Adult Probation Officer​/2B; PCN

Overview

The Department of Corrections, Division of Pretrial, Probations, and Parole is recruiting for an Adult Probation Officer 1/2B for the Anchorage Probation Office located in Anchorage, Alaska.

Make a lasting impact on your community while working at the Anchorage Probation/Parole Office, the state's largest community supervision office. This position provides a rewarding balance of field and office‑based supervision responsibilities for felons supervised in the community. On any given day, field‑based responsibilities can include conducting home visits, community compliance checks, or collaboration with law enforcement and community partners. Daily office‑based responsibilities include conducting office visits, maintaining accurate and timely supervision records, preparing reports for the Court and Alaska Board of Parole, testifying in court and parole hearings, and collaborating with local justice partners and community partners across the state.

Our mission is to help provide positive change in every town, village, and neighborhood in Alaska by enhancing public safety, assisting the Court with the fair administration of justice for victims and defendants, and by providing quality supervision that holds defendants accountable while connecting them to community partners and resources that can provide an individual the tools for long‑term change and success.

At the Anchorage Probation Office, you’ll be a part of a dedicated team committed to making Alaska’s communities safer. You’ll receive paid training, paid time off, and ongoing opportunities for career growth and advancement. This is more than a job—it’s a chance to build a meaningful career while making a real difference every day.

This position is based at the Anchorage Probation Office near midtown Anchorage, in a professional and collaborative environment while serving the communities of Anchorage, Eagle River, Chugiak, and Girdwood.

• 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 the organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
• 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.
• Attention to Detail:
  Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• 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.

• Minimum: A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in any field.
• Substitution:
  Four years of paraprofessional experience in probation, parole, pretrial, criminal justice, juvenile justice, social services, corrections, criminal investigation, public safety or law enforcement.
• Substitution:
  Four years in any combination of post‑secondary education from an accredited college and paraprofessional experience in the fields listed above (2.67 semester hours or 4 quarter hours of post‑secondary education are equal to one month of experience).
• Adult Probation Officer 2B requires successful completion of training under a formal Adult Probation Officer 1–2 flexible staffing training plan with the State of Alaska, or a bachelor's degree and one year of professional experience in the relevant fields.

At the time of employment, a qualified applicant must be 21 years of age, a United States citizen or National, and possess a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent. The applicant must also have a valid driver’s license and be eligible for the required criminal background, drug screening, medical examination, and psychological evaluation.

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