Criminal Justice Technician 1/2 (PCN 20-6179)

State of Alaska; Anchorage (AK); Sur place; USD 52 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Paid training

Paid time off

Career advancement opportunities

Résumé du poste

The State of Alaska invites applications for a Criminal Justice Technician 1/2 in the Anchorage Pretrial Office. You will provide advanced technical and clerical support, conduct electronic monitoring, urinalysis testing, and assist with monitoring low-risk defendants.

You will work within a mission-driven team dedicated to public safety and fair administration of justice. The role emphasizes accuracy, strong computer and data management skills, and collaboration with law enforcement staff.

Qualifications

• Accountability: accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions.
• Computer Skills: uses computers, software, databases, and automated systems.
• Interpersonal Skills: shows understanding, tact, empathy, and courtesy.
• Oral and Written Communication: communicates clearly in speech and writing.
• Problem Solving: identifies problems and uses sound judgment to evaluate options.

Responsabilités

• Provide advanced technical and clerical support for the Anchorage Pretrial Office.
• Conduct Electronic Monitoring installs and releases daily; perform urinalysis/PBT testing.
• Maintain Redwood Toxicology program data collection and randomized testing schedules.
• Assist with monitoring low-risk defendants assigned to the General Supervision bank.
• Conduct cyclical audits of absconder banks and various databases.

Connaissances

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Self-Management

Description du poste

The Department of Corrections, Division of Pretrial, Probation and Parole (DP3) is recruiting for a Criminal Justice Technician 1/2 position for the Anchorage Pretrial Office in Anchorage, Alaska.

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What You Will Be Doing

The key responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Provide advanced technical and clerical support for the Anchorage Pretrial Office, including document processing and criminal justice data entry.
• Conduct Electronic Monitoring installs and releases daily, perform urinalysis/PBT testing, and support law enforcement staff in paraprofessional tasks.
• Maintain Redwood Toxicology program data collection and randomized testing schedules.
• Assist with monitoring low-risk defendants assigned to the General Supervision bank.
• Conduct cyclical audits of absconder banks and numerous other databases.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture

The Division of Pretrial, Probation, and Parole is committed to enhancing the safety of Alaska through fair, evidence-based community supervision that respects the rights and dignity of all individuals. At the heart of this mission are Criminal Justice Technicians who, like Pretrial Services Officers, play an essential role in advancing our vision of a safer, more just Alaska.

Our mission is to foster positive change by upholding public safety, supporting the fair administration of justice, and providing consistent, accountable supervision.

Benefits of Joining Our Team

By joining the Anchorage Pretrial Office you will be an integral team member in making our communities safer. The Department of Corrections offers paid training, paid time off and many opportunities for career advancement.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

The Anchorage Pretrial Office supervises approximately 700 defendants daily on various forms of pretrial release residing within the Municipality of Anchorage. The Anchorage Pretrial Office provides a dynamic work environment amongst a cohesive group of coworkers committed to success.

Who We Are Looking For

• Customer Service: Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, 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; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
• 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.

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.

Criminal Justice Technician 1

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.

Criminal Justice Technician 2

Successful completion of training under a formally established Criminal Justice Technician 1-2 flexible staffing training plan with the State of Alaska; OR

• 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 groupseffectively, 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.

Required Documents

• List of three (3) professional references
• Last three (3) performance evaluations

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 areas applicable to the curricula at the post-secondary institution. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

WORK EXPERIENCE

If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

PREA NOTIFICATION

The Department of Corrections follows and maintains federal and state requirements standards including, but not limited to, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards which apply to all public and private institutions that house adult or juvenile offenders. PREA standards preclude the department from hiring or promoting anyone who has engaged in, or been convicted of any conduct which would violate PREA standards related to sexual assault including:

• Sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility, or other institutions.
• Convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse;
• Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described above.

CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS/APSIN/ACOMS

Please be aware – this position requires the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN). A security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is necessary to use APSIN. DPS will deny security clearance for any applicant who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in this state or another jurisdiction, or who may be a fugitive from justice. Additionally, security clearance will be withdrawn if DPS discovers that material information was falsified or omitted at the time of the initial application for security clearance.

FINGERPRINT NOTICE

All Department of Corrections employees are required to be fingerprinted. The successful candidate must pass a criminal history check.

FLEXIBLY STAFFED

This position is flexibly staffed. The level of the job offer will be based on the selected candidate’s credibly possessed and proven competencies. If hired at the lower level, you will be promoted to the higher level after completing the training plan and demonstrating competency in the work.

DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT

Applicants must possess a valid driver's license. Proof of licensure will be required prior to reporting to duty.

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or 465-4095 in Juneau or [phone] (TTY) or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P. O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal-opportunity employer.

WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE

Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll-free) or [phone] if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to [e-mail].

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Randell Cosper

Deputy Chief Pretrial Services Officer

907-334-2503

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