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Job Description
JOB The Department of Corrections, Division of Administration and Support, is recruiting for a Criminal Justice Specialist position located in Juneau, Alaska. Watch Alaska DOC's video here: DOC Extended Cut.mp4 (vimeo.com)
What You Will Be Doing:
Serve as the Department's point of contact for the Records section — responding to court orders, subpoenas, and requests from law-enforcement partners (FBI, U.S. Marshals, and other corrections agencies) and from individuals for inmate and offender records. Safeguard the confidential offender records repository, maintaining, tracking, and securing both hard-file and electronic records. Audit Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS) criminal-justice records for completeness, accuracy, and timeliness against Federal Bureau of Investigation standards, and correct discrepancies. Query the Department's information systems using SQL and statistical analysis software to find and fix data anomalies and to produce recurring and ad hoc reports for criminal-justice partners and DOC colleagues. Oversee the day-to-day work of records staff digitizing files, train and affirm the proficiency of ACOMS users, and coordinate with outside scanning vendors.
Our Mission, Values, and Culture:
The mission of the Alaska Department of Corrections is to promote public safety; we provide secure confinement, access to reformative programs, and offender management planning that promotes successful community reentry. The Research and Records section is the Department's authoritative source of offender records and criminal-justice data—accurate, secure, and available to the partners who depend on it. We value precision, confidentiality, and getting the record right.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:
This is a role for someone who takes pride in being the trusted custodian of records that matter—your work directly supports law-enforcement partners, the courts, and Alaskans seeking their own files. You will work across both the records and data sides of the job, from securing the confidential repository to writing queries that keep the Department's criminal-justice data accurate and complete. As the senior records position in a small section, you will guide other records staff and help set the standard for how the work is done. The State of Alaska offers a competitive benefits package, including health coverage, both defined-benefit and defined-contribution retirement options, and generous personal leave. This position is eligible for a flexible/hybrid schedule consistent with Department telework policy.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
This position is based at the Department of Corrections office in the Douglas Island Building, with ample parking and a short walk to Savikko Park and Sandy Beach, and is eligible for a flexible/hybrid schedule consistent with Department telework policy. The work is detail-driven and deadline-sensitive, with frequent interruptions, daily handling of confidential offender records, and regular contact with DOC staff and outside criminal-justice agencies.
Who We Are Looking For:
We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies: Attention to
Detail:
Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
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.
Information Management:
Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gather information; organizes and maintains information or information management systems.
Quality Assurance:
Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools of quality assurance and quality control used to ensure a product fulfills functional requirements and standards.
Computer Skills:
Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES A
bachelor's degree from an accredited college. OR An associate's degree from an accredited college in Criminal Justice, Paralegal Studies, Justice, or a closely related field. OR Two years of advanced paraprofessional experience in support of professional law enforcement staff in the development, analysis, and implementation of a law enforcement, public safety or criminal justice program. The required experience includes work such as Criminal Justice Technician 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer. OR Four years of advanced or supervisory paraprofessional or technical experience in support of criminal justice staff, involving data or evidence collection, processing, analysis and reporting. The required experience includes work such as Criminal Justice Technician 1, Emergency Services Dispatcher with the Department of Public Safety, Fingerprint Technician, Paralegal, or Law Office Assistant 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer.
Special Note:
An applicant is subject to a national criminal history background check; an applicant may not have any felony or misdemeanor convictions, and must not be a fugitive from justice.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Jesse Slone Research Analyst 4 907-465-3313 jesse.slone@alaska.gov
