LTNP Health Program Manager 2

State of Alaska; Anchorage (AK); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Alaska seeks a Health Program Manager 2 to lead prevention, treatment, and recovery support programs for vulnerable Alaskans. You will provide technical guidance, ensure compliance, and coordinate with partners to strengthen service delivery across the state.

Based in Anchorage or Juneau, this role offers a hybrid telework environment. Residency may apply, with selection based on qualifications and location needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with health-related knowledge and competencies.
• Experience in health program planning, development, coordination, evaluation, or implementation.
• Ability to provide technical health care assistance and consultations.
• Willingness to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Manage prevention, treatment, and recovery support programs for vulnerable Alaskans.
• Provide technical assistance to grantees and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to improve service coordination.
• Deliver statewide consultation on behavioral health initiatives.

Skills

Analysis and Assessment

Writing

Community Dimensions of Practice

Partnering

Public Health

Education

Bachelor's degree in biological, health, or behavioral science; health practice; education; public, healthcare, or business administration; or a closely related field

Job description

LTNP Health Program Manager 2 (PCN 06N22075) | Workplace Alaska page has loaded.

We're delighted to have you join our team.

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

This position is currently located in Anchorage. The position may be in Anchorage or Juneau, depending on the location of the most qualified candidate.

Job Description

Welcome to the Department of Health.

We're delighted to have you join our team.

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 on the location of the most qualified candidate.

What You Will Be Doing

We are excited to have you join our team and play a key role in the management of prevention, treatment, and recovery support programs for vulnerable Alaskans.

In this role, you will provide technical assistance to grantees, ensure programmatic compliance with regulatory guidelines, and collaborate with internal and external partners to enhance service coordination.

Additionally, you will be responsible for delivering statewide consultation on behavioral health prevention, treatment, and recovery support initiatives, while working closely with stakeholders to ensure program success and compliance with relevant state and federal statutes.

If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact on Alaska's healthcare future, we would like to hear from you.

Our Mission, Values, 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 Values: Connection, Collaboration, and Community.

Benefits of Joining Our Team

We are a small, dynamic team with opportunities to pursue your areas of interest and training to grow your skill set. We value employees with compassion, diversity, and integrity.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

This position is being recruited for in Anchorage or Juneau, depending on the location of the chosen applicant, and offers a hybrid telework environment.

Anchorage Regional Office

Conveniently located in Midtown Anchorage within walking distance of Cuddy Family Park, Loussac Library, and Natural Pantry (3601 C Street, Suite 878, Anchorage, AK 99503).

Juneau Central Office

Centered in the 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 (350 Main Street, Suite 214, Juneau, AK 99801).

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:

• Grants Management: Knowledge of the requirements, practices, and procedures for soliciting, receiving, reviewing, and processing proposals and awarding and administering grants and agreements.
• Program Oversight: Plans, coordinates, and monitors programs to ensure that federal, state, and/or local government program requirements and plans are met, providing professional consultation on the specialized services of the programs or associated project(s).

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Health Program Manager 2 – https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Minimum Qualifications

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 should be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

• Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
• Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (e.g., facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material and information that is appropriate for the intended audience.
• Community Dimensions of Practice: Distinguishes the roles and responsibilities of governmental and non-governmental organizations in providing programs and services to improve the health of a community.
• Partnering: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.
• Public Health: Applies knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, methods, and tools associated with protecting and improving the health of people and their communities, including promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious diseases.

Equivalent to those typically gained by a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in biological, health, or behavioral science; health practice; education; public, healthcare, or business administration; or a closely related field;

AND/OR

Progressively responsible professional experience performing health program planning, development, coordination, evaluation, or implementation; providing technical health care assistance and consultation; conducting health care utilization or quality assurance examinations; and/or delivering health care.

Special Note: Agencies employing Health Program Managers are responsible for administering a wide range of medical, behavioral, and social health insurance programs for children and adults. Positions typically focus on a particular health area. Where licensure is required, the job vacancy announcement will identify the type of license necessary to apply for that specific position. The essential functions of some positions may involve exposure to infectious disease and/or biohazards. Travel may be required.

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.

Additional Required Information

At the time of the interview, please provide the following:

• Three (3) professional references, whom we may contact by phone, are required. One of these references must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.
• Current performance evaluation, if available.
• A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to verify that you meet the minimum qualifications, if not already provided in the application.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS

For your application to be evaluated, you must answer the Supplemental Question on the next page.

EDUCATION

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.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it 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 the 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.

The omission of the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application, and you will not receive further consideration.

WORK EXPERIENCE

When using work experience not documented in your application, please provide the employer's name, job title, employment dates, and whether you worked full-time or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are met. Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application. If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position you are applying for.

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

The location of this position is currently in Anchorage. The position may be located in Anchorage or Juneau, depending upon the location of the most qualified candidate. Please select the location(s) you are willing to be considered for. There is one (1) position to be filled.

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.

The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-4095 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.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For specific information in reference to the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at: Yvonne Hill Social Services Program Officer 907-465-4994 [e-mail]

Employer State of Alaska

Address PO Box 110201

Juneau, Alaska, 99811

Phone [phone] (Statewide toll-free number) [phone] (Juneau and out-of-state callers)