Education Coordinator; PCN

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for an Education Coordinator for the Highland Mountain Correctional Center (HMCC) located in Eagle River, Alaska.

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• Coordinate scheduling for apprenticeship programs
• Teach and assist prisoners with educational pursuits to include ABE/GED and ESL
• Counsel prisoners in areas of career development, education, and vocational training
• Act as a liaison between Hiland Mountain Correction Center, the University of Alaska, and AVTEC
• Test prisoners for career scope, review post-secondary and vocational programs, and assist with job placement or job service referrals

The mission of the Alaska Department of Corrections is to promote public safety. Our division provides secure confinement, reformative programs, and a process of supervised community reintegration to enhance the safety of our communities.

• On-the-job training
• Health benefits, which includes employer contribution toward medical/vision/dental, employer paid Basic Life insurance, with additional coverage available
• Paid sick leave, vacation, and holidays
• Optional long and short-term disability plans
• Optional dependent and health care flexible spending accounts

The Education section is a fast-paced area that involves interaction with Law Enforcement, Correctional Officers, Probation Officers, Pretrial Officers, Medical staff and prisoners.

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

• 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. Comply with established control systems and rules.
• Adaptability:
  Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
• 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.
• Education and Training:
  Knowledge of teaching, training, research, making presentations, lecturing, testing, and other instructional methods.
• Oral and Written Communication:
  Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) effectively, considering 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.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in education, counseling, social or behavior sciences or a closely related field AND one year of journey level paraprofessional experience in educational or vocational education programs or services. This experience is equivalent to work such as the Vocational Rehabilitation Assistant 2 or Education Program Assistant, and similar classes with the State of Alaska, or the equivalent with another employer.

Additional qualifying work experience may substitute for the education on a year-for-year basis.

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An extensive background investigation will be required for successful applicants.

Working with inmates requires care in observing institution security policies and procedures and may involve personal risk. Some positions perform activities that require bending, crouching, walking or standing for long periods of time. Some work activities involve discomfort or unpleasantness such as moderate noise levels, vibration, dust, dirt or odors associated with operation of equipment and/or tools in performance of duties.

The State’s 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…