Correctional Supervisor (PCN 20-6697)

What You Will Be Doing:

Under general administrative direction the incumbent of this position will:

• Schedule and coordinate prisoner movements within and outside Alaska to support population management required services and inter-agency transport needs.
• Ensure efficient utilization of transportation staff vehicles and other resources while coordinating closely with partner law enforcement agencies.
• Oversee department-wide selection training qualification and requalification of Prisoner Transportation Officers.
• Work with facility leadership to arrange airlifts and other transport modes for routine emergency high-profile or special-handling transports in compliance with policy and safety standards.
• Manage vehicle readiness authorizes maintenance and repairs and procures necessary security equipment weapons ammunition and related unit supplies.

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 and offenders in our charge will be treated in a safe and humane manner and will be expected to enhance their ability to reform every day.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

You will have ongoing opportunities for professional development continued learning and career advancement. We offer excellent medical and retirement benefits that support your long-term wellbeing. Most importantly you will have the chance to make a meaningful and positive impact within your community.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Joining the Central Transportation Unit means becoming a valued member of a team dedicated to the safe and secure movement of inmates. Our team environment emphasizes collaboration responsibility and public service.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Supervision: Plans distributes and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected utilized and developed and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e. appoint transfer promote) discipline or discharge or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.
• Security: Knowledge of the laws regulations and guidelines related to securing personnel facilities and information including the requirements for handling transporting and protecting classified information and proper reporting of security incidents.
• Leadership: Influences motivates and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
• Decision Making: Makes sound well-informed and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action even in uncertain situations to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.

Successful completion of the Alaska Correctional Officer Academy or the equivalent program accredited by the Alaska Police Standards Council
AND
One year experience performing lead work over employees engaged in security duties which support the custody security and reformation of prisoners in an adult correctional institution. The required experience is met by service as a Correctional Officer 4 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
OR
Two years experience performing supervising managing or administering probation/parole functions and services for an adult offender population in an institutional or community setting equivalent to an Adult Probation Officer 3 in a lead capacity with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
OR
Two years experience training guiding or evaluating lower level Correctional Officers as a designated Field Training Officer. The required experience is met by some Correctional Officers 3 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Special Note:
At the time of employment: 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 states graduation requirement; or have a General Educational Development certificate.

Appointment to Correctional Officer Supervisor is conditional pending successful completion of a thorough background investigation psychological evaluation drug screening and medical examination.

Possess a valid drivers license issued within the United States at time of appointment.

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 or probation 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.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

If selected for an interview the applicant must provide the following:

• Two professional references from former supervisors
• Last two performance evaluations
• Alaska Drivers License

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

The States online recruitment system Workplace Alaska requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor.

EDUCATION

If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the post-secondary institution. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

WORK EXPERIENCE

If using work experience not already documented in your application also provide the employer name your job title dates of employment and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

PREA NOTIFICATION

The Department of Corrections follows and maintains federal and state requirements standards including but not limited to Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards which apply to all public and private institutions that house adult or juvenile offenders. PREA standards preclude the department from hiring or promoting anyone who has engaged in or been convicted of any conduct which would violate PREA standards related to sexual assault including:

• Sexual abuse in a prison jail lockup community confinement facility juvenile facility or other institution/
• Convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force overt or implied threats of force or coercion or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse; or
• Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described above.

CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS & APSIN

Please be aware this position requires the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN)/Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS). A security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is necessary to use APSIN/ACOMS. DPS will deny security clearance for any applicant who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in this state or another jurisdiction or who may be a fugitive from justice. Additionally security clearance will be withdrawn if DPS discovers that material information was falsified or omitted at the time of the initial application for security clearance.

FINGERPRINT NOTICE

All Department of Corrections employees are required to be fingerprinted. The successful candidate must pass a criminal history check.

DRIVERS LICENSE REQUIREMENT

Applicants must possess a valid drivers license. Proof of licensure will be required prior to reporting to duty.

FIREARMS

This position requires the use or possession of a firearm or accordance with the federal Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (PL 104-208) if you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence you may not hold this position.

A misdemeanor crime of domestic violence is an offense that is (1) a misdemeanor under Federal or state law; and (2) has as an element the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon committed by a current or former spouse parent or guardian of the victim by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse parent or guardian or by a person similarly situated to a spouse parent or guardian of the victim.

If you have ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence do NOT apply for this position.

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation auxiliary aides or services or alternative communication formats please call 1- or 465-4095 in Juneau or (TTY) or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P. O. Box 110201 Juneau AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal-opportunity employer.

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Sandra Martinson
Division Operations Manager