JOB
This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply.
Effective July 1, 2026 the wage for this position increased by 3%.
The wage listed in this job posting reflects the increase.
Welcome to the Department of Health!
We’d be delighted to have you join our team.
If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today!
This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.
Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify.
This position is currently located in Juneau.
The position may be in Anchorage or Juneau, depending upon the location of the most qualified candidate.
What You Will Be Doing:
Your role as a Public Information Officer 3 will involve developing, editing, and ensuring the clarity and alignment of diverse communication materials across print, digital, and broadcast platforms. You will collaborate with colleagues to execute marketing campaigns, social media initiatives, and educational programs, while also capturing high-quality photos and videos to enhance visual storytelling and support departmental objectives. Additionally, you'll manage and curate content for social media platforms, engaging with the community and implementing strategies to amplify outreach efforts effectively.
Mission and Values/Culture:
The mission of the Department of Health is to promote and protect the health and well-being of Alaskans. Our team members are expected to be high-performing professionals who can work independently with limited direct supervision. Our office values positive attitudes, teamwork, innovation, efficiency, and a growth mindset. To be successful in this environment, team members must demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively, both in the work we produce for the department and with our clients, fellow coworkers, and other collaborators.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:
Our team fosters a supportive environment that prioritizes learning, skill development, and growth through collaborative, high-standard projects. Together, we contribute to the DOH mission to enhance the health and well-being of Alaskans by effectively communicating crucial health information.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
This position is part of the Communications Team, the centralized group of communications professionals that supports our department, and is based in or around Anchorage or Juneau. We are currently working hybrid schedules from home or in an office setting, as appropriate. Because our department is so broad in scope and one of the largest State of Alaska departments, the work is highly varied in both content and the audiences we strive to reach with our communications efforts. Our work environment is fast-paced, challenging, and creative, and requires the ability to work independently and collaboratively on both longer-term projects and those with tight deadlines.
Who We Are Looking For:-
Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
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Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
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Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.
Special Notice:-
A valid Driver's License is required at the time of appointment.
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This position may require travel within the State.
To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Information Officer 3: https:/www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaskalclassspecs ; EXAMPLE OF DUTIES Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in
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Communications and Media: Knowledge of the production, communication and dissemination of information and ideas to inform and entertain via written, oral, visual media and social media.
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External Awareness: Understands and keeps up-to-date on local, national, and international policies and trends that affect the organization and shape stakeholders' views; is aware of the organization's impact on the external environment.
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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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Multimedia Technologies: Knowledge of the principles, methods, tools, and techniques to develop or apply technology using text, audio, graphics, or other media.
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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.
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Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible professional level experience in journalism, communications media, education, English, literature, fine arts, library science, radio, television, photography, advertising, marketing, sales, public relations and/or promotional work, freelance writing, technical writing and/or research, education, library work or other information dissemination 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.
“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.
“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
For specific information in reference to the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at: Name/Title: Shirley Sakaye, Director of Communications
Phone: 907-269-4996
Email:shirley.sakaye @alaska.gov