JOB
This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply.
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 Anchorage. The position may be in Anchorage or Juneau, depending upon the location of the most qualified candidate.
What you will be doing:
This Social Services Program Coordinator position, within the Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) Director's Office, Policy, Legislative, Regulations, Communication, and Planning Section, is fully responsible for coordinating and managing multiple smaller programs, which include coordinating strategic planning, policy, procedure development, communications, legislative and regulatory activities.
Under the supervision and direction of the Social Services Program Officer (SSPO), you will act as a secondary point of contact for regulatory work and will provide the lead regulatory division staff with relief by taking one regulation package at a time or by assisting on specific tasks in a joint effort to ensure timely and consistent processing from start to finish on select regulation projects.
In this postion you will also assist the Social Services Program Officer in conducting bill analyses and assessing legislative impact (e.g. draft bills, passed legislation, fiscal impacts) on division practices, as needed. This position supports internal and external communications to ensure effective program implementation and operational continuity.
Our organization, mission, and culture:
The mission of the Division of Behavioral Health is to promote an integrated and comprehensive behavioral health system based on sound policy, effective practices, and partnerships. Our Division Vision: We will partner to support a strong, continuous behavioral health service continuum through technical assistance, regulatory guidance, and optimized resource allocation to meet the dynamic needs of Alaskans.
Our Division Values: Connection, Collaboration, and Community.
The benefits of joining our team:
Describe the benefits of working for your team, such as career advancement and development, flexible work schedules, and possible telework, and highlight how the work is meaningful, such as serving one’s community.
The working environment you can expect:
Anchorage Regional Office: Conveniently located at 3601 C. St., Suite 878, Anchorage, AK 99503, Midtown Anchorage, and within walking distance of Cuddy Family Park, Loussac Library, and Natural Pantry.
Juneau Central Office: Located at 350 Main St., Suite 214, Juneau, AK 99801, in vibrant downtown near the Alaska State Capitol Building, courthouse, governor's mansion, state and city museums, and within walking distance to various restaurants, coffee shops, and gift stores.
A hybrid work environment offers the opportunity for designated telework and in-office days.
Who we are looking for:
The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the Minimum Qualifications listed below:
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Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to
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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 possibly 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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Vision: Understands where the organization is headed and how to make a contribution; takes a long-term view and recognizes opportunities to help the organization accomplish its objectives or move toward the vision.
To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Social Services Program Coordinator: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.
Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.
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 rather than 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.
Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in
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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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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 operate effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.
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Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
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Social Services: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, practices, and current trends in social services used in the planning, design, implementation, and/or evaluation of programs that provide a broad range of social supports to individuals, families, and communities.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or professional-level experience providing, developing, administering, or managing social/health services or social/health service programs.
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. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
For specific information in reference to the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at: Ryan Knight/Administrative Assistant 2
Phone: 907-269-3614
Email: [email protected]