Correctional Supervisor (PCN 20-6697)

Job Description

Effective July 1, 2026 the wage for this position increased by 2.5%. The wage listed in this job posting reflects the increase. The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions is recruiting for a Correctional Supervisor with the Central Transportation Unit (CTU) in Anchorage, Alaska.

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What You Will Be Doing:

• 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, authorize maintenance and repairs, and procure necessary security equipment, weapons, ammunition, and related unit supplies.

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.
• You will have the chance to make a meaningful and positive impact within your community.

The Working Environment:

• 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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 state's 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 driver's license issued within the United States at time of appointment.
• On-call availability may be required.

Additional Required Information:

• REQUIRED DOCUMENTS - If selected for an interview, the applicant must provide the following:
• - Two professional references from former supervisors
• - Last two performance evaluations
• - Alaska Driver's License

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT:

• 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 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;
• - Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described above.