Program Coordinator 1

Education & Early Development; Juneau (AK); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) is seeking a Grants/Program Analyst to support federal E-Rate services for Alaska schools and libraries, ensuring eligibility and successful subsidy applications.

You will assist with the School Broadband Grant (BAG) program administration, helping expand broadband access and connectivity for Alaska’s schools. Telework is possible after the initial training period.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of federal grant programs, regulations, and guidelines.
• Experience with program evaluation and monitoring activities.
• Ability to interpret complex rules and communicate requirements clearly.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Federal E-Rate services for Alaska schools and libraries, ensuring eligibility and subsidy applications.
• Support administration of the School Broadband Grant (BAG) program to improve connectivity.
• Collaborate with program staff and external stakeholders to meet grant objectives.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Compliance knowledge

Decision making

Planning & evaluating

Training & development

Job description

Job Description

Welcome to the Department of Education & Early Development (DEED)!

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

What You Will Be Doing:

In this role you will:

Assist the Program Coordinator 2 with coordinating Federal E-Rate services for Alaska schools and libraries, helping ensure eligible entities maintain their eligibility and successfully apply for E-Rate subsidies through the federal Universal Service Fund (USF) program.

Provide support in the administration and management of the School Broadband Grant (BAG) program, helping advance broadband access and connectivity for Alaska’s schools.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The Department of Education and Early Development’s mission is to provide an excellent education for every student every day. DEED provides leadership, resources, and support to strengthen Alaska’s K–12 public education system through statewide initiatives focused on student achievement, accountability, educator support, and continuous improvement. This position contributes to that work through supporting programs that expand access to reliable broadband and technology resources for Alaska’s schools and libraries, helping ensure students have the connectivity and resources they need to succeed.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with a tight-knit team of professionals who are passionate about serving Alaska’s public-school students and program sponsors. In this position, you will have the opportunity to support statewide initiatives that help Alaska schools and libraries access critical broadband resources and federal funding. You will gain valuable experience working with federal programs, grants, and stakeholders while helping schools navigate complex requirements and access resources that support student learning and connectivity. The daily work environment at DEED is energetic, collaborative, fast-paced, and challenging, with staff working together to find solutions and provide meaningful support to Alaska’s schools, libraries, and students.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

The daily work environment is collegial, collaborative, and mission driven. Our team is inspiring, with staff engaged in meaningful work that makes a difference for Alaska’s students, schools, and libraries. The Juneau office is conveniently located downtown in the State Office Building, while the Anchorage office is located in the Atwood Building. The position includes an assigned cubicle workspace, the opportunity for teleworking after the initial training period, flexible scheduling options, and convenient access to parking, restaurants, and coffee shops

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

Grants Management:

Laws, Regulations, and Guidelines: Knowledge of principles, laws, regulations, policies, practices, and guidelines (for example, Executive Orders, Code of Federal Regulations, OMB circulars) of grant or agreement programs, including their order of precedence.

Education and Training:

Knowledge of teaching, training, research, making presentations, lecturing, testing, and other instructional methods.

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, 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.

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

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.

Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.

Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.

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.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Training from an accredited college or university in any field and/or progressively responsible experience assisting with planning, coordinating, and implementing administrative controls, work processes, and/or procedures for a program, project, business, or organization.

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” 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.

“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. Two of these references must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.

Please read the information below carefully. This applies to your application submission.

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 creden<