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Job Title

CJIS Administrator-2

Job Description

The recruitment is exempt from the hiring freeze (Administrative Order 358). This recruitment is open to Alaska residents only. Applicants must meet Alaska residency requirements in order to be considered for employment at this time. What you will be doing: Are you passionate about public safety and data management? We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic individual to lead our Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Program. As a CJIS Administrator-2, you will play a crucial role in overseeing and enhancing critical programs that impact our community.

Key responsibilities:

• Program Oversight: Manage essential programs including the sex offender registry, criminal history repository, statewide licensing initiatives, and our records management unit.
• Leadership: Provide direction and support to our team and represent Alaska on national boards and committees.
• Fiscal Management: Oversee federal grants and contracts to ensure financial stability and compliance.
• Legislative Analysis: Stay ahead of evolving state and federal laws to ensure our programs remain compliant.
• Collaboration: Work closely with partner agencies to promote public safety and facilitate data sharing initiatives.

If you are ready to make a difference and lead a team dedicated to public safety, apply now to join us as a CJIS Administrator-2!

Our organization, mission, and culture:

The CJIS Administrator 2 provides statewide leadership, vision, and strategic direction for the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Program within the Department of Public Safety. This role is critical to maintaining the integrity, security, and efficiency of Alaska's criminal history records, fingerprint identification, and justice information systemsdirectly supporting law enforcement and justice agencies statewide.

By overseeing these essential systems, the CJIS Administrator 2 advances public safety, ensures compliance with state and federal laws, and enables effective data sharing, policy development, and operational excellence in alignment with the department's mission.

The benefits of joining our team:

• Statewide impact: Help shape policies and systems that directly support law enforcement, employers, licensing agencies, and public safety across Alaska.
• Professional growth: Utilize and further develop your leadership, program management, and fiscal management skills by overseeing complex initiatives using data-driven decision making to enhance program effectiveness.
• Collaborative environment: Work closely with a dedicated team and collaborate with local, state, and federal partners to advance public safety objectives.

The working conditions you can expect:

This position is based at the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Headquarters, located at 5700 East Tudor Road in East Anchorage. The facility offers ample on-site parking and is directly served by public transportation. Scenic paved trails and views of the Chugach Mountains surround the building, providing a pleasant work environment. Your office is co-located with your Deputy CJIS Administrator and other members of the management team. Occasional out-of-state travel is required to attend national conferences.

What we are looking for:

• Analytical Thinking/Decision Making: Uses a logical, systematic, and sequential approach to manage a situation; identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgement to generate and evaluate alternatives, perceives the impact and implications of decisions, and commits to action even in uncertain situations to accomplish organizational goals and to cause change.
• Strategic Thinking: Formulates objectives and priorities; implements plans consistent with the long-term interests of the organization in a global environment; and the ability to capitalize on opportunities and manage risk.
• Personnel Management: Ensures employees are appropriately recruited, selected, appraised, and rewarded; takes action to address performance problems; motivates others and adapts leadership style to meet the needs of the team.
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with uncertainty.
• Performance Measurement: Has knowledge of the principles and methods for evaluating program or organizational performance using metrics and outcomes, goal setting, and performance review and improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
• Decisiveness: Makes well-informed, effective, and timely decisions, even when data are limited or solutions produce unpleasant consequences; perceives the impact and implications of decisions.
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with uncertainty.
• Internal Controls: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques for establishing internal control activities (for example, authorizations, verifications, reconciliations), monitoring their use, and evaluating their performance (for example, identification of material weaknesses or significant deficiencies).
• Leadership: Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
• Vision: Takes a long-term view and builds a shared vision with others; acts as a catalyst for organizational change. Influences others to translate vision into action.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Any combination of training and/or education in criminal justice, justice programs, political science, planning, business or public administration, business management, computer science, or a closely related field; and/or progressively responsible professional experience, which includes lead and/or supervisory experience in law, law enforcement or adjudication, corrections, criminal justice planning, adult or juvenile justice, and/or crime prevention.

Additional Required Information

A cover letter is not required for this position. Your complete application will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.

• A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial are acceptable but must include the institution name/URL on documents provided) if required to meet minimum qualifications.
• Copy of your two (2) most recent performance evaluations; if unavailable, two (2) professional letters of reference may be substituted.
• A list of three (3) professional references including daytime telephone numbers and email address; at least two (2) of these must be from a current or former supervisor.

This position requires the incumbent to submit to a fingerprint based criminal history background check. Due to the sensitive nature of this position, and required access to APSIN, an applicant with criminal convictions will not move forward in the selection process.

The successful candidate will be required to read, understand, and agree to via signature, an agreement of confidentiality concerning the work commonly encountered within the Department of Public Safety to qualify for this position.

To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, 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 used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in 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. state university 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 state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

Applications will be reviewed to determine if minimum qualifications are met. Therefore, all work experiences the applicant is using to meet minimum qualifications for this position must be documented in the application package. Please include the employer's name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether the employment was full or part-time. Applicants who submit packages that do not provide sufficient information to demonstrate minimum qualifications are met may not advance in the selection process.

Note: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

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