Program Coordinator 2 (Data Modernization Program Coordinator 2 - PCN 161031)

State of Alaska; Anchorage (AK); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Paid leave

Hybrid telework

Job summary

The State of Alaska invites applications for the Program Coordinator 2 in Anchorage. As part of the Division of Public Health, you will advance statewide data modernization initiatives, coordinate projects, and support program goals.

You'll manage federal grants and budgets, collaborate with partners, and use your communication, organizational, and analytical skills to streamline processes and monitor progress toward successful project implementation.

Qualifications

• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: applies a logical, systematic approach to problems.
• Compliance: understands federal requirements for programs and grants.
• Decision Making: makes informed, timely decisions to advance goals.
• Planning and Evaluating: sets priorities and monitors outcomes.
• Organizational Awareness: knows agency mission and operations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate projects within the Data Modernization program.
• Manage federal grants and budgets for the division.
• Collaborate with partners to support program goals.
• Monitor progress and ensure successful project implementation.

Skills

Grants Management

Manages and Organizes Information

Writing

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Program Coordinator 2 (Data Modernization Program Coordinator 2 - PCN 161031) in Anchorage, AK

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

Job Description

Welcome to the Department of Health!

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

What you will be doing:

As the Data Modernization Program Coordinator 2 with the Division of Public Health, you’ll play an important role in advancing statewide data modernization initiatives and strengthening Alaska’s public health systems. Working alongside the Data Modernization Director and public health professionals, you’ll coordinate projects, manage federal grants and budgets, and collaborate with partners to support program goals. You’ll use your communication, organizational, and analytical skills to streamline processes, monitor progress, and ensure successful project implementation. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative solutions that improve public health services and make a meaningful difference for Alaskans.

Our organization, mission, and culture:

Service - Demonstrate commitment to public health through compassionate action and stewardship of time, resources, and talent.

Health Equity- Ensure that all Alaskans have full and equal access to opportunities to lead healthy lives.

Integrity- Exemplify uncompromising ethical conduct and the highest standards of responsibility and accountability.

Excellence- Use the best available knowledge, expertise, and data to inform public health policies and practices.

Leadership-Provide public health vision, purpose, and strategies to improve the health of Alaskans.

Dedication- Continuously and enthusiastically work to achieve the best health for Alaskans and their communities.

The benefits of joining our team:

• In this permanent position, you’ll enjoy paid holidays, paid leave, and comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Our flexible schedules, including hybrid telework options, empower you to leverage your professional talents in meaningful ways to impact public health.

The working environment you can expect:

Anchorage Regional Office: Conveniently located in Midtown Anchorage and within walking distance of Cuddy Family Park, Loussac Library, and Natural Pantry. Ample parking is available at this location with a short interior walkway to the offices.

Who we are looking for:

• Grants Management: Knowledge of requirements, practices, and procedures for soliciting, receiving, reviewing, and processing proposals, and awarding and administering grants and agreements.
• Manages and Organizes Information: Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.
• 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.

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. 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

• 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.

• 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:

Training from an accredited college or university in any field and/or progressively responsible professional experience developing, planning, coordinating, and implementing a program, project, business, organization, or major components of a program, including having administrative authority over the program/project funding, staff, and/or overall operations.

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.

“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.

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:

Name/Title: Victoria Backa/ Data Modernization Director Phone:[phone] Email: [e-mail]

Phone [phone] (Statewide toll‑free number)

[phone] (Juneau and out‑of‑state callers)