Office Assistant 3

State of Alaska; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedules

accrual of paid leave

12 paid holidays a year

Opportunities for advancement

Job summary

The Department of Corrections, Anchorage Sentenced Electronic Monitoring Office, is seeking an Office Assistant 3 in Anchorage, Alaska. You will support administrative tasks for the Electronic Monitoring program, process payments, maintain budgets, and help manage inventory and property custody.

Qualified candidates have a high school diploma or equivalent and at least one year of clerical experience; substitution options may apply.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required with substitution options described in the posting.
• Experience handling clerical tasks such as reception, filing, data entry, and basic accounting tasks is emphasized.

Responsibilities

• Processes revenues collected from offender payments for Electronic Monitoring Services.
• Maintains budget, prepares invoices for payment and posts expenditures.
• Provides general administrative support for Electronic Monitoring.
• Acts as property custodian and conducts annual inventories.

Skills

Clerical

Planning & Evaluating

Communications

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

The Department of Corrections, Anchorage Sentenced Electronic Monitoring Office is currently recruiting for an Office Assistant 3 position in Anchorage, Alaska.

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What You Will Be Doing:

• Processes revenues collected from offender payments for Electronic Monitoring Services
• Maintains budget, prepares invoices for payment and posts expenditures
• Provides general administrative support for Electronic Monitoring
• Acts as property custodian and conduct annual inventories

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

To promote public safety through supervision of inmates who are transitioning from incarceration or Community Residential Center (CRC) to the community while placed on electronic monitoring equipment.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

• Join a cohesive team of professionals with various experiences with DOC and outside the department
• Learn about community resources, case law, and the criminal justice system related to Sentence Electronic Monitoring
• We offer flexible work schedules, accrual of paid leave, and 12 paid holidays a year
• There are opportunities for advancement within the office and the Department

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is at the Anchorage Sentenced EM Office in Anchorage, Alaska.

Who We Are Looking For:

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

• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Clerical: Knowledge of filing, typing, entering data, maintaining records, taking shorthand, and using and completing forms.
• Communications and Media: Knowledge of the production, communication and dissemination of information and ideas to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media and social media.

Education and Experience:

High school diploma or the equivalent. AND

One year of experience that includes clerical tasks such as performing reception duties, answering routine questions on services or products, retrieving information from electronic or hard copy files, recording expenditures and receipts, or typing routine correspondence.

Substitution: Education from an accredited college may substitute for six months of the required experience (3 semester hours or 4 quarter hours equal one month of experience; 150 hours of vocational education equal one month of experience).

Special Note: "High school diploma equivalent" means one of the following: 1) a G.E.D.; 2) completion of any basic adult education course equivalent to 480 class hours (16 weeks at 30 course hours per week); 3) acceptance in full standing by an accredited college or university; 4) highest grade of school completed plus an amount of paid or volunteer experience that totals 12 years and includes basic clerical tasks such as greeting clients, answering phones, typing, filing, sorting mail, entering data, receiving payments, making change, or maintaining logs.

Some positions in this class may require the incumbent to operate motor vehicles. Such positions require that the applicant possess a regular driver's license and be 18 years of age or older.

Some positions in this class may require skill in typing. Recruitment and selection may include this requirement.

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.

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.

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

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Adam Cole
Deputy Chief Probation Officer
907-269-0927
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