Criminal Justice Technician 1/2 (PCN 20-6859)

State of Alaska•Kenai, AK

12h•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Corrections, Division of Pretrial, Probation and Parole (DP3) is recruiting for a Criminal Justice Technician 1/2 position at the Kenai Probation Office in Kenai, Alaska. This role provides essential front desk and administrative support, maintains daily office functions, manages case files and data entry, and handles financial tasks such as payroll processing, budgeting, and procurement. The position also involves managing office vehicles, equipment, and supply inventories. The Division of Pretrial, Probation and Parole aims to serve Alaska’s diverse population through objective, legal, and evidence-based community supervision, enhancing public safety and supporting fair justice by holding defendants accountable while connecting them with community partners and resources.

Requirements

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.
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.
Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
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.
Applicants must possess a valid driver's license.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Provide front desk and administrative support, including phone and visitor intake, assistance to Probation Officers, lobby upkeep, and mail processing per DOC procedures.
Maintain daily office functions by organizing shared workspaces, ensuring essential supplies are stocked, and supporting office procedures and operational practices.
Manage file check-in/check-out, maintain organized filing systems for active and closed cases, and perform accurate data entry aligned with DOC confidentiality and retention standards.
Handle payroll processing, support budgeting and billing tasks, and coordinate procurement of approved supplies in compliance with departmental financial protocols.
Manage office vehicles, equipment, and supply inventories by maintaining logs, scheduling maintenance, and ensuring all essential devices and materials remain stocked and operational.