Criminal Justice Specialist (PCN 20-1057)

State of Alaska•Juneau, AK

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Corrections, Division of Administration and Support, is recruiting for a Criminal Justice Specialist position located in Juneau, Alaska. This role serves as the Department's point of contact for the Records section, responding to court orders, subpoenas, and requests from law-enforcement partners and individuals for inmate and offender records. The position safeguards the confidential offender records repository, maintaining, tracking, and securing both hard-file and electronic records. It involves auditing the Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS) for completeness, accuracy, and timeliness against Federal Bureau of Investigation standards, and correcting discrepancies. The specialist will query information systems using SQL and statistical analysis software to identify and resolve data anomalies, and produce reports for criminal-justice partners and DOC colleagues. Additionally, the role oversees the day-to-day work of records staff digitizing files, trains and affirms the proficiency of ACOMS users, and coordinates with outside scanning vendors.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college.
OR An associate's degree from an accredited college in Criminal Justice, Paralegal Studies, Justice, or a closely related field.
OR Two years of advanced paraprofessional experience in support of professional law enforcement staff in the development, analysis, and implementation of a law enforcement, public safety or criminal justice program. The required experience includes work such as Criminal Justice Technician 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer.
OR Four years of advanced or supervisory paraprofessional or technical experience in support of criminal justice staff, involving data or evidence collection, processing, analysis and reporting. The required experience includes work such as Criminal Justice Technician 1, Emergency Services Dispatcher with the Department of Public Safety, Fingerprint Technician, Paralegal, or Law Office Assistant 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer.
Applicant is subject to a national criminal history background check; an applicant may not have any felony or misdemeanor convictions, and must not be a fugitive from justice.
Requires ability to lift file boxes weighing up to 50 pounds.
Applicants must possess a valid driver's license.
Must be able to obtain a security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to use the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN).

Nice To Haves

Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
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.
Information Management: Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gather information; organizes and maintains information or information management systems.
Quality Assurance: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools of quality assurance and quality control used to ensure a product fulfills functional requirements and standards.
Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

Responsibilities

Serve as the Department's point of contact for the Records section — responding to court orders, subpoenas, and requests from law-enforcement partners (FBI, U.S. Marshals, and other corrections agencies) and from individuals for inmate and offender records.
Safeguard the confidential offender records repository, maintaining, tracking, and securing both hard-file and electronic records.
Audit Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS) criminal-justice records for completeness, accuracy, and timeliness against Federal Bureau of Investigation standards, and correct discrepancies.
Query the Department's information systems using SQL and statistical analysis software to find and fix data anomalies and to produce recurring and ad hoc reports for criminal-justice partners and DOC colleagues.
Oversee the day-to-day work of records staff digitizing files, train and affirm the proficiency of ACOMS users, and coordinate with outside scanning vendors.