Vocational Instructor (PCN 20-5647)

About the role

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for a Vocational Instructor position at the Goose Creek Correctional Center (GCCC) in Mackenzie Point, Alaska. Watch Alaska DOC's Video Here DOC Extended Cut.mp4 (vimeo.com)

Responsibilities

• Teaching National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) certified courses.
• Setting up hands-on laboratories for instruction including supervising inmates for safety and compliance of NCCER’s performance testing.
• Delivering NCCER tests to inmates and submitting paperwork to the Accredited Training Sponsor.
• Counseling prisoners in areas of career development, education, and vocational training.

Requirements

• Three years of journey-level trade experience in the applicable trade.
• Three years as a certified teacher in a vocational/technical construction or maintenance related training program.
• National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) certification in the applicable trade(s).

Qualifications

• Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results.
• Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
• Education and Training: Knowledge of teaching, training, research, making presentations, lecturing, testing, and other instructional methods.
• 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.

Skills

• None specified in the job description.

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules.
• Comprehensive benefits such as medical, dental, vision, and retirement.
• On-site amenities including a free on-site gym with locker rooms and showers for employee use only and low-cost lunches.
• Congvenient parking with winter plug-ins and a scenic drive to work while avoiding the congested commute to Anchorage!

Pay

The wage for this position increased 3% effective July 1, 2026. The wage listed in this job posting reflects the increase.

Schedule

Details on the schedule are not specified in the job description.