Criminal Justice Technician 1/2 (PCN 20-6915)

State of Alaska•Palmer, AK

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Corrections, Division of Pretrial, Probation and Parole is recruiting for a Criminal Justice Technician 1/2 in Palmer, Alaska. This position is open to Female candidates only. The Criminal Justice Technician position's main focuses are administrative work and offender monitoring/rehabilitative professional support, and assisting offenders toward changing attitudes and behaviors to ensure successful probation/parole compliance. Under general direction, the incumbent performs a variety of paraprofessional work in support of commissioned, certified or other law enforcement professional staff, and performs administrative duties in support of maintaining a functioning office. Job duties include compiling, documenting and verifying information and researching records in preparation for the completion of Court and Parole Board ordered reports, creating and maintaining case files, including entries in a department-specific offender database system, typing and editing documents, supervising a caseload of offenders to perform community work service, and testifying before the court and the Alaska Board of Parole or before the grand jury to provide factual information, testimony, and documentation.

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.
Knowledge of procedures of civil, criminal, or administrative hearings, evidence collection, including the delivery and receipt of evidence, classes of evidence, and rules of evidence and legal procedures.
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

Compiling, documenting and verifying information
Researching records in preparation for the completion of Court and Parole Board ordered reports
Creating and maintaining case files, including entries in a department-specific offender database system
Typing and editing documents
Supervising a caseload of offenders to perform community work service
Testifying before the court and the Alaska Board of Parole or before the grand jury to provide factual information, testimony, and documentation