Criminal Justice Technician 1

at  State of Alaska

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We are looking for someone with:

• Excellent and effective communication skills,
• Strong organizational skills,
• Experience with multiple computer programs,
• Good work ethic to include being punctual and reliable,
• The ability to work effectively, calmly, and professionally with staff, prisoners and various paraprofessional groups.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

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.

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, at the discretion of the hiring manager.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

Education completed in foreign colleges, universities, or high schools 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 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 or high school. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

WORK EXPERIENCE

If using work experience in your application, you must also provide the employer’s 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 recruitment interview and selection phase.

Goose Creek Correctional Center, Alaska’s largest and newest Correctional Facility, is currently recruiting to fill a Criminal Justice Technician (CJT). CJT’s provide paraprofessional as well as technical and administrative support while assisting in offender supervision. Be aware of key processes in the organizational unit.
The position is trained to input, update and maintain a variety of offender information, victim information, sentencing information, etc. in the Department of Corrections (DOC) computer database. All information will be input and maintained in accordance with policy and procedure and the probation/parole training manual.
Assist in research and compiling information and organizing data to support grant applications, procurement, etc. Support statistical analysis to evaluate programs to determine if goal has been reached after completion of programs, such as victim impact classes, by gathering and reporting data as directed. Prepare reports as requested.