The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), AK Army National Guard (AKARNG), is recruiting for an Administrative Officer 1!
This position is in the General Government (GGU) bargaining unit at a range 17.
This position is open to Alaska Residents only.
Please check our Definition FAQ to determine if you qualify.
What You Will Be Doing:
As our new Administrative Officer 1 for the Environmental Section with the Alaska Army National Guard, you serve as the administrative lead, ensuring efficient daily operations that support the organization’s environmental stewardship mission. In this role, you manage financial activities by monitoring budgets, tracking expenditures, and utilizing the IRIS system for procurement and accounting functions, while also coordinating personnel actions, payroll, and serving as the primary liaison with Human Resources. You oversee procurement processes, maintain inventory control, and track specialized environmental equipment to ensure accountability and readiness. Additionally, you support compliance by ensuring administrative processes align with state and federal environmental and cultural regulations, and you contribute to process improvement by developing and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures to enhance efficiency and consistency across the program.
Out Mission, Our Culture, and Values:
Our section's primary mission is to provide environmental oversight and management for the 31 active AKARNG locations statewide. We accomplish this through staff training, soldier engagement, compliance site visits, and providing timely and accurate regulatory guidance. Our team helps keep the AKARNG mission-ready for State and Federal service.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:
This position offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to a high-quality work environment that values individual growth and team cohesion, including travel to remote areas of Alaska and access to extensive professional development opportunities. It provides strong support for work-life balance through benefits such as paid leave, multiple retirement options, and comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage. In this role, you can serve your community while building your career, all within the stability and support of public service.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
AKARNG is proudly located on Joint Base Elmendorf/Fort Richardson (JBER) surrounded by the natural beauty of the Arctic Valley where you can enjoy a three-mile paved walking / jogging trail and have access to a on-site cafe and no-cost fitness center at the Army National Guard Armory. You will have the opportunity to collaborate and engage with uniformed military members and fellow state employees, to accomplish our mission while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Who We Are Looking For:
We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:
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Budget Administration: Knowledge of the principles and practices of budget administration and analysis; including preparing, justifying, reporting on, and executing the budget; and the relationships among program, budget, accounting, and reporting systems.
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Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
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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.
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Personnel and Human Resources: Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of hiring, classification, benefits, labor relations, negotiation, and Federal, state, and local employment regulations
Competency Description:
The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.
To learn more about Alaska Army National Guard, please visit: AK Army National Guard
To view the general description and example of duties for the position please go to the following link: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs
If you can see yourself in this role, we encourage you to apply!
*NOTE * SPECIAL NOTICE - JBER (BASE) ACCESS * NOTE*
The successful applicants must pass a federal background check in order to qualify for military base access, which is required with this position's work location on base. The background check may include fingerprinting. All job offers are conditional pending successful completion of the federal background check and issuance of a Defense Biometrics Identification System (DBIDS) card allowing base access. Also, you must be able to maintain the clearance throughout your employment. If using a private vehicle this will require a valid Alaska Driver License, proof of vehicle insurance, and a valid State of Alaska vehicle registration.
State employees are guests on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson; clearance and access are not within the State's control.
Special Note: In addition, in some cases employees must be able to obtain and maintain a Common Access Card (CAC). As part of the examination process, a background check investigation, including a criminal records check, will be conducted. Conviction of a crime will not automatically preclude appointment. The circumstances involved in the conviction will be considered.
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in
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Administration and Management: Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production.
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Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
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Financial Management: Prepares, justifies, and/or administers the budget for program areas; plans, administers, and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies; assesses financial condition of an organization.
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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.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or experience providing administrative support to a business or organization, business administration, public administration, finance, banking, accounting, industrial relations, marketing, human resource management, logistics and supply chain management, or a similar business field.
Special Note:
“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.
“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.
“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.
Please read the information below carefully, this applies to your application submission. Ensure your application meets the minimum qualifications for the job class, carefully review the job description and compare it with your work history, training, education, licenses, and certifications. Highlight relevant experiences and credentials that directly align with the job requirements and organize them clearly in your application to demonstrate your qualifications effectively.
Required documents due at the time of interview:
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If you are a current or former State of Alaska employee, provide your last two (2) performance evaluations or if you have never been employed with the State, please provide three (3) professional letters of recommendation if evaluations are unavailable.
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Three (3) professional references we may contact by phone (must include position titles, and your current supervisor and one former supervisor).
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Include official college transcripts if using education to meet minimum requirements.
Note: You will not need to bring these documents if you have already attached/submitted with your application package.
Job Specific Requirements:
May travel to remote areas of the state to support the Department`s missions. DMVA is housed on the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson military base. The incumbent must be able to pass security check to access this federal military installation. Adherence to special security guidelines, protocol, etc. for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson needs to be followed. Position may be exposed to pathogens (Hepatitis, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)) for which vaccines and personal protective equipment are the most appropriate form of protection.
Bargaining Unit:
If you are a
current state employee, please mark the union you are a member of at the time of application. If you are
not a current state employee, do not complete this question.
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 must be attached at the time of application, submitted to the contact information below, or provided at the time of interview if you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications. If you cannot attach it to your application, email or fax it to the contact provided in the job posting.
Special Instructions for Foreign Education:
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.
Note: The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.
Work Experience:
If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s 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.
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.
Multiple Vacancies:
This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.
Application Notice:
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via hardcopy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as AlaskaJobs or any other database, you MUST use Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to successfully apply. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska "How to Apply" webpage, found here: http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/help/
EEO Statement:
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aids or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.
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Contact Information: For specific information in reference to the position please contact the hiring manager:
Mr. Donald Flournoy
Environmental Program Manager 1
Phone/TEAMS: (907) 428-7197
