Criminal Justice Technician 1/2 (PCN 20-5783)

State Of Alaska•Palmer, AK

8d•$24 - $27

About The Position

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions is recruiting for a Criminal Justice Technician 1/2, for Palmer Correctional Center (PCC) located in Sutton, Alaska. Watch Alaska DOC's video here: DOC 30 Second Cut What you will be doing: We are seeking an energetic, well-organized individual capable of performing a variety of paraprofessional work. Primary job duties include interpreting Court documents, calculating prisoner Time Accounting Records for Court imposed sentences, and the recording, submission, and tracking of prisoners DNA samples. Additional tasks include data entry and retrieval in various law enforcement databases, institutional record maintenance, filing, general office clerical work, and frequent professional interaction with outside agencies to include the Courts, Law Enforcement, Attorneys, and members of the public. Our mission, values, and culture: The Alaska Department of Corrections 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. The benefits of joining our team: This position is a flex CJT 1/2 position in which the incumbent will learn the full range of duties involving interpretation of court documents and application of Judgments. The PCC Records Office offers a seniority based flexible schedule. The skills developed in this position would prepare the incumbent for a potential promotion to Probation Officer 1 or Correctional Officer 1 within the Department. This position promotes public safety by ensuring the sentences imposed by the Court are calculated correctly, while ensuring the legal rights of due process are afforded to defendants remanded to our custody.

Requirements

Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
Adaptability: adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
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 Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in: 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 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 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.

Responsibilities

interpreting Court documents
calculating prisoner Time Accounting Records for Court imposed sentences
recording, submission, and tracking of prisoners DNA samples
data entry and retrieval in various law enforcement databases
institutional record maintenance
filing
general office clerical work
frequent professional interaction with outside agencies to include the Courts, Law Enforcement, Attorneys, and members of the public

Benefits

Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available (amount depends on Bargaining Unit)
Group-based insurance premiums for Term life (employee, spouse or qualified same sex partner, and dependents)
Long-term and short-term disability
Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Long-term care (self and eligible family members)
Supplemental Survivor Benefits
Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses
Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
Matching employer contribution into a defined contribution program (new employees)
Employer contribution into a defined benefit or defined contribution program (current employees)
Contributions to the Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan in lieu of contributions to Social Security
Option to enroll in the Alaska Deferred Compensation Program
Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served
Twelve (12) paid holidays a year