance staff.
• Manage procurement, inventory, inmate banking and HR activities.
• Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and reporting requirements.
• Provide leadership and decision-making to support safe, efficient operations.

Skills

Administration

Analytical Thinking

Budget Administration

Financial Management

Organizational Awareness

Education

Post-secondary education/related experience

Job description

Job Description

The Department of Corrections,

Division of Institutions,

is recruiting for an Administrative Officer 2 position for the Spring Creek Correctional Center (SCCC)

located in Seward, Alaska.

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What You Will Be Doing:

The position is responsible for providing financial, procurement, inventory, human resources/personnel, maintenance oversight, and general administrative management for a 24-hour correctional institution. This includes financial management, budget implementation & tracking, administrative operations, accounting, inmate banking, personnel human resources, procurement, inventory and direct supervision of all clerical, administrative, food service, and maintenance staff.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

We are committed to the well-being of those under the care of Department of Correction. We are committed to a culture of professionalism, quality and safety. Our values include fostering respect, integrity, compassion, teamwork, safety and growth.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

• An opportunity to make a difference in people's lives
• Career Development and training
• Excellent benefits
• Being part of a team consisting of a rewarding group of professionals

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Spring Creek Correctional Center is a maximum custody facility that houses up to 535 male sentenced inmates and employs over 193 staff on 328 acres. You will be working in an office environment with other staff daily with the potential of working around inmates.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

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.

Supervision:

Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e., appoint, transfer, promote), discipline or discharge, or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.

Customer Service:

Works with clients and customers (including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations.

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

Administration and Management:

Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production.

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving:

uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Budget Administration:

Knowledge of the principles and practices of budget administration and analysis; including preparing, justifying, reporting on, and executing the budget; and the relationships among program, budget, accounting, and reporting systems.

Financial Management:

Prepares, justifies, and/or administers the budget for program areas; plans, administers, and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies; assesses financial condition of an organization.

Organizational Awareness:

Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

• Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible experience providing administrative support to a business or organization, business administration, public administration, finance, banking, accounting, industrial relations, marketing, human resource management, logistics and supply chain management, or a similar business field.

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.

Additional Required Information

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

• Three professional references from current or previous supervisors.
• Two most recent performance evaluations (if applicable)

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 qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. post‑secondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject