Adult Probation Officer 3

Salary: $39.73 Hourly
Location : Mackenzie Point, AK
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 50536
Department: Corrections
Division: Institutions
Opening Date: 05/13/2025
Closing Date: 5/27/2025 5:00 PM Alaska
Division: Institutions
Position Open To: Alaska Residents Only
Bargaining Unit: Supervisory
Range: 20

Job Description
The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for an Adult Probation Officer 3 position for the Goose Creek Correctional Center (GCCC) located in Mackenzie Point, Alaska.
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What you will be doing:
The primary responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
•  Manage institutional offenders in a medium security prison setting.
•  Provide training and supervision of activities in and out of the office environment to ensure public safety and to aid in the rehabilitation of adult offenders.
•  Proofread parole and probation violation reports, pre-sentence reports, letter updates, Chronos, and other documents.
•  Train new employees in proper office and institutional procedures and supervise a staff consisting of Adult Probation Officer 1/2's.
•  Teach, instruct, and model appropriate use of laws/policies/procedures and monitor compliance with prevailing court decisions, statutes, and policies that govern the Department. Our organization, mission, and culture:
The mission of the Alaska Department of Corrections is to promote public safety. Our division provides secure confinement, access to reformative programs, and offender management planning that promotes successful community reentry.

The benefits of joining our team:
When working for Goose Creek Correctional Center, you'll be a vital part of a collaborative team, with opportunities for extensive learning about correctional settings and processes. In addition, we offer:
•  Flexible work schedules - 4/10 schedules available based on facility needs.
•  On-site amenities including a free on-site gym with locker rooms and showers for employee use only.
•  Low-cost lunches available 7 days a week.
•  Convenient parking in a well-lit & maintained lot with winter plug-ins and a scenic drive to work while avoiding the congested commute to Anchorage. The working environment you can expect:
Goose Creek Correctional Center is a minimum/medium custody facility that houses up to 1500 inmates and employs over 350 staff. You will be working in an institutional setting with inmates daily.

Who we are looking for:
•  Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
•  Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one's knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
•  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. Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in any field.
And

Two years of professional experience in probation, parole, pretrial, criminal justice, juvenile justice, social services, criminal investigation, public safety or law enforcement, or as a social services case manager or counselor.
Or substitution:

Six years in any combination of postsecondary education from an accredited college and paraprofessional experience in probation, parole, pretrial, criminal justice, juvenile justice, public safety, law enforcement or corrections. (2.67 semester hours or 4 quarter hours of postsecondary education are equal to one month of experience).
Special Note:
At the time of employment, a qualified applicant must: be 21 years of age and a United States citizen or a United States National; have a high school or home school diploma recognized or certified by a state or a local school district within a state as having met that state's graduation requirement; or have a General Educational Development certificate.

Possess a valid driver's license issued within the United States at time of appointment.

Some positions in this job class series may be required to carry a firearm and maintain a firearms proficiency qualification. If this requirement is present, it will be stated in the position description and vacancy announcement.
Employees may be required to work shift assignments and on-call availability may be required. Individuals not continuously employed since February 9, 1991, by the State of Alaska Department of Corrections in a "correctional officer," "probation officer," or "parole officer" position, as defined by 13 AAC 85.900, are subject to requirements established by Alaska Police Standards Council (APSC). As a condition of continued employment, these individuals must obtain a basic correctional officer certificate issued by the APSC within 14 months of hire.

Any employment action that resulted in discharge, resignation in lieu of discharge, or discipline, must be disclosed at the time of application to vacancies within this classification. Applicants who fail to provide this information will be deemed to be ineligible for interview or further consideration. Applicants with an employment action that makes them ineligible for certification under APSC regulations will be ineligible to receive an interview or further consideration.

For purposes of the minimum qualifications for this job class, "misdemeanor" means:
1) A crime classified as a misdemeanor in Alaska at the time the crime was committed.
2) A crime committed in another jurisdiction for which there was a conviction in that jurisdiction by a civilian or military court is a "misdemeanor" conviction if the crime has elements similar to those of a misdemeanor under Alaska law at the time the offense was committed.
3) An offense punishable as a misdemeanor in Alaska or under the law of another jurisdiction, that results in a completed suspended imposition of sentence, expungement of record, or a pardon, is considered a "misdemeanor" conviction unless the offense was committed by the person before the age of 21.

A qualified applicant may not:
Have been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence by a civilian court of Alaska, the United States, another state or territory, or by a military court.

Have been convicted during the past ten (10) years by a civilian court of Alaska, the United States, another state or territory, or by a military court of a crime of dishonesty or moral turpitude, of a crime that resulted in serious physical injury to another person, or of two or more driving under the influence offenses.

Have illegally manufactured, transported, or sold a controlled substance during the past 10 years, provided you were under 21 years of age at the time.

Have illegally used a Schedule IA, IIA, IIIA, IVA, or VA controlled substance during the past 5 years, provided you were at least 21 years of age at the time.

Have used marijuana during the last year, provided you were at least 21 years of age at the time.

Have been denied certification by the Alaska Police Standards Council or the responsible certifying agency in any other issuing jurisdiction unless the denial, revocation, or surrender has been rescinded by the council under 13 AAC 85.270 or by the responsible certifying agency of the issuing jurisdiction.

Have ever used a controlled substance while employed as a certifiable municipal, state, federal peace officer, correctional officer, adult probation officer, or military law enforcement officer.

Additional Required Information

IMPORTANT NOTICE - BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINE

A full criminal history check is required for all applicants.

YOU WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS WITHOUT COMPLETING AND

SUBMITTING YOUR NOTARIZED F-3 PERSONAL HISTORY STATEMENT FORM.

The F-3 Personal History Statement Form and Background Packet can be downloaded at:
Once completed and notarized return to:

As part of the personal history, applicants will be required to submit copies of the following documents:
•  Certified Highschool/GED transcripts (must be received directly from certifying institution and show date of graduation)
•  Birth certificate or valid passport . click apply for full job details