Program Coordinator 1 - Statewide Information Coordinator

Natural Resources; Alaska; On-site; USD 70,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Training opportunities

Field site visits

Job summary

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, seeks an Information Program Coordinator in Anchorage, Palmer, or Fairbanks. This role focuses on planning, developing, and overseeing information and outreach activities to promote division programs and initiatives.

The position involves coordinating with area foresters and fire management officers, engaging with the public and media, and leading wildfire information efforts during the season.

Qualifications

• Competencies include planning, coordinating, and implementing administrative controls and programs.
• Analytical thinking, problem solving, and decision making are required.
• Compliance with federal laws, regulations, and guidance is expected.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, coordinate, and oversee division-wide information and outreach activities.
• Promote transparency and engage stakeholders, including the public and media.
• Oversee wildfire information during the fire season and coordinate with field personnel.

Skills

Project Management

Communications

Fire Management

Analytical Thinking

Compliance

Decision Making

Planning and Evaluating

Job description

Job Description

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, is recruiting an Information Program Coordinator in Anchorage, Palmer, or Fairbanks.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

This position serves as the Information Program Coordinator responsible for planning, developing, coordinating, and overseeing the activities, functions, and major components and projects under the division-wide Information & Outreach Program. This position plays a key role in developing and implementing communication strategies to promote the mission, programs, and initiatives of the division. The Information Program Coordinator works independently and plays a pivotal role in promoting transparency, engaging stakeholders, and facilitating communication between the division and the public, media, and other relevant entities. This Program Coordinator will oversee Wildland Fire PIOs during fire season, ensuring accurate and timely fire information.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection fosters a mission-driven culture and protects Alaska’s values, including life and property, from wildland fire. The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection works closely with federal, state, and local emergency response agencies as well as private industry vendors to provide wildland fire management and protection for the State of Alaska. The Fire Program’s Information Section position is integral to building, developing, supporting, and maintaining those relationships.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The successful applicant will work with a variety of dynamic, public service-oriented people and agencies across Alaska and at the national level. Our mission centers on public safety. Being prepared and providing critical information in a timely manner is critical to protecting lives, property, and natural resources. This position will involve some in-state travel and may involve site visits to Alaskan communities to coordinate proactive wildfire planning. This position offers training and a flexible work schedule and location contingent on assigned tasks and priorities.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position will be based in Anchorage, Palmer, or Fairbanks and will work collaboratively with Area Foresters, Area Fire Management Officers, and various Statewide Program Coordinators, both in person and remotely. The position has Statewide responsibilities and oversees coverage to the Alaska Interagency Coordinating Center located in Ft. Wainwright during the fire season (April - September). The environment is mission-oriented and involves collaboration with colleagues in the division, other state agencies, local government, and federal counterparts in wildland fire management.

Although this position is primarily office-based, daily physical fitness is encouraged, and a flexible work schedule can be arranged to accommodate it. Opportunities include field site visits to projects, fire tours, and staff rides. If assigned to an Incident Management Team, rustic living in a fast-paced emergency response setting is expected.

Opportunities exist to represent the State of Alaska, Western State Fire Managers, and the National Association of State Foresters on national committees and working groups, developing policy and best practices for fire information and communication processes.

We

are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies.

Position-Specific Competencies

• Project Management: Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.
• Communications and Media: Knowledge of the production, communication, and dissemination of information and ideas to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media and social media.
• Fire Management: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of fire management, including the characteristics, behavior, and ecology of fire; methodologies, strategies, and equipment used in prescribed fires; fire detection, prevention, and suppression strategies; and integration of fire with natural resource management.

Minimum Qualifications

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.

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, and 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.

Starting Salaries

Anchorage/Palmer

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$

2725.50 biweekly

Fairbanks

- $2807.25 biweekly